The Daily Business Review, with the help of editorial staff as well as distinguished members of the Florida legal community, has selected this year’s honorees and finalists for the Florida Legal Awards.

All honorees will be recognized, and winners of finalist categories announced, at the awards ceremony to be held on April 4 at the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami. We hope to see you there. For tickets and sponsorships, please contact Andre Sutton at [email protected] for more information.

In the meantime, please join us in congratulating the honorees and finalists for their well-earned recognitions:

Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees

Mercedes Armas Bach, Retired Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Florida

James A. Ballerano Jr., Day Pitney

Robert Brochin, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Candis Trusty, Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog

Attorney of the Year Finalists

Beth-Ann E. Krimsky, Greenspoon Marder

Jeff Schneider, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider +Grossman

John Yanchunis, Morgan & Morgan

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

Greenberg Traurig

Holland & Knight

McDermott Will & Emery

Distinguished Leaders Honorees

Beatriz Azcuy, Sidley Austin

Christopher Boyett, Holland & Knight

Craig T. Downs, The Downs Law Group

Anna Fernandez, Legal Lotus

Craig Goldenfarb, Goldlaw

Fred E. Karlinsky, Greenberg Traurig

Litigation Departments of the Year Finalists

King & Spalding

Kluger Kaplan

Morgan & Morgan

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

White & Case

In-House Impact Finalists

Patricia Simone Cruz, AT&T

Brandon Briggs, Inter Miami CF

Shannon Eichberg, Jabil

Bree Farrugia, Micro-X

Camielle Green Owens, OPKO Health

Cross-Border Disputes Finalists

Manuel Garcia-Linares, Day Pitney

Reed Smith

Rivero Mestre

Squire Patton Boggs

Dealmakers of the Year Finalists

Lorne Cantor, Jones Day

Meaghan Murphy, Meland Budwick

Roberto Pupo, Holland & Knight

Jeffrey P. Swatzell, Kirkland & Ellis

Best Mentors Finalists

Louis Archambault, Saul Ewing

Justin Fineberg, LashGoldberg

Traci McKee, Faegre Drinker

Keith Mitnik, Morgan & Morgan

Antonio Peña, Greenberg Traurig

Diversity & Inclusion (Firm) Finalists

Greenspoon Marder

Greenberg Traurig

The Joseph Firm

Stearns Weaver Miller

Diversity & Inclusion (Individual) Finalists

Alexa Gebert, Fowler White Burnett

Michael Góngora, Becker

Tequisha Myles, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County

Arianne Plasencia, McDermott Will & Emery

Nicholas Rodriguez, Winston & Strawn

ESG Impact Finalists

Ayala Law

LashGoldberg

Legal Services of Greater Miami

McDermott Will & Emery

Morgan & Morgan

Karen Rich, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci

Innovators Finalists

Charlie Hernandez, My Pocket Lawyer

Cohen Property Law Group

Legal Services of Greater Miami

Winston & Strawn’s Digital Assets & Blockchain Technology Group

Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman

Real Estate Transactions Finalists

Cohen Property Law Group

Ryan Girnun, Jones Day

Greenberg Traurig

Keith Poliakoff, Government Law Group

Unsung Heroes Honorees

Daniel Balmori, Hogan Lovells

Carmen Contreras-Martinez, Saul Ewing

Evan S. Glasser, Greenspoon Marder

Demitrianna Grekos, Hunton Andrews Kurth

Christopher Ramsey, GrayRobinson

Jackelyn Stewart, Eisinger Law

On the Rise (Small/Midsize Firm) Honorees

Lauren K. Einhorn, Taylor English Duma

Alexander Fischer, Sanchez Fischer Levine

Anne R. Flanigan, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman

Jose Herrera-Paez, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial

Utibe Ikpe, Meland Budwick

Chelsea Koff, Stearns Weaver Miller

Monique Lavender Greenberg, Lavender Greenberg

Tal Lifshitz, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton

Matthew McGuane, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman

Jordan Nadel, Mark Migdal & Hayden

Pascual Oliu, Boies Schiller Flexner

Amanda Phillips, Greenspoon Marder

Emily Pincow, LashGoldberg

Pablo Rojas, Podhurst Orseck

Dominique Sciullo, Brinkley Morgan

Jonathan Siegelaub, LashGoldberg

Charles Stoecker, McGlinchey Stafford

Georgia Thompson, Day Pitney

Charles Throckmorton, Carlton Fields

Jessica Underwood, Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas

Tova N. Verchow, Gladstone Weissman Hirschberg & Schneider

Jonathan R. Zim, Eisinger Law

On the Rise (Large Firm) Honorees

Alejandro Arias, Holland & Knight

Jodi Avila, Baker McKenzie

Cameron Baker, Fox Rothschild

Patrick Barthle, Morgan & Morgan

Samuel Basch, Cole, Scott & Kissane

Whitney Bosworth, Kirkland & Ellis

Michael Bruno, McDermott Will & Emery

Andrew Cromer, Polsinelli

Arielle Eisenberg, Cozen O’Connor

Sal Favuzza, DLA Piper

Joshua Fordin, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Logan E. Gans, Holland & Knight

Danielle Gordet, Akerman

Daniel Kahan, King & Spalding

Robert Kane, Greenberg Traurig

Kate Lashley, Sidley Austin

Eduardo M. Leal, Kirkland & Ellis

Brian Liegel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Kayla Pragid, Holland & Knight

Amanda Preston, Squire Patton Boggs

Sarah Primrose, King & Spalding

Ravin Sahadeo, Morgan & Morgan

Ryan Sainz, Morgan & Morgan

Daniella Genet Silberstein, Greenberg Traurig

Gutman Skrande, Duane Morris

Scott M. Snyder, Fox Rothschild

Nina Welch, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

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