Alexander Lugo

June 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

While salaries across the country rose by an average of about 4%, Florida's four respondents grew salaries by an average of 12%, according to the 2023 NLJ 500 report.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Overall, just 29 of the firms saw declines in headcount last year. That number was 44 in 2021.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

June 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The commercial real estate market in particular is getting choppier, and practitioners are increasingly taking advantage of receiverships and assignment for benefit of creditors.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

June 22, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The firm is building up its New York office with corporate lawyers after it recently suffered a loss of nine corporate litigators to Blank Rome.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Hamid Namazie, who previously managed McGuireWoods' downtown Los Angeles office, said the group's clients were looking for "continuity of representation across geographies."

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 16, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Justice Ricky Polston stepped down from the high court at the end of March and immediately went to work as general counsel at Citizens Property Insurance, Florida's not-for-profit insurer of last resort.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 15, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"People from Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kansas City and from the middle of the country, they move to the west coast of Florida when they come to Florida," said Marc Weintraub, a partner at the Am Law 200 firm. "It's the right place to be for the connectivity that Stinson has with its Midwestern client base."

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 15, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The current pot of contract money is quickly catching up to the political law and lobbying shop's total earnings during Gov. Ron DeSantis' first term, which came in at $3.3 million.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 13, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Shame on Greenberg Traurig, who knew all of this, and did nothing to stand up for the rights of domestic abuse survivors like me and my daughters," said Catherine Kassenoff, who wrote a letter accusing her ex-husband and former Greenberg Traurig shareholder Allan Kassenoff of abuse.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 12, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"It's quite a boon for, not only the Miami sports universe, but the economy as well when you think about the type of interest that's going to attract," said Ahmand Johnson, a Greenspoon Marder partner focused on sports and entertainment.

By Alexander Lugo

5 minute read