MIAMI – Nov. 2, 2026 – Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Shareholders Jaret L. Davis, Tracy L. Gerber, and Fred E. Karlinsky are recognized in Florida Trend’s 2026 “Florida 500” issue.
Florida Trend’s “Florida 500” list highlights Florida’s most influential business leaders across more than 60 business categories. Davis, Gerber, and Karlinsky are among a select group of attorneys featured in the Law section. The publication also recognizes Greenberg Traurig Senior Chairmen Cesar L. Alvarez and Matthew B. Gorson on its list of “Living Legends.”
Davis is senior vice president of Greenberg Traurig, co-managing shareholder of the Miami office, and is a member of the firm’s global executive committee. He focuses his practice on structuring and negotiating domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital raising transactions, and large financings. Davis routinely provides representation to publicly traded clients with an aggregate market capitalization of over $100 billion as well as several of Miami’s largest “unicorn” companies. He is co-founder and general counsel of eMerge Americas and serves as chairman of Nicklaus Children’s Health System’s board of directors, a member of the board of trustees of the University of Miami, and a director of City National Bank. Davis is a founding member of the Partnership for Miami, a nonprofit committed to advancing Miami’s long-term growth and success. He formerly chaired the Miami-Dade Beacon Council from 2016 to 2017.
Gerber is managing shareholder of the firm’s West Palm Beach office, co-chair of the firm’s Broker-Dealer Securities Litigation Practice, and a member of the firm’s global executive committee. She regularly defends major Wall Street brokerage firms, registered investment advisers, and other financial institutions in a wide variety of employment disputes in arbitration, before administrative agencies, and in state and federal courts nationwide. Gerber has tried more than 100 arbitrations to final award. In 2024, PayPal presented her with its Legal Leaders Award. Gerber has served on the faculty of the Securities Industry Institute at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School for more than 12 years. Under her leadership, the West Palm Beach office won the Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society’s 2024 And Justice for All Award for pro bono work.
Karlinsky, a shareholder in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, and Washington, D.C., offices, chairs Greenberg Traurig’s Global Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice and serves on the firm’s global executive committee. With over 30 years of experience, he represents insurance companies, reinsurers, and a wide array of related entities on regulatory, transactional, corporate, and governmental affairs matters. Karlinsky is a recognized authority on insurance regulatory and compliance issues and regularly leads insurers’ corporate and M&A transactions. He has served as an adjunct professor at Florida State University College of Law for nearly two decades, where he chairs the Board of Visitors. Karlinsky serves on the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission and previously chaired the commission from 2022 to 2025. He is the immediate past president and a member of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society’s board of trustees, chair-elect of Leadership Florida, and vice chair of World Trade Center Miami. Karlinsky has been honored this year with several recognitions, including Florida Legal Luminaries’ top Financial Regulatory Attorney, the Intermediaries & Reinsurance Underwriters Association’s Roy G. Nelson Memorial Award, and the Insurance Business America Hot 100.