compiled by Joe Wilhelm Jr.
Staff Writer
Numerous Jacksonville attorneys were recently recognized by Super Lawyer and Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite. Both publications are respected for the peer review formulas used in selecting their honorees and this is the third installment of listing those honorees alphabetically by practice area.
Government - Cities - Municipalities
Susan Erdelyi - Marks Gray
Wayne Flowers - Lewis Longman & Walker
Theodore Hainline - Rogers Towers
Victor Halbach - Marks Gray
Timothy Volpe - Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes, Rogerson & Wachs
Health care
Michael Dewberry - Rogers Towers
Dominic MacKenzie - Holland & Knight
Rising Star
Charmaine Chiu - Smith Hulsey & Busey
Immigration
Rising Star
Lacy Brinson - Kurzban Kurzban Weinger & Tetzeli
Giselle Carson - Marks Gray
Melissa Dearing - Fowler White Boggs
Lori Patterson - Rogers Towers
Insurance Coverage
Stephen Day - Taylor, Day, Currie, Boyd & Johnson
Dennis Dore - Dore & Associates
Thomas Edwards - Edwards & Ragatz
Christopher Hazelip - Rogers Towers
Corinne Heller - Attorney at Law
Joseph Kissane - Cole, Scott & Kissane
Kenneth Norrie - Rogers Towers
Matthew Posgay - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
Timothy Volpe - Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes, Rogerson & Wachs
Alan Wachs - Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes, Rogerson & Wachs
Rising Star
Megan Logan - Marks Gray
Intellecual Property
Rising Star
Stephen Kelly - Rogers Towers
Lisa Purvis - Rogers Towers
Intellecual Property Litigation
Rutledge Liles - Liles, Gavin, Costantino, George & Dearing
Rising Star
Gregory Allen - Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist
International
Phillip Buhler - Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones
James Moseley - Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones
Land Use and Zoning
Sidney Ansbacher - Gray Robinson
William Birchfield - Birchfield & Humphrey
Theodore Hainline - Rogers Towers
Bruce Humphrey - Birchfield & Humphrey
John Metcalf - Pappas Metcalf Jenks & Miller
Lynn Pappas - Pappas Metcalf Jenks & Miller
Rising Star
Charles Mills - Rogers Towers
Mergers and Acquisitions
Kathleen Cold - Holbrook, Akel, Cold, Stiefel & Ray
Gardner Davis - Foley & Lardner
Kenneth Kirschner - Kirschner & Legler
Daniel Nunn - Fowler White Boggs
Nicholas Pulignano - Marks Gray
Halcyon Skinner -McGuire Woods
Rising Star
William Hammill - Driver, McAfee, Peek & Hawthorne
Rupesh Patel - Holland & Knight
Lisa Purvis - McGuireWoods
Personal Injury Defense - General
Marianne Aho - Marks Gray
Jeptha Barbour - Marks Gray
Dana Bradford - Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Dennis Dore - Dore & Associates
R. H. Farnell - Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe
Ellis Fernandez - Fernandez Trial Lawyers
Bradley Johnson - Taylor, Day, Currie, Boyd & Johnson
Joseph Kissane - Cole, Scott & Kissane
William Kuntz - Smith Hulsey & Busey
Eric Leach - Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger
Joseph Milton - Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger
James Moseley Jr. - Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones
John Saalfield - Saalfield, Shad, Jay, Stokes & Inclan
Donald St. Denis - St. Denis & Davey
William Stone - Boyd & Jenerette
Richard Stoudemire - Boyd & Jenerette
Kristen Van der Linde - Boyd & Jenerette
Rising Star
Fraz Ahmed - Kubicki Draper
Personal Injury Defense - Medical Malpractice
Jeptha Barbour - Marks Gray
Robert Cole - Boyd & Jenerette
Harvey Jay - Saalfield, Shad, Jay, Stokes and Inclan
William Kuntz - Smith Hulsey & Busey
Dominic MacKenzie - Holland & Knight
John Saalfield - Saalfield, Shad, Jay, Stokes and Inclan
Richard Ramsey - Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford
Personal Injury Defense - Products
Jeptha Barbour - Marks Gray
William Corley - Marks Gray
Dennis Dore - Dore & Associates
Kyle Gavin - Liles, Gavin, Costantino, George & Dearing
Rising Star
Matthew Baggett - Murphy & Anderson
Robert George - Liles, Gavin, Costantino, George & Dearing
Niels Murphy - Murphy & Anderson
Personal Injury Plaintiff - General
Fred Catfish Abbott - Abbott & Wiesenfeld
Wayne Alford - Alford Law Group
William Bald - Dale, Bald, Showalter, Mercier & Green
Thomas Brown - The Brown Firm
Howard Butler - Butler Law Group
Joseph Camerlengo - Camerlengo & Gonzalez Law Group
Howard Coker - Coker Schickel Sorenson & Posgay
R. Scott Costantino - Liles, Gavin, Costantino, George & Dearing
Hugh Cotney - Hugh Cotney P.A.
Sean Cronin - Cronin & Maxwell
Roger Dodd - Spohrer & Dodd
Thomas Edwards - Edwards & Ragatz
Tad Griffin - Pajcic & Pajcic
Christopher Hazelip - Rogers Towers
Corinne Heller - Attorney at Law
Wayne Hogan - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
James Holland - Wettermark Holland & Keith
Richard Lantinberg - Wilner Hartley & Metcalf
Eric Leach - Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger
Donald M. Maciejewski - Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis, Maciejewski & Cabrey
Rodney Margol - Margol & Pennington
Edward McCarthy - Rogers Towers
Joseph Milton - Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger
Jeffery Morris - Law Offices of Jeffery Morris
Niels Murphy - Murphy & Anderson
Michael Ossi - Ossi, Najem & Rosario
Stephen Pajcic - Pajcic & Pajcic
Angelo Patacca - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Alan Pickert - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Matthew Posgay - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
John Schickel - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
Thomas Slater - Pajcic & Pajcic
Charles Sorenson - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
Robert Spohrer - Spohrer & Dodd
Donald St. Denis - St. Denis & Davey
James Terrell - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Fred Tromberg - Law Offices of Fred Tromberg
Diane Weaver - Weaver & Weaver
Edward White - Law Offices of Edward A. White
Joshua Whitman - Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger
Evan Yegelwel - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Rising Star
Matthew Baggett - Murphy & Anderson
Eric Friday - Fletcher & Phillips
Javan Grant - Rogers Towers
Holt Harrell - Harrell & Harrell
Jay Howanitz - Spohrer & Dodd
Seth Pajcic - Pajcic & Pajcic
Giovanni Stewart - Law Offices of Michael Fox Orr
Personal Injury Plaintiff - Medical Malpractice
Fred Catfish Abbott - Abbott & Wiesenfeld
Wayne Alford - Alford Law Group
Thomas Brown - The Brown Firm
Joseph Camerlengo - Camerlengo & Gonzalez Law Group
Howard Coker - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
Scott Costantino - Liles, Gavin, Costantino, George & Dearing
Sean Cronin - Cronin & Maxwell
Thomas Edwards - Edwards & Regatz
Corinne Hodak - Hodak Law Firm
Wayne Hogan - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Charles Johnston - Johnston & Hammond
Rodney Margol - Margol & Pennington
Stephen Pajcic - Pajcic & Pajcic
Angelo Patacca - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
James Terrell - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Joshua Whitman - Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger
Personal Injury Plaintiff - Products
Fred Catfish Abbott - Abbott & Wiesenfeld
Wayne Alford - Alford Law Group
Thomas Brown - The Brown Firm
Howard Coker - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgary
Hugh Cotney - Hugh Cotney P.A.
Wayne Hogan - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Donald Maciejewski - Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis, Maciejewski & Cabrey
Stephen Pajcic - Pajcic & Pajcic
Angelo Patacca - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Alan Pickert - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Matthew Posgay - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
Thomas Slater - Pajcic & Pajcic
Charles Sorenson - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
Robert Spohrer - Spohrer & Dodd
James Terrell - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Dianne Weaver - Weaver & Weaver
Evan Yegelwel - Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
Rising Star
Jay Howanitz - Spohrer & Dodd
Professional Liability Defense
Robert Cole - Boyd & Jenerette
John DeVault - Bedell, Dittmar, Pillans & Coxe
R. H. Farnell - Bedell, Dittmar, Pillans & Coxe
Joseph Kissane - Cole, Scott & Kissane
Dominic MacKenzie - Holland & Knight
Kenneth Norrie - Rogers Towers
Rufus Pennington - Margol & Pennington
Richard Ramsey - Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford
William Stone - Boyd & Jenerette
Professional Liability Plaintiff
Corinne Hodak - Hodak Law Firm
Rufus Pennington - Margol & Pennington
Donald St. Denis - St. Denis & Davey
Dianne Weaver - Weaver & Weaver
Rising Star
Kevin Cook - Bedell, Dittmar, Pillans & Coxe
Robert George - Liles, Gavin, Constantino, George & Dearing
Real Estate
Edward Akel - Holbrook, Akel, Cold, Stiefel & Ray
Barry Ansbacher - Ansbacher & Associates
William Birchfield - Birchfield & Humphrey
David Cook - Foley & Lardner
Hamilton Cooke - Cooke & Meux
Mitchell Legler - Kirschner & Legler
John Metcalf - Pappas Metcalf Jenks & Miller
Lynn Pappas - Pappas Metcalf Jenks & Miller
Nicholas Pulignano - Marks Gray
Mary Robison - Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball
William Scheu - Rogers Towers
Bert Simon - Gartner, Brock & Simon
Melissa Turra - Holland & Knight
Harry Wilson - Smith Hulsey & Busey
Thomas Wilson - Smith Hulsey & Busey
Rising Star
Lance Lucey - Interline Brands
Heather Nason - McGuireWoods
Jonathan Smith - Naugle & Smith
Chris Strohmenger - Rogers Towers
Kathryn Whittington - Pappas Metcalf Jenks & Miller
Schools and Education
Sidney Ansbacher - GrayRobinson
Securities and Corporate Finance
Gardner Davis - Foley & Lardner
Daniel Nunn - Fowler White Boggs
Halcyon Skinner - McGuireWoods
Rising Star
William Hammill - Driver, McAfee, Peek & Hawthorne
Rupesh Patel - Holland & Knight
Securities Litigation
Richard Lantinberg - Wilner Hartley & Metcalf
Rising Star
Bradley Blair - Murphy & Anderson
Lindsey Trowell - Fowler White Boggs
Tax
Edward Akel - Holbrook, Akel, Cold, Stiefel & Ray
Kenneth Anderson - Anderson & Stevens
Robert Bernstein - Foley & Lardner
Thomas Donahoo - Donahoo, Ball & McMenamy
Michael Fisher - Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball
Timothy Flanagan - Purcell, Flanagan & Hay
Peter Larsen - Akerman Senterfitt
Michael Leas - Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball
David Otero - Akerman Senterfitt
Mary Robison - Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball
Rising Star
Kevin Kane - Ivan, Cole, Bonnette & Kane
Krista Ray - Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball
Allison Ringler - Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball
Douglas Shaver - Rogers Towers
Shannon Valentine - Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball
Transportation Maritime
Marianne Aho - Marks Gray
Phillip Buhler - Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones
Roger Dodd - Spohrer & Dodd
Ellis Fernandez - Fernandez Trial Lawyers
Victor Halbach - Marks Gray
Lawrence Hamilton - Holland & Knight
James Holland - Wettermark, Holland & Keith
Joseph Milton - Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger
James Moseley - Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones
James Moseley Jr. - Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones
Thomas Slater - Pajcic & Pajcic
Edward White - Law Offices of Edward White
Estate and Trust Litigation
Kenneth Anderson - Anderson & Stevens
Thomas Donahoo - Dohanoo, Ball & McMenamy
John Grimsley - Grimsley Marker & Iseley
Robert Iseley - Grimsley Marker & Iseley
Rising Star
Kevin Cook - Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe
Worker’s Compensation
Allison Hauser - Marks Gray
Theodore Johns - Eraclides, Johns, Hall, Gelman, Johannesen & Goodman
John Schickel - Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
Richard Stoudemire - Boyd & Jenerette
Rising Star
Heather Byrer - Boyd & Jenerette
Megan Logan - Marks Gray