The statewide law firm Broad and Cassel is pleased to announce that 28 of the firm's attorneys have been named as 2011 "Florida Super Lawyers" and 14 have been named as a "Rising Star" by Florida Super Lawyers magazine.
Three Broad and Cassel attorneys have been named among the elite listing of "Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers," including West Palm Beach Managing Partner Patricia Lebow, Orlando Partner Robert Alfert, Jr., and Orlando Partner Michael K. Wilson.
Mrs. Lebow was also named among the "Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyers." Fort Lauderdale Partner Lester Perling was named among the "Top 100 Miami Florida Super Lawyers."
Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The following Broad and Cassel attorneys were selected for recognition:
* Indicates a ‘Rising Star' the State's top up-and-coming attorneys
Boca Raton
· Jeffrey A. Deutch, Managing Partner, Real Estate
Destin
· Ginger L. Barry Boyd, Of Counsel, Business Litigation*
Fort Lauderdale
· Gabriel L. Imperato, Managing Partner, Health Care
· Scott D. Knapp, Associate, Business Litigation*
· Lester J. Perling, Partner, Health Care; Top 100 Miami Florida Super Lawyers
· Beverly A. Pohl, Partner, Appellate
Miami
· Robert Barkin, Associate, Banking*
· Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz, Partner, Banking*
· George G. Mahfood, Partner, Business Litigation
· Daniel S. Newman, Partner, Business Litigation
· Mark F. Raymond, Managing Partner, Business Litigation
· David B. Rosemberg, Senior Counsel, Business Litigation*
· Mike Segal, Partner, Health Care
· Michael Shafir, Senior Counsel, Business Litigation*
· Stephen Siegel, Of Counsel, Health Care
· Heather Siegel Miller, Senior Counsel, Health Care*
· Rhett Traband, Partner, Business Litigation
Orlando
· Robert Alfert, Jr., Partner, Construction Litigation; Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers
· C. David Brown, II, Chairman, Real Estate
· Kimberly J. Doud, Associate, Business Litigation*
· Keith C. Durkin, Associate, Estate Planning & Probate*
· Robert D. Gatton, Partner, Business Litigation
· Roy S. Kobert, Partner, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
· Scott G. Miller, Partner, Estate Planning & Probate
· Anthony W. Palma, Partner, Estate Planning & Probate
· Stacy A. Prince-Troutman, Associate, Estate Planning & Probate*
· James E. Slater, Partner, Real Estate
· George W. Tate, III, Partner, Construction Litigation*
· Michael K. Wilson, Partner, Construction Litigation; Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers
Tallahassee
· Kelly Overstreet Johnson, Partner, Business Litigation
· David K. Miller, Partner, Appellate
· Douglas Rillstone, Partner, Environmental
· Cathy M. Sellers, Partner, Environmental
· Charles Stratton, Partner, Eminent Domain
· M. Stephen Turner, Managing Partner, Business Litigation
Tampa
· Mark M. Barber, Associate, Business Litigation*
· Kelly B. Holbrook, Of Counsel, Employment & Labor*
West Palm Beach
· Talina Bidwell, Senior Counsel, Business Litigation*
· C. Craig Eller, Partner, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
· Steven Ellison, Partner, Business Litigation
· Patricia Lebow, Managing Partner, General Litigation; Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers, Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyers
· Jacqueline S. Miller, Of Counsel, Estate & Trust Litigation
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Super Lawyers magazine is published in all 50 states and reaches more than 13 million readers.
Broad and Cassel is one of Florida's most prestigious corporate law firms, serving clients worldwide from Boca Raton, Destin, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach. Founded by Alvin Cassel and Shepard Broad in 1946, the Firm has more than 160 attorneys with extensive experience in a wide variety of practice areas including: Corporate and Securities; Construction Law and Litigation; Real Estate Development; Estate Planning and Trusts; Commercial Litigation; Health Law; Law Use and Environmental Law; Taxation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Labor and Employment; Eminent Domain; Auto Dealership/Repair Shop Defense and Regulatory Compliance; Appellate Law; Public Finance and Capital Projects; and White Collar Crime and Civil Fraud Defense. For more information, please visit us online at www.broadandcassel.com.
By C. David Brown
Source: Citybizlist South Florida
