June 27, 2012

Akerman Senterfitt today announced that Florida Trend magazine has named 43 of the firm's attorneys to its 2012 Florida Legal Elite list, making Akerman one of the top firms in the state for total lawyers listed. This year's total marks the second year running that Akerman has increased its total lawyer count over the previous year. The lawyers are from Akerman’s offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach, and represent the firm’s core practice areas.

Honorees include shareholder Karen Buesing, who is a member of the Legal Elite Hall of Fame, and eight lawyers under the age of 40 that were named Up and Comers for exhibiting leadership in the law and in their local community. The 2012 Florida Legal Elite list recognizes the state’s top lawyers as selected by their peers through a voting process in 28 practice areas and recognizes less than 2 percent of the more than 66,000 Florida Bar members practicing in the state. 

The Akerman lawyers honored in 2012 are:

Kimberly A. Ashby, Construction
Jonathan L. Awner, Business Law
Allison S. Bernstein, Civil Trial
Stacy B. Bohm, Construction
Jacob A. Brown, Bankruptcy & Workout
Karen M. Buesing, Labor & Employment
Venus A. Caruso, Commercial Litigation
Kirk S. Davis, Healthcare
Benjamin F. Diamond, Up and Comer
Michael K. Dixon, Intellectual Property Rights
Susan N. Eisenberg, Labor & Employment
Carol L. Schoffel Faber, Real Estate
Dee Dee Fischer, Commercial Litigation
Irene B. Frick, Up and Comer
Katherine E. Giddings, Appellate Practice
Rachael L. Greenstein, Up and Comer
Russell B. Hale, Tax
Elizabeth M. Hernandez, Government & Administrative
Laura M. Holm, Business Law
Christopher B. Hopkins, Civil Trial
Bernard Jacobson, Business Law
Daniel Jacobson, Business Law
Leslie Joughin III, Commercial Litigation
Arlene K. Kline, Up and Comer
Peter O. Larsen, Tax
D. Brett Marks, Bankruptcy & Workout
Margaret D. Mathews, Commercial Litigation
Timothy J. McDermott, Commercial Litigation
Jason S. Oletsky, Commercial Litigation
Luis M. O'Naghten, International
David E. Otero, Bankruptcy & Workout
Stephen G. Prom, Healthcare
Eric D. Rapkin, Real Estate
Scott W. Rostock, Up and Comer
Carl D. Roston, Business Law
Joseph W.N. Rugg, Healthcare
Tamara J. Savin, Up and Comer
L. Joseph Shaheen Jr., Commercial Litigation
Scott T. Silverman, Labor & Employment
Wesley D. Tibbals, Business Law
Leslie M. Tomczak, Up and Comer
Virginia B. Townes, Commercial Litigation
Angela C. de Cespedes Wenke, Up and Comer

About Akerman Senterfitt
Akerman is a leading transactions and trial law firm known for its core strengths in middle market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. With more than 500 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 19 offices, it is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the U.S. by The National Law Journal NLJ 250 (2012). Akerman also is ranked among the top 100 law firms for diversity by MultiCultural Law magazine (2012) and recognized as the Law Firm of the Year for Diversity – South by Benchmark Litigation (2012). More information can be found at akerman.com or twitter.com/akerman_law.