Akerman Senterfitt Attorneys and Practice Groups Earn Top Recognition From Chambers and Partners in 2009 Chambers USA Guide
MIAMI, June 19 /PRNewswire/ — The 2009 edition of Chambers USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading lawyers and law firms in the United States, has awarded Akerman Senterfitt top rankings in multiple practice areas and markets, and listed 48 Akerman attorneys as leading practitioners in their respective fields. A total of 13 practice groups were ranked, with Corporate M&A, Banking and Finance, and Insurance receiving a coveted No. 1 ranking for Florida, and Akerman’s transportation shipping litigation practice receiving a No. 1 ranking in the U.S. Akerman’s Corporate M&A practice has been ranked No. 1 in Florida since 2004.
Other practices recognized by Chambers include: bankruptcy/restructuring, litigation: general commercial, real estate, real estate: zoning/land use, construction, environment, healthcare, tax, and labor & employment.
“It is truly rewarding that the Chambers USA Guide, which is designed to reflect market opinion through a year’s worth of surveys of clients and peers across the U.S., has once again recognized so many of our attorneys and practices,” said Andrew Smulian, Chairman and CEO of the firm. “This is well deserved recognition of the true commitment to excellence in counsel and representation of our clients through the most demanding of market challenges.”
The Chambers USA Guide is one of a series of Chambers and Partners’ research-based guides to the legal profession. The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by clients.
The shareholders and practice groups recognized in the Chambers USA Guide 2009 are:
Antitrust (Florida)
Ronald B. Ravikoff
Banking & Finance: Transactional (Florida)
Bradley D. Houser
Banking & Finance: Regulatory (Florida)
J. Thomas Cardwell
Russell Hale
Virginia B. Townes
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Florida)
Francis L. Carter
Jules S. Cohen
Michael I. Goldberg
Construction (Florida)
Kimberly A. Ashby
Construction (Virginia)
Donald G. Gavin
Jeffrey G. Gilmore
Stephen Hurlbut
Owen J. Shean
Corporate/M&A (Florida)
Jonathan L. Awner
Bradley D. Houser
Teddy D. Klinghoffer
Ed Ristaino
Stephen K. Roddenberry
Carl D. Roston
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity (Florida)
Teddy D. Klinghoffer
Carl D. Roston
Environment (Florida)
Silvia Alderman
Michael R. Goldstein
Jason Lichtstein (Up & Coming)
Environment (California)
Gregory McClintock
Healthcare (Florida)
Marshall R. Burack
Kirk S. Davis
Martin R. Dix
Joseph W. Rugg
Insurance (Florida)
Marcy Levine Aldrich
Bruce Culpepper
Labor & Employment (Florida)
James S. Bramnick
Karen M. Buesing
Susan N. Eisenberg
Scott Silverman
Jennifer Taylor (Up & Coming)
Litigation: General Commercial (Florida)
Joseph E. Foster
William P. Heller
Jason Oletsky (Up & Coming)
Ronald B. Ravikoff
Real Estate (Florida)
Theresa M. McLaughlin
Janice L. Russell
Andrew M. Smulian
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Florida)
Cecelia Bonifay
Neisen Kasdin
Tax (Florida)
L. Frank Cordero
Don K. Duffy
Russell B. Hale
Hank H. Raattama Jr.
Tax: Employee Benefits (Florida)
Richard T. Hurt
Peter E. Salomon
Transportation: Shipping Litigation (National, outside New York)
Anthony J. Cuva
About Akerman Senterfitt
Akerman is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the U.S. by The National Law Journal NLJ 250 (2008) in number of lawyers and is one of the largest firms in Florida. With more than 500 lawyers and government affairs professionals, we serve clients from major business centers in Florida, New York, Washington, D.C., California, Virginia, Colorado, and Texas.
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