3 Greenberg Traurig Partners, Including Litigation Chairman, Jump to Stumphauzer & Sloman
Tim Kolaya, Ian Ross and Adam Foslid have come on as name partners. The firm will be renamed Stumphauzer, Foslid, Sloman, Ross & Kolaya.
March 25, 2019 at 05:38 PM
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(l-r) Ian Ross, Tim Kolaya and Adam Foslid of Stumphauzer, Foslid, Sloman, Ross & Kolaya.
Three Greenberg Traurig litigation partners — Timothy Kolaya, Ian Ross and former Miami litigation chairman Adam Foslid — have left the firm's Miami office to join litigation boutique Stumphauzer & Sloman as name partners.
The firm will be renamed Stumphauzer, Foslid, Sloman, Ross & Kolaya.
Former Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ryan Stumphauzer and Ryan O'Quinn founded the firm in 2011 as a government litigation boutique, defending individuals in hot water with the government. Former U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sloman joined in 2015, and O'Quinn left for DLA Piper in 2016.
As time went on, the Miami firm built a more diversified portfolio, adding corporate clients to its client base. The roster expansion allows the once-niche firm to offer comprehensive services to clients.
“We have been looking for years to add civil litigators,” Stumphauzer said. “We got the marquee attorneys.”
The new partners are commercial litigators who handle disputes involving commercial transactions, breach of contract, business torts and fraud, among other subjects. Kolaya, a former civil engineer, focuses his practice on real estate and construction matters.
None of the new partners has worked outside of Big Law, and the chance to create something to call their own was a big draw for the group. Foslid had known Stumphauzer for years: their wives work together in the legal department of the Miami office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
“This is an incredible opportunity to work with good friends,” said Foslid, who chaired Greenberg's Miami litigation department.
Yosbel Ibarra, co-managing partner of Greenberg Traurig's Miami office, wished the partners well.
“An entrepreneurial drive has been part of the Greenberg Traurig culture since our founding so it's not surprising to see Adam, Ian and Tim pursue their dream building their own firm,” Ibarra said in a statement. “We wish them well and thank them for their contributions to Greenberg Traurig. Our litigation team remains more than 600 lawyers strong, and in Miami, we continue to handle some of the most complex and high stakes litigation faced by our clients, whether across town or around the world.”
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