Download the 2023 Florida Legal Awards Program


Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Adam Balkan - Balkan, Patterson & Charbonnet
  • Michael Goldberg - Akerman — WINNER
  • Jason Kellogg - Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman

Best Mentors

  • Beatriz “Bibi” Azcuy - Sidley Austin
  • Deborah Baker - Greenspoon Marder
  • Jennifer Bullock - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Angela C. de Cespedes - Saul Ewing
  • Suzanne M. Driscoll - Shutts & Bowen
  • Michael Ehrenstein - Ehrenstein Sager
  • Raquel Fernandez - Bilzin Sumberg
  • Marck Joseph - The Joseph Firm
  • Abbey Kaplan - Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine
  • Sara Lawson - Zuckerman Spaeder
  • Mark Osherow - Osherow PLLC
  • Chad Van Horn - Van Horn Law Group

Cross-Border Disputes

  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Jones Day
  • Squire Patton Boggs

Distinguished Leaders

  • Stephanie Adler-Paindiris - Jackson Lewis
  • Suzanne Amaducci-Adams - Bilzin Sumberg
  • Ardith Bronson - DLA Piper
  • Antonio F. Dias - Jones Day
  • Jorge Diaz-Silveira - Hogan Lovells
  • Justin Fineberg - LashGoldberg
  • Bill Geraghty - Shook, Hardy & Bacon
  • Elizabeth “Betsy” Hodge - Akerman
  • Tammy Knight - Holland & Knight
  • Enrique Martin - Winston & Strawn
  • Gregory Podolak - Saxe Doernberger & Vita
  • Andres Rivero and Jorge A. Mestre - Rivero Mestre
  • Randy Rosenblum - Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum Bluestein
  • James G. Sammataro - Pryor Cashman
  • Larry Silverman - Sidley Austin

Diversity and Inclusion: Firm

  • Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Carlton Fields
  • Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel

Diversity and Inclusion: Individual

  • Nancy Faggianelli - Carlton Fields
  • Corey Gray - Boies Schiller Flexner
  • Nikki Lewis Simon - Greenberg Traurig
  • Grasford Smith - Akerman
  • Cristina Pérez Soto - Jones Day

ESG Impact

  • Baker McKenzie
  • Brinkley Morgan
  • Farah & Farah
  • LashGoldberg
  • University of Miami School of Law

General Counsel Impact

  • Jessica Camuffo - Uber Technologies, Inc.
  • Andrew McLachlin - BGIS Global Integrated Solutions
  • Pilar Ramos - TelevisaUnivision
  • Jalal “Jay” Shehadeh - U.S. Century Bank

Innovators

  • Andrew Balthazor - Holland & Knight
  • Mitch Bierman, Justin Luger and Roger Pou - Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman
  • Maria Jose Granados-Godoy - SimplyLegal
  • Dan Morgan - Morgan & Morgan

Lifetime Achievement

  • Melanie Damian - Damian Valori Culmo
  • Matthew B. Gorson - Greenberg Traurig
  • Ronald L. Kammer - Hinshaw & Culbertson
  • Jack Kessler - Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Anthony C. Musto - Anthony C. Musto, Attorney at Law
  • Scott J. Silverman - Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS)

Litigation Departments of the Year

  • AXS LAW Group
  • Kim Vaughan Lerner
  • LashGoldberg
  • Podhurst Orseck
  • Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman

Real Estate Transactions

  • Bilzin Sumberg
  • Brinkley Morgan
  • Eisinger Law
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Jones Walker
  • Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
  • Saul Ewing

On the Rise

  • Cary Aronovitz - Holland & Knight
  • Clay Carlton - Morgan Lewis & Bockius
  • Alexander Clavero - McDermott Will & Emery
  • Jordan Chisolm - Cozen O’Connor
  • Aaron Davis - Davis Goldman
  • Juliana De Valdenebro Garrido - Hogan Lovells
  • Amanda Fernandez - Rivero Mestre
  • Jason Goldman - Davis Goldman
  • Stefan R. Grow - Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs
  • Elizabeth Hughes - Akerman
  • Allison J. Leonard - Damian Valori Culmo
  • Jennifer Migliori - Duane Morris
  • Dania Slim - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
  • Rebecca Rodriguez - Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
  • Brian Seidenberg - Polsinelli
  • Daniel Stabile - Winston & Strawn
  • Colleen Smeryage - Freedman Normand Friedland
  • Gabriel Valdes - Sidley Austin
  • Stuart Weissman – Ratzan Weissman & Boldt
  • Brandon White - Holland & Knight

Unsung Heroes

  • Lea Bucciero - Podhurst Orseck
  • Scott Eichhorn - University of Miami School of Law
  • Allison Hertz – Kaye Bender Rembaum
  • Bernice Lee – Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton