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MIAMI – June 2, 2022 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. continues to receive national recognition for the strength of its legal bench in Florida with 48 attorneys from around the state included in the 2022 Chambers USA Guide. The firm received 16 practice recognitions in Florida, including 10 top-tier rankings.

Overall, Greenberg Traurig earned nearly 300 rankings across the U.S. – more than 220 individual attorney rankings and more than 70 of the guide’s practice area rankings.

Chambers and Partners, a UK-based publisher, notes that it selects attorneys and practice areas for inclusion based on thousands of interviews with practicing lawyers and clients around the world. Chambers released the 2022 USA Guide June 1.

In the USA Guide, attorneys and practice areas are ranked by placement in “bands,” with Band 1 being the highest placement. Attorneys can also be designated by market and practice on the “Star Individual,” “Eminent Practitioner,” “Senior Statespeople,” “Up and Coming,” “Star Associate,” or “Associate to Watch” lists, or named to the “Spotlight Table.”

Greenberg Traurig was recognized in Band 1 in the following Florida regions and Chambers practice area lists:

  • Florida – Banking & Finance
  • Florida – Environment
  • Florida – Litigation: Appellate
  • Florida – Litigation: Securities
  • Florida – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
  • Florida – Tax
  • Florida: North & Central – Real Estate
  • Florida: South – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
  • Florida: South – Real Estate
  • Florida: South – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Other Florida practice areas recognized in the guide include:

  • Florida – Insurance
  • Florida – Labor & Employment
  • Florida – Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
  • Florida – Litigation: Product Liability
  • Florida: Construction
  • Florida: South – Bankruptcy/Restructuring

The following Florida attorneys are recognized in special categories, in addition to any other rankings and mentions:

Star Individual:

Senior Statespeople

  • Matthew B. Gorson(Real Estate, Florida: South) is senior chairman of the firm and a shareholder in the Miami office. He has been recognized on the Senior Statespeople list since 2016.
  • Barry Richard(Litigation: Appellate and Litigation: General Commercial, Florida) is a shareholder in the firm’s Tallahassee, New York, and Washington, D.C. He has been recognized on the Senior Statespeople list for both practices since 2014.

Up and Coming

Associates to Watch

Below is the full list of Greenberg Traurig Florida attorneys recognized in the 2022 Chambers USA Guide statewide or regionally in Florida:

Fort Lauderdale

· Scott J. Bakal – Tax

· Donn A. Beloff – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

· Christian Brito – Insurance

· Fred E. Karlinsky – Insurance

· Kara L. MacCullough – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

· Bruce I. March – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

· Joel D. Maser – Tax

· Matthew W. Miller – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

· Michele L. Stocker – Litigation: General Commercial

 

Miami

· Emilio J. Alvarez-Farré – Banking & Finance: Transactional

· Alan I. Annex – Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)

· Alexandra Bach Lagos – Litigation: Product Liability; Litigation: General Commercial

· Kerri L. Barsh – Environment

· Burt Bruton – Real Estate

· Albert A. del Castillo –Public Finance

· Jaret L. Davis – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

· Robert J. Downing – Energy & Natural Resources

· Jared E. Dwyer – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

· Seth J. Entin – Tax

· Iris Escarra – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

· Carl A. Fornaris – Banking & Finance: Regulatory; Banking & Finance: Transactional

· Richard J. Giusto – Real Estate

· Matthew B. Gorson – Real Estate

· John B. Hutton III – Bankruptcy/Restructuring

· Michael N. Kreitzer – Litigation: General Commercial

· Nancy B. Lash – Real Estate

· Kimberly S. LeCompte – Real Estate

· Gary A. Saul – Real Estate

· Elliot H. Scherker – Litigation: Appellate

· Ozzie A. Schindler – Tax

· Meredith Singer – Real Estate

· Alan N. Sutin – Intellectual Property

· Michael J. Thomas – Construction

· David E. Wells – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

 

Orlando

· Warren S. Bloom – Public Finance

· Orlando L. Evora – Real Estate

· Michael G. Murphy P.E. – Construction

· Michael J. Sullivan – Real Estate; Leisure & Hospitality

 

Tallahassee

· Michael J. Cherniga – Healthcare

· Barry Richard – Litigation: Appellate; Litigation: General Commercial

· Timothy F. Stanfield – Insurance

 

Tampa

· Gregory W. Kehoe – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

· Richard C. McCrea, Jr. – Labor & Employment

· Katie Molloy – Labor & Employment

· David B. Weinstein – Environment; Litigation: General Commercial; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

 

West Palm Beach

· Joseph C. Coates III – Litigation: Securities

· Tracy L. Gerber – Litigation: Securities; Labor & Employment

· Bradford D. Kaufman – Litigation: Securities

About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2400 attorneys in 43 locations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm, often recognized for its focus on philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono, reported gross revenue of over $2 Billion for FY 2021. The firm is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law 100, Am Law Global 100, NLJ 250, and Law360 (US) 400. On the debut 2022 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard, it is a Top 15 firm. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab and net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage. Web: www.gtlaw.com.