On Wednesday, April 29, SFBW and Lifestyle Media Group honored the 2015 Leaders in Law finalists and winners as part of a festive event at the Gallery of Amazing Things in Dania Beach.
About 350 attendees enjoyed high-level networking, cocktails and energetic entertainment by Monty Bloom Ensenbles” Electrostrings.
The 20,000-square-foot Gallery of Amazings Things offered a unique backgroup for attendees. There are rooms filled with sculptures, monumental crystals, 50-million-year-old fossils and a chandelier that is home to 300 porcelain fairies.
This was the second-annual Leaders in Law Awards, which honors lawyers and law firms that have achieved excellence in law, maintained the highest level of ethics, shown a commitment to their community and proven themselves as leaders.
Nominations were open to the public and evaluated by the SFBW editorial team.
The winners were announced at the event:
Law Firm of the Year
(under 25 attorneys):
Goldstein Law Group
Law Firm of the Year
(25-49 attorneys):
Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.
Law Firm of the Year
(more than 50 attorneys):
Roig Lawyers
Bankruptcy Law:
Jerry Markowitz,
Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog
Corporate Law:
Bowman Brown,
Shutts & Bowen LLP
Environmental Law:
Dennis D. Mele,
Greenspoon Marder Law
Family Law:
Peter L. Gladstone and
Jeffrey A. Weissman,
Gladstone & Weissman, P.A.
Health Care Law:
Jodi Laurence,
Florida Health Law Center
Insurance:
Mike Colodny,
Colodny Fass, P.A.
Intellectual Property Rights:
James A. Gale,
Feldman Gale
Labor and Employment Law:
Paul O. Lopez,
Tripp Scott
Litigation:
Andrew C. Hall,
Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A.
Medical Malpractice:
Richard T. Woulfe, Bunnell & Woulfe, P.A.
Mergers and Acquisitions:
Matthew Bielen, McDermott, Will & Emery
Personal Injury:
Stuart Z. Grossman, Grossman Roth, P.A.
Real Estate/Land Use:
Dennis J. Eisinger, Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A.
Rising Star:
Brian Karpf,
Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A.
Will, Trusts and Estates:
Carl Schuster, Greenspoon Marder Law