Florida Legal Awards 2024 | ALM Events | 15 December 2023 | TBA

The Daily Business Review hosts its annual Professional Excellence Awards to recognize distinguished members of the Florida legal community in assorted areas of the law.

The Categories Include
• Attorney of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement
• Distinguished Leaders
• ESG Impact
• Cross-Border Disputes
• Best Mentors
• Litigation Departments
• In-House Impact
• Real Estate Transactions
• Unsung Heroes
• Law Firm of the Year
• Dealmakers of the Year
• Innovators
• On the Rise
• Diversity and Inclusion

2023 Honorees

Attorney of the Year
• Michael Goldberg - Akerman

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