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SFLG Briefing

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Florida International University Law graduates racked up national accolades for bar exam performance in 2019. They placed second on a national list of ABA-accredited law schools that outperformed their stateís average bar passage rate in 2019. FIU law students earned a 94.8 percent bar passage rate in 2019, topping the Florida rate by 23.89 percentage points. They placed 12th on a list of the top 20 bar pass rates in the nation for 2019 by law.com, landing among top 14 (sometimes called T-14) law schools such as those at Columbia, Stanford, and Cornell University.

Zumpano grows in New York City

Zumpano Patricios & Popok, the New York office of Zumpano Patricios, has relocated to 417 Fifth Ave., Suite 826, and grown to seven lawyers. The latest additions are senior partner Mitchell G. Mandell and senior associate Hamutal G. Lieberman 

People on the Move

Frederick B. O’Malley, formerly of Shutts & Bowen, has joined Carlton Fields as chief operating officer, replacing Anastasia “Annie” Hiotis, who retired.

James Eaglesham has joined Shutts & Bowen as CFO.

Sachs Sax Caplan has appointed Brett A. Duker a principal of the firm.

Lawyer Gina Szapucki has joined the marital and family law department at Ward Damon in West Palm Beach.

Brinkley Morgan partner Kenneth A. Gordon is the new chairman at the Broward Partnership.

Corporate and real estate lawyer William J. Liss has relocated from Cincinnati to joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as a partner in its Boca Raton office.

Susan Trevarthen, a partner with Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, and chair of its public sector land use and planning group, was appointed chair of the 1000 Friends of Florida.

Commercial litigator Ira Gonzalez has left Fowler White to join the Coral Gables office of Hinshaw & Culbertson.

Kristen M. Cañamero-Gómez has rejoined Rasco Klock’s Miami office after serving as director of legal and business affairs for Ole Media Services in Coral Gables.

Holland & Knight has added two insurance defense partners, Alaine Greenberg and

Brian Koch, who previously practiced at Greenberg

Robert Kramer of Kramer, Green, Zuckerman, Greene & Buchsbaum has been named chairman of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade.

Traurig.

Brinkley Morgan promoted George Taylor and

Julia Wyda to partners.

Gunster names Seven partners

Gunster has named seven new partners in South Florida in the following practice areas: Elizabeth Bowers, private wealth; Holly Griffin Goodman,  labor and employment; Deborah K. Madden, environmental and land use; Stephanie Quinones, corporate and technology; and Nathan W. Hill, Timothy J. McGinn and Amy S.L. Terwilleger, business litigation.

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.