Super Lawyers Honors 81 Carlton Fields Attorneys on 2018 Florida “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars”

Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that 81 of the firm's attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2018 issue of Florida Super Lawyers and Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars. Sixty-five firm attorneys are on the Florida Super Lawyers list and 16 were named Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars.

No more than five percent of Florida attorneys earn a spot on the Super Lawyers list each year. The Rising Stars list is similarly selective and honors lawyers who are under 40 or have been practicing less than 10 years.

The Carlton Fields attorneys on the lists include:

Miami

Super Lawyers: Bruce J. Berman, Steven J. Brodie, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Jeffrey Michael Cohen, Merrick L. Gross, Bruce C. King, Andrew J. Markus, Neal McAliley, Thomas Meeks, Paul L. Nettleton, Edith G. Osman, Richard J. Ovelmen, Michael S. Pasano, and Benjamine Reid.

Rising Stars: Steven Blickensderfer, Matthew Kohen, David L. Luck, and Yolanda P. Strader.

Orlando

Super Lawyers: Charles J. Cacciabeve, Daniel L. DeCubellis, and Jill Sarnoff Riola. 

Rising Stars: Stephanie E. Ambs and Scott A. Richards.

Tallahassee

Super Lawyers: Martha H. Chumbler, Christine Davis Graves, Nancy G. Linnan, and Peter D. Webster.

Tampa

Super Lawyers: President and CEO Gary L. Sasso, D. Matthew Allen, Lori Y. Baggett, Cathleen Bell Bremmer, David P. Burke, Matthew J. Conigliaro, Chris S. Coutroulis, Nathaniel L. Doliner, Steven C. Dupré, Robert S. Freedman, Jaret J. Fuente, Edward Gerecke, William Giltinan, Lannie D. Hough Jr., Cristin C. Keane, James J. Kennedy III, Donald R. Kirk, John J. Lamoureux, Joseph H. Lang Jr., Hywel Leonard, Edgel C. Lester Jr., Richard C. Linquanti, C. Douglas McDonald Jr., Kathleen S. McLeroy, George J. Meyer, Edward J. Page, Luis Prats, Jason J. Quintero, Thomas J. Roehn, Roger D. Schwenke, Christopher Smart, Marty J. Solomon, Paul J. Ullom, Sylvia H. Walbolt, James R. Wiley, Wm. Cary Wright, and Gwynne A. Young.

Rising Stars: Jordan August, Dane R. Blunt, Fentrice D. Driskell, Scott D. Feather, Jourdan Haynes, Jin Liu, Kevin P. McCoy, and Eleanor M. Yost.

West Palm Beach

Super Lawyers: James B. Baldinger, Sarah Cortvriend, Alexander D. del Russo, Robert N. Gilbert, Joseph Ianno Jr., William P. Sklar, and Tom Warner.

Rising Stars: Alexandra Blye and Ryan S. Cobbs. 

Super Lawyers is a publication that lists outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The magazine names exceptional attorneys annually in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers uses a rigorous selection process that begins with peer nomination. Once an attorney has been nominated, he or she is then evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement through a third-party researcher.

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