George is of counsel in the firm’s Private Wealth Services Group. George’s practice is exclusively concentrated in domestic and foreign estate planning, with an emphasis on implementing effective tax reduction strategies, estate, trust and guardianship administration and fiduciary litigation. George advises domestic families and high net worth individuals in implementing advanced wealth transfer techniques, income […]

Tom Sawyer, certified by the Florida Bar as a Real Estate Specialist, joined Gunster following eight years of government service and 25 years of private practice in Stuart, Florida. Tom advises on all aspects of real property acquisition, development, financing, leasing and environmental permitting. He describes himself as a “dirt lawyer” at heart and believes […]

With a passion for service and realizing even the most ambitious development projects, Jack’s practice focuses on land use and zoning, administrative and governmental law, environmental law and litigation. He is an experienced general civil litigator with a deep bench of skill in resolving real property disputes and has represented numerous clients at every stage […]

Angie is a hard-hitting litigator with extensive experience overseeing eDiscovery and litigation-management workflows in some of the highest profile litigation of the last decade, including two of the largest MDL matters in US history.  Angie’s experience includes planning and implementing large-scale collections, reviews, productions, and privilege logs.  Angie has developed close client relationships and enjoys […]

April Bentley has been practicing business and family immigration law since 2003. She has nearly 20 years of experience working with businesses and corporate immigration clients. April’s experience also includes administrative law matters. April advises clients on compliance with the government’s I-9 verification requirements and the E-Verify process, as well as provides defense of workplace […]

Latour “LT” Lafferty, CHC, CCEP focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense/litigation, corporate internal  investigations, False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam litigation, healthcare fraud and abuse or enforcement actions, criminal tax fraud, employee whistleblower complaints and investigations, financial crimes, securities, Immigration and mortgage fraud, and State of Florida Code of Ethics complaints against public officials. With a decade of […]

Elinette Ruiz-Diaz de la Portilla focuses her practice on local government law, particularly land use and zoning, and government procurement. Elinette’s clients include builders, developers and land owners involved in land use and zoning matters at every phase of the development process. Her years of experience include advising clients on issues that range from zoning […]

With extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, insurance law and regulatory matters, Sha’Ron practices at the intersection of government affairs and advocacy, insurance law and regulation, and policy development and execution. She represents domestic and international insurance companies and insurance-related entities throughout Florida, before the Florida Legislature, Office of Insurance Regulation, and […]

Glenn Waldman has been practicing law for more than four decades and leads Gunster’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group. He is a full-time arbitrator, mediator and court-appointed master or magistrate. Glenn holds the maximum rating “AV” (pre-eminent) by the Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory. An “AV” rating indicates that a lawyer has reached the height of professional […]