TAMPA, FL – Carlton Fields earned top rankings for 11 practices and 20 of its attorneys in Chambers USA 2025.
Chambers conducts independent research to rank law firms and attorneys based on factors including client service, commercial vision and business understanding, diligence, value for money, depth of team, legal ability, and professional conduct.
The following Carlton Fields practice ranked Band 1 in Florida:
- Litigation: Appellate – 6th consecutive year
The following firm practices ranked in top bands in Florida:
- Antitrust
- Construction
- Environment
- Health Care
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Litigation: Appellate
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations
- Tax
The following firm practices ranked in top bands in North and Central Florida:
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Real Estate
In addition, the following 20 attorneys ranked as leading lawyers:
Hartford
- Frank Appicelli – Real Estate
Miami
- Steven Brodie – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Bruce King – Construction
- Neal McAliley – Environment
Tallahassee
- Joseph Ullo – Environment
- William Sklar – Real Estate
Tampa
- David Burke – Tax, Tax: State and Local
- Matthew Conigliaro – Litigation: Appellate
- Nathaniel Doliner – Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
- Robert Freedman – Real Estate
- James Kennedy – Health Care
- Donald Kirk – Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Bankruptcy Litigation
- Laurel Lockett – Environment
- George Meyer – Construction
- Janet Goldberg McEnery – Labor and Employment
- Luis Prats – Construction
- Jason Quintero – Construction
- Adam Schwartz – Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations
- Paul Ullom – Construction: Mediators
- Cary Wright – Construction
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