An assortment of South Florida attorneys found ways to make noteworthy achievements
before and after the coronavirus overhang.
By Catherine Wilson, Daily Business Review | December 7, 2020
It’s been an off year for almost everyone, but an assortment of South Florida attorneys found ways to make noteworthy achievements before and after the coronavirus overhang.
We recognize them with the Daily Business Review’s 16th annual Most Effective Lawyers awards for work that concluded in the year ended Sept. 30.
Legal teams reached settlements in long-running litigation over the suicide bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, for victims of a plane crash involving members of a Brazilian soccer team and for a bankrupt contractor involved in the deadly Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse.
In a fish-out-of-water case, a two-company corporate takeover was executed in probate courts because the litigation involved family-owned businesses.
A West Palm Beach attorney secured an acquittal for an ex-Barclays banker in London on charges tied to the 2008 financial crisis and Qatar.
And contemplating the revival of South Florida’s cruise industry, an attorney pushed through patents to make shipboard social-distancing more customary and reduce the risk of viral spread at sea.
These examples and more are offered to show the breadth of talent and success in the region’s legal community.
Appellate: Robert C. Gilbert, Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert; Edward G. Guedes, Joseph H. Serota and Eric S. Kay, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman
Arbitration: Sigrid McCawley, Boies Schiller Flexner
Bankruptcy: Jordi Guso, Berger Singerman
Class Action/Mass Torts: Steven Marks, Kristina Infante and Pablo Rojas, Podhurst Orseck
Complex/Business Litigation: Etan Mark, Don Hayden, Josh Migdal, Yaniv Adar and Lara
O’Donnell Grillo, Mark Migdal & Hayden
Corporate securities: Alan I. Annex, Greenberg Traurig
For all other categories, including: Criminal • Employment • Family/Probate • Government relations/Regulatory • Insurance • Intellectual property • International litigation• International transactions• Personal injury • Privacy • Pro bono • Products liability • Public interest • Real estate and Tax see original article
