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Carlton Fields Ranks Among Best in 2017 Chambers USA Guide
June 08, 2017

Tampa, Fla. – Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that 12 of the firm’s practices and 33 attorneys earned top rankings nationally, and in California, Connecticut, Florida, and Georgia in the 2017 Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers.

The Chambers USA Guide ranks law firm practices and attorneys based on merit only.Chambers researchers spend a year conducting in-depth interviews with key in-house counsel, firm clients, and leading private practice attorneys in each U.S. state. The directory also contains editorials of each ranked practice area and attorneys, quotes from clients and peers, and current clients.

The following Carlton Fields practice groups ranked No. 1:

• Construction – 15th consecutive year
• Insurance – 13th consecutive year
• White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – 10th consecutive year

The following firm practice groups ranked in top bands in the state of Connecticut:

• Real Estate

The following firm practice groups ranked in top bands in the state of Florida:

• Antitrust
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
• Environmental
• Health Care
• Litigation: General Commercial
• Real Estate
• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
• Tax

In addition, the following 33 attorneys ranked as leading lawyers in the Guide:

Atlanta

• Charles T. Sharbaugh – Real Estate

Hartford

• Frank A. Appicelli – Real Estate
• R. Jeffrey Smith – Real Estate

Los Angeles

• Barry Leigh Weissman – Insurance: Reinsurance

Miami

• Bruce J. Berman – Litigation: General Commercial
• Bruce Charles King – Construction
• Neal McAliley – Environment
• Thomas J. Meeks – Litigation: General Commercial
• Michael S. Pasano – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Star Individual)
• Benjamine Reid – Litigation: General Commercial

Orlando

• Charles J. Cacciabeve – Construction

Tallahassee

• Kelly A. Cruz-Brown – Insurance 
• Nancy G. Linnan – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Tampa

• D. Matthew Allen – Antitrust
• David P. Burke – Tax, Tax: State & Local
• Matthew J. Conigliaro – Litigation: Appellate
• Cristin Conley Keane – Tax
• Chris S. Coutroulis – Antitrust
• Nathaniel L. Doliner - Corporate/M&A 
• Robert S. Freedman – Real Estate
• James J. Kennedy, III – Healthcare
• Donald R. Kirk – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Edgel C. Lester, Jr. – Real Estate
• Laurel Lockett – Environment
• George J. Meyer – Construction
• Luis Prats – Construction
• Gary L. Sasso (President and CEO) – Litigation: Appellate
• Adam P. Schwartz – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Roger D. Schwenke – Environment (Senior Statesman)
• Sylvia H. Walbolt – Litigation: Appellate
• Wm. Cary Wright – Construction

West Palm Beach

• Robert N. Gilbert – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Joseph Ianno, Jr. – Litigation: General Commercial
Featuring
Image: Charles T. Sharbaugh
Charles T. Sharbaugh
Image: Frank A. Appicelli
Frank A. Appicelli
Image: R. Jeffrey Smith
R. Jeffrey Smith
Image: Barry Leigh Weissman
Barry Leigh Weissman
Image: Bruce J. Berman
Bruce J. Berman
Image: Bruce Charles King
Bruce Charles King
Image: Neal McAliley
Neal McAliley
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