Carlton Fields
We view the world from our clients’ perspectives, helping them to lead and innovate across industries and around the globe. Because legal challenges do not exist in a vacuum, we craft tailored solutions that prioritize our clients’ overall business goals. Our focus is on building long-term collaborative relationships, and we are ranked among the nation’s most collaborative law firms by BTI Consulting Group.
Collaboration is also an important aspect of our internal culture. Our attorneys, consultants, and staff work as teams to bring forth the most creative responses to challenges and opportunities. We have created a workplace that rewards good ideas sourced from diverse thinkers. As a result, our clients benefit.
We strive to be valued advisers, and our unusual business model reflects that mindset. Instead of employing the common “pyramid model” where numerous junior lawyers support the efforts of relatively few shareholders, at Carlton Fields shareholders outnumber associates. This arrangement benefits our lawyers as well as our clients, giving them the advantage of working with legal teams particularly suited to their needs and best able to provide value.
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Scott Abeles is a seasoned trial lawyer and appellate advocate with a particular focus on high-stakes antitrust and class action matters. With deep experience in each stage of the...
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Matt Allen has particular emphasis in class action and antitrust litigation, having litigated dozens of class actions last year alone. More broadly, his area of practice is complex...
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Jim Baldinger practices commercial litigation and advises and counsels businesses on security and electronic surveillance matters. He represents companies and individuals nationwide, in...
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Jamie Bigayer counsels insurance and financial services companies on transactional, regulatory, and compliance matters arising under state insurance laws, federal and state securities laws...
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Ann Young Black counsels financial services clients on a broad range of insurance, securities, and business issues. She regularly advises clients developing new and innovative life and...
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Steven Blickensderfer handles a wide variety of civil litigation matters in federal and state court for clients across a number of industries. He is experienced in all phases of litigation...
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Katy Bremmer is a senior member of the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group. Katy drafts employment agreements and policies and advises on all manner of employment-related issues,...
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Barret Broussard’s litigation practice focuses on representing clients in a wide range of business disputes involving trademark and copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, unfair...
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Nick Brown’s practice focuses on appeals and trial support in state and federal courts. He also serves as the reporter for the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions...
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Dimitrije Canic is a litigator whose practice concentrates on clients in the life, annuity, and retirement solutions industry. He has experience in securities arbitration claims before the...
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Trish Carreiro is a cybersecurity and data privacy litigator who advises clients on data breach prevention and response. As a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/US), she is...
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Darnesha Carter's practice focuses on commercial litigation. She has experience with a variety of federal and state law issues, and she has worked on matters involving employment, health...
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Andres Chagui’s practice involves defending financial services companies in complex federal and state litigation throughout the United States, including class action defense, consumer fraud...
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Stephanie Chau’s practice focuses on complex business litigation and business formation matters. She represents institutional and individual clients across a wide range of commercial,...
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Richard Choi has more than 30 years' experience advising investment companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers, and life insurance companies on federal and state securities and...
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Stephen Choi’s practice focuses on transactional, regulatory, and compliance matters in the insurance and financial services industries arising under state insurance laws, federal and state...
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Jack Clabby’s practices focus on corporate governance, fraud, and shareholder litigation, including the defense of securities fraud class actions and derivative lawsuits. A former Assistant...
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Chael Clark is an experienced commercial and business litigator who has handled a broad array of complex disputes at the state, federal, and international level. He represents insurers in...
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Gary Cohen practices in the area of federal securities law, focusing on SEC regulation of investment companies and their investment advisers, distributors, and other service providers. He ...
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For more than 20 years, Jeff Cohen has worked on appellate matters or provided trial support in more than 20 states and territories, in both state and federal courts. He has provided trial...
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Eric Coleman handles a wide variety of complex business litigation, including commercial disputes, breach of contract claims, fraud claims, and shareholder derivative actions. Eric also...
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Andrew Daechsel is a litigator with a focus on the insurance industry. He serves as coverage and monitoring counsel in complex insurance coverage matters. This representation includes...
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Christine Davis is an experienced appellate advocate, regularly handling all aspects of appellate litigation in state and federal courts. Christine concentrates her practice on...
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In her practice, Megan Dhillon regularly advises healthcare providers, including hospitals, health systems, long term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and...
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Aaron Dunlap brings a multifaceted perspective to his work on behalf of land use clients, including private developers and governmental bodies. Prior to joining Carlton Fields, Aaron worked...
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Daniel Enriquez is a litigator with a focus on the insurance and financial services industries. He serves as coverage and monitoring counsel in complex insurance coverage matters. This...
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David Esau is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer whose practice focuses on worldwide complex antitrust litigation and counseling. David defends companies facing antitrust, unfair...
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Thaddeus Ewald's practice focuses on class actions and complex civil litigation in the insurance and financial services industries.
Thaddeus completed a dual-degree program at Georgetown...
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Scott Feather, a commercial litigator and trial attorney, defends and prosecutes a diverse range of disputes, including complex matters, in both federal and state court, and in arbitration...
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Stephanie Fichera's practice focuses on defending insurance carriers and financial services companies in class actions and complex civil litigation in federal and state courts throughout...
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Nathaniel Foell practices complex civil litigation, crafting arguments and finding solutions for challenging issues. He represents a diverse range of clients at both the trial and appellate...
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Ryan P. Forrest focuses his practice on high-risk complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts. He has a wide range of experience litigating matters involving class actions,...
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Rob Freedman has represented developers, lenders, and purchasers of developments in Florida and other states for more than 25 years. He has extensive experience in the acquisition,...
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Chris Freeman concentrates his law practice in complex litigation, including a broad range of cases at both the trial and appellate level involving commercial disputes and business torts,...
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Ann Furman has more than 30 years of experience representing broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies, insurance companies, and transfer agents in complex regulatory...
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Christina Gallo is a litigator in the state and federal courts of New York and New Jersey as well as arbitration tribunals. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage disputes, coverage...
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David focuses his practice on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, and commercial litigation. He represents debtors, creditors, financial...
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Greg Gidus represents insurance clients in sophisticated first-party property coverage matters and other complex coverage disputes involving directors and officers liability insurance,...
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Kelley Godfrey’s civil litigation practice focuses on insurance services and coverage issues, including the defense of breach of contract and bad faith claims. Prior to joining Carlton...
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Jon Goodwill handles all aspects of trademark, copyright, and domain name practice and portfolio management. His experience includes complex and cross-border matters involving enforcement,...
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Brendan Gooley is a litigator who focuses on employment discrimination, education, and insurance matters. He joined the firm after clerking for the United States Court of Appeals for the...
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Kristin Gore is an experienced litigator who regularly handles business litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts nationwide. Kristin’s practice...
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Christine Graves is an experienced appellate advocate, regularly handling all aspects of appellate litigation in state and federal courts. Christine concentrates her practice on complex...
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Rick Gross has more than 30 years of legal experience serving a variety of business clients. His multifaceted commercial litigation practice includes aspects of banking, real estate,...
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Cliff Gruhn's practice involves defending financial services institutions in complex litigation matters and class actions in federal and state courts throughout the United States.
Cliff...
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Brian Hart advises companies and high-net-worth individuals in a full range of business and legal matters, including real estate transactions, corporate and commercial law, banking and...
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Jourdan Haynes counsels on a wide range of complex commercial real estate matters, with an emphasis on property acquisition; disposition; commercial leasing, including telecommunication...
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Ethan has long represented clients in significant electronic, chemical, and mechanical patent cases, including a case in which he obtained the first-ever preliminary injunction on a design...
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Erin Hoyle focuses her practice on False Claims Act (qui tam/whistleblower) defense, corporate internal investigations, white collar criminal defense, cybersecurity and privacy, and...
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Gail Jankowski’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation and regulatory matters in the insurance and financial services industries in federal and state courts and in arbitration and...
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David Karp focuses on appellate litigation and trial support with a special interest in First Amendment, media, and privacy law. He prepares briefs and argues appeals before the U.S. Court...
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Steven Kass brings extensive experience to a wide range of issues facing insurance companies and other financial services providers. In 35 years as a business lawyer, his primary role,...
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Cristin Keane has extensive and varied experience with closely-held businesses, high net-worth individuals, and not-for-profit organizations. Cristin's experience with closely-held...
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Larry Kemm’s practice focuses on international tax matters for both domestic and non-U.S. clients. With 30 years of combined practice as a tax lawyer and CPA, Larry has vast experience...
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Matthew Kohen focuses his practice on the representation of technology companies in emerging industries such as fintech, telecommunications, and cybersecurity. He regularly advises...
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Jeanne Kohler represents U.S. and international insurers and reinsurers in complex commercial litigation and arbitrations, including complex insurance coverage disputes and reinsurance...
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Clark focuses his practice on trademark, copyright, domain name, licensing, and anti-counterfeiting matters, both in the United States and internationally. He has more than two decades of...
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Joseph H. Lang Jr. is a shareholder in the firm’s Appellate Practice and Trial Support group. He has extensive experience representing clients before and at trial on legal issues, motions...
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Tom Lauerman handles corporate and investment law matters, including public and private offerings of securities and other regulatory matters. He frequently advises financial firms...
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Matthew Lewis is a litigation trial attorney who practices in property and casualty insurance defending claims involving insurance services and coverage issues. Matthew represents clients...
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Richard Linquanti practices primarily in law relating to land business, including finance, borrowing and lending side, the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, business planning and...
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Jin Liu represents real estate investment trusts (REITs), national builders, resort developers, other developers of large commercial and residential projects, pension funds, and other...
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Laurel Lockett practices in the areas of environmental law and commercial real estate. She has substantial experience with cleanup, purchase, sale and redevelopment of brownfields and other...
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Chip Lunde counsels investment companies, investment company boards, investment advisers, broker-dealers, and life insurance companies on federal and state securities and insurance...
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Josh Markus represents U.S. and non-U.S. companies in international and domestic corporate transactions including joint ventures, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, public...
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Kevin McCoy is a tested trial lawyer and business counselor. Businesses across industries turn to him for his counsel and judgment on a variety of legal issues impacting their industries...
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Scott Menger is a commercial litigator with experience in both state and federal courts. His experience includes representing clients in matters involving breach of contract, conversion,...
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Emma Mintz is a litigator in the state and federal courts of New York and New Jersey as well as arbitration tribunals. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage disputes, coverage...
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Dean Morande has handled hundreds of appeals in a wide range of complex commercial cases. His extensive litigation experience covers a number of substantive practice areas, including real...
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Meredith Moss concentrates her practice on employment counseling and complex business litigation matters, including employment, unfair competition, intellectual property, Proposition 65...
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Ilan Nieuchowicz is a real estate and business trial lawyer. He represents large financial institutions, equipment loan and leasing companies, major real estate title insurance companies,...
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Rachel Oostendorp’s practice focuses on appeals and trial support in state and federal courts. She assists with all aspects of appeals, including early case assessments and evaluations,...
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Maria Mejia-Opaciuch has more than 25 years’ experience providing comprehensive legal services related to U.S. immigration and nationality law for businesses of all sizes, families, and...
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Luigi Orengo, Jr. is a litigator focused on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters involving issues such as fraudulent transfers and defenses, asset sales, contract assumption and...
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Jillian Orticelli’s practice focuses on defense litigation in employment and education matters, investigations, and preventive counseling. Jillian defends employers and educators against...
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Mariko Shitama Outman assists with all aspects of appellate litigation and trial support in state and federal courts. She works on a wide range of complex commercial matters in state and...
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For more than 30 years, Richard J. Ovelmen has practiced constitutional, land use, local government, media, class action, and intellectual property law, including particularly First...
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A former federal and state prosecutor with more than 37 years of legal experience, Ed Page has tried more than 100 jury trials in state and federal courts and more than 250 bench trials. In...
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Gary Pappas is a trial attorney with nearly 30 years' experience in civil litigation. Gary's experience includes products liability, business torts, insurance coverage, intellectual...
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James Parker-Flynn focuses on appellate advocacy, land use litigation, and environmental law.
James handles all aspects of appeals, from initial case assessment through oral argument and...
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Brooke Patterson is a litigation associate whose practice focuses on class actions and complex civil litigation matters throughout the United States involving the insurance and financial...
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Scott Pence is a construction and real estate attorney whose practice focuses primarily on representing developers, owners, architects, contractors, and subcontractors in the preparation,...
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John Pitblado has extensive experience in a wide range of litigation on behalf of insurers in the property and casualty, title, life, health, and reinsurance industries, including coverage...
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Gail Podolsky chairs the Technology Industry Group and represents clients at all stages of their growth. She concentrates her practice on the commercialization of intellectual property with...
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Luis Prats is a board certified construction lawyer with more than 35 years of experience representing public and private owners, developers, contractors, and design professionals on all...
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Mandy Proctor's practice focuses on professional liability defense and insurance coverage litigation, including defending insurance carriers against bad faith claims and filing declaratory...
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Heidi Hudson Raschke has spent her legal career representing commercial insurance clients in complex coverage disputes. She partners with her clients, developing close relationships with...
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Arnaldo Rego Jr. has extensive experience in cross-border debt and equity capital markets transactions; mergers and acquisitions; private equity financing and investment; corporate, joint...
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Lee Rightmyer is a seasoned commercial trial attorney. He represents clients in real property and complex business-related disputes. He has extensive experience representing clients in...
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Board certified in Intellectual Property Law by The Florida Bar, Jill is a highly experienced intellectual property litigator, specializing in trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and...
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Adam Schwartz concentrates his practice on white collar criminal defense, False Claims Act (qui tam/whistleblower) defense, and health care fraud and abuse matters. He represents...
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![]() Associate Rachel J. Schwartz represents property and casualty insurance industry clients in litigation and counsels them on varied coverage matters, including coverage disputes arising under...
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![]() Shareholder James Sconzo is a “go-to” attorney for many of the most recognized education institutions and corporations. He is a skilled trial lawyer, negotiator, investigator and proven leader. Highly...
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![]() Associate Raina Shipman’s practice focuses on general business litigation matters. Her experience includes litigation work for clients in the insurance, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and...
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![]() Of Counsel Steve Sidman has more than two decades of experience in the business of pop culture. He represents creative talent and entrepreneurial ventures, from Michelin-starred chefs and...
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![]() Associate Alex Silverman represents U.S. and international insurers and reinsurers in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, including complex insurance coverage disputes and reinsurance...
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Of Counsel William Sklar, a member of the Real Estate and Commercial Finance Practice, represents developers and lenders. He assists them with planning, drafting, and the development of residential,...
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Shareholder Chris Smart tries real estate, title insurance, and consumer finance cases. His clients are national title insurance companies, mortgage lenders, and real estate owners, developers, and...
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![]() Special Advisor Adam Smith is an attorney and venture investor with nearly two decades of experience as an executive managing global legal affairs, corporate securities, technology contracting, and mergers...
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Shareholder Irma Solares' practice focuses on complex state and federal litigation, representing both U.S. and foreign clients involved in commercial disputes and arbitration. She represents insurance...
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Shareholder Marty Solomon is a real property litigator. He defends title insurers nationwide in direct litigation, coverage litigation, bad faith actions, title agent defalcation response, and class...
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![]() Associate Benjamin Stearns’s practice focuses on regulated industries, primarily medical marijuana and property and casualty insurance. Benjamin works with state regulators to resolve compliance...
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Ken Tinkler’s practice involves a wide variety of government law issues with a focus on land use, environmental and energy permitting, ethics regulation, and election law. His experience...
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Jennifer Tschetter is actively involved in all aspects of the medical marijuana industry through her representation of applicants for licensure, licensed medical marijuana treatment centers...
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Nora Valenza-Frost represents U.S. and international insurers and reinsurers in arbitration and litigation involving complex claims, coverage and regulatory issues across all lines of...
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Rae Vann represents and advises employers on all major federal, state, and local employment laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 11246, the Americans...
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Beth Vecchioli's practice focuses on insurance regulation, lobbying and financial service matters. She has extensive experience in the regulation of all types of insurance, reinsurance and...
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Sylvia Walbolt handles civil appeals in both federal and state courts, in all areas of the law, including torts, product liability, business disputes, construction law, securities laws,...
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Laura Wall is developing her practice in the areas of property and casualty insurance, and life insurance and annuity litigation.
During law school, Laura worked as a summer intern in the...
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Lowell Walters helps employers minimize their risks while offering meaningful benefits to employees. He minimizes risks by addressing Internal Revenue Code and ERISA issues facing employee...
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Peter Webster has had a distinguished career in judicial service, spanning more than 25 years. He was a judge in Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit, sitting in Jacksonville and Green Cove...
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Aaron Weiss maintains a national litigation practice focused on telecommunications law, class actions, and consumer claims. His cases often involve all of these areas of law. He also...
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With a legal career spanning more than four decades, Barry Leigh Weissman offers significant insurance and reinsurance industry experience. He represents insurance and reinsurance companies...
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Roben West is developing her practice in the property and casualty insurance area. Prior to joining Carlton Fields, Roben was a law clerk to the Honorable Charles R. Wilson, U.S. Court of...
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Michael Winston, the Consumer Finance Industry Group leader, focuses on consumer finance litigation, including lender liability and loan servicing litigation, escalated residential...
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Michael Wolgin defends insurance companies and financial services institutions in complex litigation matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States. His practice includes...
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Michael Yaeger is a litigator whose practice focuses on government investigations and cybersecurity matters, as well as related regulatory issues and civil litigation. His years prosecuting...
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Eleanor Yost litigates high-stakes intellectual property disputes in state and federal courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the United States Patent and Trademark...
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Edmund Zaharewicz has broad experience in federal securities and commodities regulation, insurance regulation, and related employee benefit and general corporate matters. He focuses on...
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Michael Zilber’s practice focuses on general business litigation matters. His experience includes handling matters involving claims of deceptive and unfair trade practices, fraud, and...
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