Top 200 Largest Law Firms – 1-25 - Kelley Kronenberg

Top 200 Largest Law Firms ? 1-25 Ranked by number of South Florida lawyers, then South Florida partners, then total staff; ties listed alphabetically

Rank Firm 2011 2010 Address

Lawyers:

S. Fla: Miami- Partners:

Staff

Phone lawyers Dade Miami-Dade Hourly Rate

Fax partners Broward Broward First year

Website offices Palm Palm Beach Beach

salary

1 1

Greenberg Traurig 333 S.E. Second Ave., Suite 4400 Miami 33131

305-579-0500 279 164

305-579-0717 181 57

5

58

106

WND

38 $210-$675

37

WND

2 2

Akerman Senterfitt 1 S.E. Third Ave., 25th floor Miami 33131

305-374-5600 230 142 83

305-374-5095 123 45

26

5

43

14

439 WND WND

3 3

Holland & Knight 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami 33131

305-374-8500 147 103

305-789-7799 91 34

3

10

64

279

19

WND

8 $125,000

4 4

Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd.m Suite 1500 Miami 33131

305-358-6300 140 89

305-381-9982 97 28

3

23

63

343

18

WND

16 $122,500

5 6

Gunster 777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 500 E. West Palm Beach 33401

561-655-1980 136 24

14

561-655-5677 74 43

25

4

69

35

292 WND WND

6 8

Carlton Fields PA 100 S.E. Second St., Suite 4200 Miami 33131

305-530-0050 125 98

305-530-0055 67

0

2

27

52

244

0 $195-$815

15 $117,500

7 9

Cole, Scott & Kissane PA 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1400 Miami 33156

305-350-5300 115 64

20

305-377-0922 33 12

5

3

39

8

285 WND WND

8 7

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA 305-789-3200

150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200

305-789-3395

Miami 33130



111 88 2

92 19 0

73 15 0

264 WND WND

9 13

Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd floor Miami 33131

305-374-7580 100 100

305-351-2131 47

0

1

0

47

240

0

WND

0 $125,000

10 10

Fowler White Burnett PA 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th floor Miami 33131

305-789-9200 95 70

50

305-789-9201 67 16

10

fowler- 3

9

7

229 WND WND

11 11

White & Case LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami 33131

305-371-2700 90 90

305-358-5744 24

0

1

0

24

163

0

WND

0 $135,000

Conroy Simberg Ganon Krevans 12 Abel Lurvey Morrow & Schefer PA 14 3440 Hollywood Blvd., 2nd floor

Hollywood 33021

954-961-1400 954-967-8577

87 29 3

8 54 25

3 18 8

237 WND WND

13 16

Broad and Cassel 2. S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st floor Miami 33131

305-373-9400 83 35

12

305-373-9443 34 16

5

4

32

17

150 WND WND

14 15

Becker & Poliakoff 3111 Stirling Road Hollywood 33312

954-987-7550 81 19

954-985-4176 37 50

becker- 4

12

9

180

23 $250-$550

5 $85,000

15 17

Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy & Ford PA 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 800 Miami 33134

305-448-3939 70 305-441-1745 32 3

32 22 16

14 11 7

186 WND WND

16 19

Greenspoon Marder PA 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale 33309

954-491-1120 68

1

1

954-771-9264 30 59

25

5

8

4

250 WND WND

17 18

Berger Singerman 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale 33301

954-525-9900 954-523-2872

62 34 3

24 28 10

11 18 5

138 WND WND

18 NR

Lydecker Diaz 1201 Brickell Ave., 5th floor Miami 33131

305-416-3180 61 60

305-416-3190 12

0

2

1

11

106

0 $250-$550

1 $60,000

19 24

GrayRobinson PA 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami 33131

305-416-6880 55 27

305-416-6887 34 28

gray- 2

0

16

110

18

WND

0 $105,000

20 21

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1010 Fort Lauderdale 33301

954-467-7900 55 25

11

954-467-1024 24 30

13

2

0

0

114 WND WND

21 12

Ruden McClosky 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale 33301

954-764-6660 54

4

1

954-764-4996 30 43

27

4

7

2

150 WND WND

22 20

Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske PL 954-463-4242

200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1900

954-764-7770

Fort Lauderdale 33301

wsh-

53 24 2

23 30 0

12 12 0

88 WND WND

23 26

Vernis & Bowling 1680 N.E. 135th St. Miami 33181

305-895-3035 48 28

2

305-892-1260 6

13

2

national- 3

7

2

120 WND WND

24 23

Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4100 Miami 33131

305-577-7000 47 35

13

305-577-7001 20

0

0

2

12

7

103 WND WND

25 30

Tripp Scott 110 S.E. Sixth St., 15th floor Fort Lauderdale 33301

954-525-7500 46

0

954-761-8475 28 46

1

0

0

122

28

WND

0 $75,000

Major areas of practice *

Business reorganization & bankruptcy, litigation, corporate, IT/IP, real estate

Corporate/M&A, litigation, real estate, bankruptcy, labor & employment

Litigation, corporate, real estate, labor & employment, trusts & estates

Financial services, litigation, real estate, tax, estates, labor & employment

Corporate, real estate, banking, private wealth services, litigation

Appellate, litigation, real estate, corporate, tax, insurance, products, white collar

Commercial litigation, professional malpractice defense, D&O, employment, construction defect

Litigation, real estate, labor/employment, bankruptcy, corporate/securities, municipal law

Litigation, bankruptcy, corporate securities, real estate, land use, government relations

Commercial litigation, maritime, aviation, securities, insurance defense, corporate, real estate

Banking, M&A/corporate, capital markets/ securities, project finance, disputes

Insurance defense, workers' compensation, commercial litigation & all areas of litigation

Commercial litigation, bankruptcy & creditors' rights, health care, real estate, estate planning

Construction, condo/HOA, government, real estate, litigation, corporate, international trade

Complex civil litigation, medical malpractice, products liability, aviation, pharmaceuticals

Real estate, litigation, family law, tax, trusts & estates, corporate law

Business reorganization, commercial litigation, corporate & securities, real estate, tax

Commercial litigation, financial litigation, intellectual property, labor/employment, corporate transactions

Full-service law firm

Business/corporate law, litigation, employment, estate planning and tax

Litigation, financial recovery workouts, bankruptcy, real estate, land use & zoning

Local government, litigation, real estate, land use, labor, associations, construction

Civil defense, workers' compensation, P&C, D&O, bankruptcy, criminal law, real estate, family law

Corporate, litigation, real estate, product liability, public finance

Commercial litigation, labor and employment, government affairs, environmental, entrepreneurial business

Managing partners M= Miami-Dade B= Broward P= Palm Beach A= All counties

Jaret Davis and Richard Giusto (M) Glenn Goldstein and Frank Brogan (B)

Howard Bregman (PB) James S. Bramnick (M) David C. Ristaino (B) Wesley A. Lauer (PB) Kelly-Ann Cartwright (M)

Nick Milano (B) Rick Hutchison (PB) Joseph D. Bolton, Bowman Brown (M) Allan M. Rubin (B) Arthur J. Menor (PB)

H. William Perry (A)

Charles M. Rosenberg (M) Thomas A. Hanson (PB)

Richard Cole (M) Kip Lassner (B) Barry Postman (PB)

Rick Schatz (M)

John C. Sumberg (M)

Charles G. De Leo, Christopher E. Knight, Richard A. Wood (M)

Victor M. Alvarez (M)

Bruce F. Simberg (M, B) Scott D. Krevans (B) Neal L. Ganon (PB)

Mark F. Raymond (M) Gabriel Imperato (B) Jeffrey Deutch, Patricia Lebow (PB) Perry M. Adair (M) Alan S. Becker (B) Chris Draper, Ken Direktor (PB)

Nicholas E. Christin, Jackson F. McCoy (M) Dennis M. O'Hara (B)

Gerald Greenspoon (A) William Berger (PB)

Paul Steven Singerman, James L. Berger (A)

Mark A. Hendricks, Richard Lydecker, Manuel Diaz (M)

Steven W. Zelkowitz (M) Thomas H. Loffredo (B)

Ronald L. Kammer (M) Cheryl Wilke (B)

Michael Krul, Carl Schuster (A)

Michael Popok (M) Jamie A. Cole (M, B) Mitch Burnstein (B)

Robert C. Bowling (M, B) G. Jeffrey Vernis (B, PB)

Luis Reiter (M) John B.T. Murray (PB)

Ed Pozzuoli (B)

Notes: South Florida refers to Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. WND = Would not disclose. * Due to space constraints, not all areas of practice were listed for all the firms. Some managing partners'

names have been abbreviated. Last year's No. 5, Adorno & Yoss, closed in March. The firm briefly changed its name to Yoss LLP following founder Hank Adorno's suspension by the Florida Supreme Court last fall.

Source: The firms

Researched by Amy Limbert

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Top 200 Largest Law Firms ? 26-50 Ranked by number of South Florida lawyers, then South Florida partners, then total staff; ties listed alphabetically

Rank Firm 2011 2010 Address

Lawyers:

S. Fla: Miami- Partners:

Staff

Phone lawyers Dade Miami-Dade Hourly Rate

Fax partners Broward Broward First year

Website offices Palm Palm Beach Beach

salary

26 22

Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami 33131

305-810-2500 46 46

305-810-2460 20

0

1

0

20

94

0

WND

0 $145,000

27 28

Kubicki Draper 25 W. Flagler St., Penthouse Miami 33130

305-374-1212 45 22

9

305-982-6725 19 12

5

3

11

5

256 WND WND

28 29

Arnstein & Lehr LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3600 Miami 33131

305-428-4500 44 25

12

123.5

305-374-4744 26 11

8

WND

5

8

6

WND

29 27

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2400 Miami 33131

305-358-5171 40 40

20

305-358-7470 20

0

0

1

0

0

112 WND WND

30 33

Genovese Joblove & Battista 100 S.E. Second St., 44th floor Miami 33131

305-349-2300 40 30

305-349-2310 19 10

gjb- 2

0

13

84

6 $210-$680

0 $115,000

31 36

K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami 33131

305-539-3300 37 37

23

305-358-7095 23

0

0

1

0

0

60 WND WND

32 35

Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O'Connell 515 N. Flagler Drive, 20th floor West Palm Beach 33401

561-832-5900 561-833-4209

35 22 1

0 0 35

0

82

0 $175-$500

22

WND

33 25

Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson LLP

305-671-1300

9350 S. Dixie Highway, 10th floor

305-670-7065

Miami 33156



35 21 3

22 10 3

13 6 2

WND WND WND

34 34

Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs PA 505 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 1100 West Palm Beach 33401

561-659-3000 35 561-832-1454 18 jones- 2

0 0 35

0 0 18

80 WND WND

35 39

McDermott, Will & Emery 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22nd floor Miami 33131

305-358-3500 33 33

305-347-6500 18

0

1

0

18

65

0

WND

0 $145,000

36 31

Hogan Lovells 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami 33131

305-459-6500 33 33

305-459-6550 17

0

1

0

17

57

0

WND

0 $140,000

37 37

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 5300 Miami 33131

305-415-3000 33 305-415-3001 7 1

33 0 0

7 0 0

64 WND WND

38 38

Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, Delatorre and Sobel PA 305-442-3334

201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1102

305-443-3292

Coral Gables 33134



31 13 3

23 6 2

9

88

3 $200-$450

1 $85,000

Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel,

39 Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo and Dunbrack PA 954-370-9970

NR 8201 Peters Road, Suite 4000

954-382-1988

Plantation 33324



31 10 3

4 22 5

2 6 2

76 WND WND

40 32

Glantzlaw 7951 S.W. Sixth St. Plantation 33324

954-424-1200 31

0

0

954-424-1206 2

31

2

1

0

0

81 WND WND

41 53

Duane Morris LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami 33131

305-960-2200 28 305-960-2201 18 2

25 0 3

15

58

0

WND

3 $145,000

42 NR

Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 305-403-8788

201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 34th floor

305-403-8789

Miami 33131



28 8 1

14 14 0

8 0 0

26 WND WND

43 43

Diaz Reus & Targ LLP 100 S.E. Second St., Suite 2600 Miami 33131

305-375-9220 27 27

12

305-375-8050 12

0

0

1

0

0

42 WND WND

44 52

Sachs Sax Caplan

561-994-4499

6111 Broken Sound Parkway N.W., Suite 200 561-994-4985

Boca Raton 33487



27 7 1

0 0 27

0 0 7

51 WND WND

45 46

Daniels, Kashtan, Downs, Robertson & McGirney 305-448-7988

3300 Ponce De Leon Blvd.

305-448-7978

Coral Gables 33134



26 20 2

18 8 0

13 7 0

54 WND WND

46 66

Conrad & Scherer, LLP 633 S. Federal Highway, 8th floor Fort Lauderdale 33301

954-462-5500 26 954-463-9244 15 2

1 25 0

1

68

14 $175-$650

0 $75,000

47 54

Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th floor Miami 33131

305-536-1112 26 26

305-536-1116 14

0

1

0

14

48

0 $250-$665

0 $105,000

48 49

Zumpano Patricios & Winker PA 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables 33134

305-444-5565 26 26

305-444-8588 10

0

1

0

10

40

0 $300-$800

0

NA

49 48

Baker & McKenzie LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 1700 Miami 33131

305-789-8900 25 25

305-789-8953 12

0

1

0

12

65

0

WND

0 $130,000

50 65

Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Drive, 7th floor Miami 33133

305-856-2444 25 20

305-285-9227 12

5

2

0

11

53

1 $130-$650

0

WND

Major areas of practice *

Litigation, corporate finance/M&A/Latin America, labor employment, bankruptcy, tax

Defense firm: civil trial and appellate practice in all courts

Bankruptcy, business organizations, banking, litigation, real estate

Product liability, class actions & complex litigation, business litigation, environmental, ADR

Bankruptcy, commercial litigation, white-collar litigation, franchise law, securities law

Commercial litigation,corporate, M&A, securities, L&E, health care, bankruptcy

Real estate, commercial litigation, estate & probate, medical malpractice defense

Workers' compensation, insurance coverage, construction litigation, auto and general liability

Real estate, trusts & estates, commercial litigation, business & corporate, tax

Health care, corporate, trial, tax, IP, government relations

Energy, project finance, litigation, health, international business transactions

Labor and employment, litigation, investment management and real estate

Construction, condominium/homeowner association, real estate, shopping center, realproperty litigation

Commercial litigation, construction litigation, employment law, workers' compensation, liability

General practice

Estates & asset planning, trial, corporate, health care, real estate

Commercial litigation, bankruptcy and receiverships, class actions, labor & employment

Full-service international litigation & arbitration, trade, financial, commercial & corporate transactions

Litigation, family law, community associations, real estate, land use, governmental

Professional liability defense, construction law & litigation, commercial litigation, appeals, real esate

Commercial litigation, class action/mass torts, international law

Business ligation, real estate, land use, local government, construcction law

Health, international, commercial litigation, corporate, family law, estate planning, criminal law

Tax, litigation, corporate & securities, private banking, white collar, real estate

Litigation, real estate, business & corporate, taxation, estate planning

Managing partners M= Miami-Dade B= Broward P= Palm Beach A= All counties

Marty Steinberg (M)

Jeffrey B. Shapiro (M) Alan G. Kipnis (B)

Steven L. Daniels (PB) Lea Souza-Rasile (M) John H. Genovese, Michael D. Joblove, Paul J. Battista (M) Daniel A. Casey (M)

Alan J Ciklin (PB)

Richard G. Rosenblum (A)

Larry B. Alexander (PB)

Ira J. Coleman (M)

Luis J. Perez (M)

Mark E. Zelek (M)

Steven M. Siegfried (A) Steven Kronenberg, Karen Gilmartin (M)

Michael Fichtel (B) Howard Wander (PB) Ronald P. Glantz, Wendy Newman Glantz (B) Charles C. Papy III (M) Jerome L. Wolf (PB) Jeffrey C. Schneider (M)

Michael Diaz Jr. (M)

Peter S. Sachs (PB) Richard G. Daniels, Michael F. Kashtan (M)

Jose Rodriguez (B) William R. Scherer (M, B)

Joeseph L Rebak (M)

Joseph I. Zumpano (M)

James H. Barrett (M)

John R. Squitero (M, B)

Notes: South Florida refers to Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. WND = Would not disclose.

* Due to space constraints, not all areas of practice were listed for all the firms. Some managing partners' names have been abbreviated. ** Information acquired from firm websites.

Source: The firms

Researched by Amy Limbert

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Top 200 Largest Law Firms ? 51-75 Ranked by number of South Florida lawyers, then South Florida partners, then total staff; ties listed alphabetically

Rank Firm 2011 2010 Address

Lawyers:

S. Fla: Miami- Partners:

Staff

Phone lawyers Dade Miami-Dade Hourly Rate

Fax partners Broward Broward First year

Website offices Palm Palm Beach Beach

salary

51 47

Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9th floor Miami 33134

305-372-1800 25 25

305-372-3508 11

0

1

0

11

70

0 $300-$700

0 $120,000

52 44

Proskauer Rose LLP 2255 Glades Road, Suite 421 Atrium Boca Raton 33431

561-241-7400 25 561-241-7145 7 1

0 0 25

0

57

0

WND

7 $130,000

53 42

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 1395 Brickell Ave., Suite 1200 Miami 33131

305-577-3100 25 25

305-374-7159 6

0

1

0

6

55

0

WND

0 $160,000

54 69

Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Keechl 954-525-4100

200 S.W. First Ave., Suite 1200

954-525-4300

Fort Lauderdale 33301



25 0 2

0 24 1

0 0 0

42 WND WND

55 87

Adams | Coogler, PA

561-478-4500

1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., 16th floor 561-684-7346

West Palm Beach 33401



24 8 2

12 0 12

4 0 4

32 WND WND

56 50

Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate PA 100 S.E. Third Ave., 23rd floor Fort Lauderdale 33394

954-492-4010 954-492-1144

24 6 1

0 24 0

0 6 0

56 WND WND

57 41

Richman Greer PA 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1000 Miami 33131

305-373-4000 23 305-373-4099 14 2

12 0 11

8

51

0 $205-$600

6

WND

58 60

Foreman Friedman PA 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami 33131

305-358-6555 22 22

9

305-374-9077 9

0

0

1

0

0

47 WND WND

59 56

Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, PA 100 S.E. Second St., 30th floor Miami 33131

305-577-3996 22 22

305-577-3558 8

0

vpl- 1

0

8

46

0 $195-$575

0 $100,000

60 55

Thornton Davis & Fein PA ** 80 S.W. Eighth St., Suite 2900 Miami 33130

305-446-2646 22 22

8

305-441-2374 8

0

0

1

0

0

WND WND WND

61 51

Luks Santaniello Petrillo & Jones 110 S.E. Sixth St., 20th floor Fort Lauderdale 33301

954-761-9900 22

2

0

954-761-9940 3

15

2

ls- 3

5

1

60 WND WND

62 40

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1600 West Palm Beach 33401

561-833-7700 21

0

0

561-655-8719 13

1

1

2

20

12

45 WND WND

63 59

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA 800-780-8607

2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.

561-615-8254

West Palm Beach 33409



21 12 1

0 0 21

0 0 12

130 WND WND

64 57

Houck Anderson PA 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 300 Miami 33131

305-372-9044 21 305-372-5044 11 2

20 1 0

10 1 0

40 WND WND

65 68

Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen, & Levine PL 305-379-9000

201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 17th floor

305-379-3428

Miami 33131



21 8 1

21 0 0

8

22

0

WND

0 $90,000

66 75

Katzman Garfinkel & Berger 5297 W. Copans Road Margate 33063

954-786-7774 21

0

954-486-7782 5

21

1

0

0

165

5 $225-$500

0

WND

67 70

Brinkley Morgan 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 19th floor Fort Lauderdale 33301

954-522-2200 20 954-522-9123 14 2

0 20 0

0 14 0

25 WND WND

68 64

Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Gora PA 7777 Glades Road, Suite 400 Boca Raton 33434

561-477-7800 561-477-7722

20 12 2

0 2 18

0 0 12

34 WND WND

69 79

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP 2400 E. Commercial Blvd., Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale 33308

954-958-2500 20

0

954-958-2513 8

20

1

0

0 8 0

51 WND WND

70 62

Panza, Maurer & Maynard, PA 3600 N. Federal Highway, 3rd floor Fort Lauderdale 33308

954-390-0100 20 954-390-7991 5 2

0 19 1

0 5 0

40 WND WND

71 80

Infante, Zumpano, Hudson & Miloch LLC 500 S. Dixie Highway, Suite 302 Coral Gables 33146

305-503-2990 20 305-774-5908 5 2

19 0 1

4 0 1

29 WND WND

Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser

72 Slama Hancock Liberman and McKee **

954-763-8181

63 12 S.E. Seventh St., Suite 801

954-763-8292

Fort Lauderdale 33301



19 13 1

0 19 0

0 13 0

WND WND WND

73 74

Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo 420 S. Dixie Highway, 3rd floor Coral Gables 33146

305-667-0223 19 16

6

305-284-9844 8

0

0

2

3

2

54 WND WND

74T 88

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2500 Miami 33131

305-358-1666 305-371-8759

19 7 1

19 0 0

7 0 0

WND WND WND

74T 61

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP ** 120 E. Palmetto Park Road, Suite 500 Boca Raton 33432

561-750-3000 19 561-750-3364 7 1

0 0 19

0 0 7

WND WND WND

Major areas of practice *

Bankruptcy, complex litigation, tradmark, health care, class action

Personal planning, corporate, labor and employment, commercial litigation, real estate

Business finance & restructuring, corporate, litigation, real estate

Litigation, business law, real estate, employment, family

Medical malpractice defense, general liability, law enforement, construction litigation, products

Insurance regulatory, commercial and civil litigation, governmental consulting, administrative law

Commercial litigation, alternate dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, commercial transaction

Commercial/civil litigation, admiralty/maritime, hospitality/tourism, insurance disputes, employment

Insurance, bad faith litigation

Appellate, aviation, construction litigation, employment law, maritime, intellectual property

General liablity, vehicular, premises, product, professional, construction, employment, insurance defense

Business, insurance/reinsurance, intellectual property, litigation, public finance, real estate

Personal injury, mass torts, defective products, auto accidents, commercial disputes

Admiralty/maritime, transportation, hospitality, employment, aviation

Commercial & ADR, construction, intellectual property, matrimonial, probate, trust, guardianship & fiduciary

Community association, commercial litigation, construction defect, casualty/insurance, real estate

Commercial litigation, family, real estate, corporate, tax, state & local government

Commercial litigation, labor/employment, family, real estate, estate planning, bankruptcy

Product liability, intellectual property, commercial, media and class action

Administrative, business, health care, academic, litigation

Litigation, bankruptcy, corporate, personal injury, real estate, banking, data privacy

Personal injury, complex litigation, medical malpractice, aviation and admiralty, environmental

Commercial insurance, professional liability, coverage, bad faith, trucking, construction, premises

Corporate, litigation, construction, banking and finance, Latin America

Securities fraud, corporate governance, insurance, antitrust, consumer fraud, intellectual property

Managing partners M= Miami-Dade B= Broward P= Palm Beach A= All counties

Corali Lopez-Castro (M)

David Pratt (PB)

Richard A. Morrison (M)

Jeffrey M. Ostrow (B)

Reed W. Kellner (PB)

Joel Fass (B)

Manuel A. Garcia-Linares (M, PB)

Jeffrey E. Foreman, Darren W. Friedman (M)

Brenton N. Ver Ploeg (M)

Daniel J. Santaniello (A)

Gregory E. Young (B, PB) Christian D. Searcy, Earl L. Denney, John Scarola, F. Gregory Barnhart,

John Shipley (PB) Mark R. Houck (M, B) Abbey Kaplan, Bruce Katzen, Alan Kluger, Todd Levine, Philippe Lieberman, Jason Marks, Michael Perse, Steve Silverman (M) Donna DiMaggio Berger (A)

Philip J. Morgan (B)

Michael B. Shapiro (PB)

Gordon James III (B)

Susan Horovitz Maurer (B, PB)

Emil R. Infante, Carlos A. Zumpano (M)

Michael Mullen (M) Anthony DiMatteo (PB) Nicolas Swerdloff (M)

Notes: South Florida refers to Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. WND = Would not disclose.

* Due to space constraints, not all areas of practice were listed for all the firms. Some managing partners' names have been abbreviated. ** Information acquired from firm websites.

Source: The firms

Researched by Amy Limbert

34

Top 200 Largest Law Firms ? 76-100 Ranked by number of South Florida lawyers, then South Florida partners, then total staff; ties listed alphabetically

Rank Firm 2011 2010 Address

Lawyers:

S. Fla: Miami- Partners:

Staff

Phone lawyers Dade Miami-Dade Hourly Rate

Fax partners Broward Broward First year

Website offices Palm Palm Beach Beach

salary

76 103

Moskowitz Mandell Salim & Simowitz, PA 800 Corporate Drive, Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale 33334

954-491-2000 19 954-491-2051 6

1

0 19 0

0 6 0

78 WND WND

77 82

McIntosh Sawran & Cartaya PA 1776 E. Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale 33304

954-765-1001 19

4

954-765-1005 5

12

3

3

1

74

4

$165

0 $55,000

78 146

Tabas, Freedman, Soloff, Miller & Brown PA 305-375-8171

14 N.E. First Ave., Penthouse

305-381-7708

Miami 33132



19 5 1

19 0 0

5 0 0

44 WND WND

79 72

Jackson Lewis LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3500 Miami 33131

305-577-7600 18 18

12

305-373-4466 12

0

0

1

0

0

34 WND WND

80 NR

Berk, Merchant & Sims PLC 2 Alhambra Plaza, Suite 700 Coral Gables 33134

786-338-2900 18 18

3

786-338-2888 3

0

0

1

0

0

47 WND WND

81 84

Littler Mendelson 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami 33131

305-400-7500 17 17

10

305-603-2552 10

0

0

1

0

0

35 WND WND

82 95

Foley & Lardner LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami 33131

305-482-8400 17 17

305-482-8600 9

0

1

0

9

40

0

WND

0 $145,000

83 NR

Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Penthouse 1225 Coral Gables 33134

305-779-3560 305-779-3561

17 8 1

17 0 0

8

32

0 $200-$525

0 $70,000

84 110

Hamilton Miller and Birthisel

305-379-3686

150 S.E. Second Ave., Suite 1200

305-379-3690

Miami 33131



17 8 2

16 1 0

7 1 0

30 WND WND

85 86

Colson Hicks Eidson 255 Alhambra Circle, Penthouse Coral Gables 33134

305-476-7400 16 16

13

305-476-7444 13

0

0

1

0

0

43 WND WND

86 67

Peckar & Abramson 1 S.E. Third Ave., Suite 3100 Miami 33131

305-358-2600 16 16

9

305-375-0328 9

0

0

1

0

0

30 WND WND

87 73

Cohen, Norris, Scherer, Weinberger & Wolmer 561-844-3600

712 U.S. Highway 1, Suite 400

561-842-4104

North Palm Beach 33408



16 8 1

0 0 16

0

NA

0 $250-$450

8

WND

88 76

Miller, Kagan, Rodriguez & Silver PL 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 802 Coral Gables 33134

305-446-5228 16

8

2

65

305-446-7110 4

5

1

WND

3

3

1

WND

89 89

Hyman Spector & Mars, LLP 150 W. Flagler St., 27th Floor Miami 33130

305-371-4244 16 16

4

305-371-5930 4

0

0

1

0

0

45 WND WND

90 85

Attorneys Dell & Schaefer Chartered 2404 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood 33020

954-620-8300 16

0

954-922-6864 2

14

3

2

0

40

2

WND

0 $65,000

91 99

Astigarraga Davis ** 701 Brickell Ave., 16th floor Miami 33131

305-372-8282 16 16

0

305-372-8202 0

0

0

1

0

0

WND WND WND

92 100

Haile, Shaw & Pfaffenberger PA 660 U.S. Highway 1, 3rd floor North Palm Beach 33408

561-627-8100 15

0

0

561-622-7603 15

0

0

1

15

15

32 WND WND

93 71

Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath 515 N. Flagler Drive, 10th floor West Palm Beach 33401

561-655-1990 15 561-832-2932 8 1

0 0 15

0 0 8

85 WND WND

94 NR

Coffey Burlington PL

305-858-2900

2699 S. Bayshore Drive, Penthouse

305-858-5261

Miami 33133



15 7 1

15 0 0

7

30

0

15

0 $90,000

95 124

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. Miami 33131

305-358-9900 15 15

305-789-9302 6

0

1

0

6

28

0 $310-$730

0

WND

96 83

Hightower & Partners PA 4770 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1200 Miami 33137

305-539-0909 15 11

305-530-0661 4

0

2

4

3 0 1

41 WND WND

97 109

Russel Lazega 13499 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 107 Miami 33181

305-981-9055 15 14

305-981-9053 1

1

2

0

1

46

0 $250-$425

0

WND

98 91

Lewis, Longman, & Walker PA 515 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 1500 West Palm Beach 33401

561-640-0820 14

0

9

561-640-8202 18

0

0

llw- 1

14

9

33 WND WND

Falk, Waas, Hernandez, 99 Cortina, Solomon & Bonner 90 2 Alhambra Plaza, Suite 750

Coral Gables 33134

305-447-6500 305-447-1777

14 12 2

11 3 0

9 3 0

45 WND WND

100 78

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs LLP 5355 Town Center Road, Suite 900 Boca Raton 33486

561-241-0414 14 561-241-9766 11 1

0 0 14

0 0 11

29 WND WND

Major areas of practice *

Commercial litigation, real estate, banking litigation, governmental law, family law

Medical malpractice, admiralty & maritime, insurance coverage, bad faith, construction defect

Creditors rights, bankruptcy litigation, commercial litigation, business reorganization, securities law

Employment, labor, benefits and immigration law and related litigation

Property insurance, bad faith, coverage, liability defenses

Labor and employment

Commercial litigation, trademark litigation, labor & employment, real estate, franchise & distribution

Corporate and financial services, litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution, immigration

Admiralty, hospitality, personal injury defense, litigation, insurance defense

Class action, products liability, aviation, commercial litigation, construction litigation, appellate

Construction, government contracts, real estate, employment law and labor relations

Estate planning, real estate, taxation, litigation, construction lien

Labor & employment, workers' compensation, corporate law, commercial & business litigation

Community and condominium association representation, international trade/transportation, real estate

Personal injury

International litigation and arbitration, financial services litigation, fraud, asset recovery

Appellate, corporate, trusts & estates, real estate, litigation

Personal injury, auto accidents, products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death

Business litigation, commercial litigation, class action defense, professional liability defense

Corporate, employment law, insurance, litigation, real estate, intellectual property, insurance

Commercial litigation, employment, transportation, insurance and insurers

Plaintiff's insurance claims, personal injury, insurance consult work

Environmental, land use, water, local government, litigation

Medical malpractice defense, insurance coverage, insurance defense, administrative/licensure defense

Business, employment & labor, litigation, real estate & construction, trusts & estates

Managing partners M= Miami-Dade B= Broward P= Palm Beach A= All counties

Michael W. Moskowitz (B)

Douglas M. McIntosh (B)

Gary M. Freedman (M)

Tasos C. Paindiris (M)

William Berk (M)

Lori A. Brown (M)

William E. Davis (M)

Alcides I. Avila (M) Jerry D. Hamilton (M)

Jennifer Miller (B) Dean C. Colson (M)

Stephen Reisman (M)

David B. Norris (PB) Robert Rodriguez (M)

Scott H. Silver (B) George Kagan (PB) Michael Hyman (M)

Gregory Michael Dell (B)

Jos? Astigarraga, Edward H. Davis Jr. (M)

Robert G. Haile Jr. (PB)

Robert Burlington (A)

Ron Kriss (M) Dale R. Hightower (M) Christopher S. Stratton (PB)

Russel Lazega (M)

Michelle Diffenderfer (PB) Norman M. Waas (M) Robert S. Covitz (B) None (PB) Scott J. Topolski (PB)

Notes: South Florida refers to Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. WND = Would not disclose.

* Due to space constraints, not all areas of practice were listed for all the firms. Some managing partners' names have been abbreviated. ** Information acquired from firm websites.

Source: The firms

Researched by Amy Limbert

35

Top 200 Largest Law Firms ? 101-125 Ranked by number of South Florida lawyers, then South Florida partners, then total staff; ties listed alphabetically

Rank Firm 2011 2010 Address

Lawyers:

S. Fla: Miami- Partners:

Staff

Phone lawyers Dade Miami-Dade Hourly Rate

Fax partners Broward Broward First year

Website offices Palm Palm Beach Beach

salary

101 93

Black Srebnick Kornspan & Stumpf 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami 33131

305-371-6421 14 14

8

305-358-2006 8

0

0

1

0

0

28 WND WND

102 93

Fisher & Phillips LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite Fort Lauderdale 33301

800

954-525-4800 14

0

954-525-8739 8

14

1

0

0 8 0

27 WND WND

103 104

Feldman Gale PA 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Miami 33131

30th

floor

305-358-5001 14 14

305-358-3309 7

0

1

0

7

18

0 $200-$550

0

WND

104 118

Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite Miami 33131

Stein 900

PA

**

305-374-8171 14 305-372-8038 6 2

12 2 0

4 2 0

WND WND WND

105 98

Gladstone & Weissma, PA 1 Financial Plaza, Suite 2208 Fort Lauderdale 33394

954-761-9994 14

6

0

11

954-761-9969 4

6

2

WND

2

2

2

WND

106 141

Fowler White Boggs PA 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale 33301

Suite

400

954-703-3900 13

0

954-703-3939 11 13

1

0

0

24

11 $275-$575

0 $95,000

107 122

Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller 101 N.E. Third Ave., Suite 1800 Fort Lauderdale 33301

PA

**

954-462-8000 13 954-462-4300 8 1

0 13 0

0 8 0

WND WND WND

108 116

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman 100 S.E. Second St., Suite 3800 Miami 33131

&

Dicker

LLP ** 305-374-4400 305-579-0261



13 7 1

13 0 0

7 0 0

WND WND WND

109 112

Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta 100 S.E. Third Ave., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale 33394

&

Ploucha PA 954-925-5501 954-920-2711

atkinson-

13 6 1

0 13 0

0 6 0

27 WND WND

110T 106

Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 954-847-4920

1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 500

954-627-6640

Fort Lauderdale 33301



13 6 1

0 13 0

0 6 0

26 WND WND

110T 114

Pathman Lewis LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Miami 33131

Suite

2400

305-379-2425 13 13

305-379-2420 6

0

1

0

6 0 0

26 WND WND

112 NR

Gordon & Rees LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Miami 33131

floor

305-668-4433 13 13

6

22

877-634-7245 6

0

0

$225+

1

0

0

WND

113 131

Buckner, Shifrin, Rice, Etter 46 S.W. First St., 2nd floor Miami 33130

&

Kohlman PA 305-679-9744 305-679-9745

buckner-

13 5 1

13 0 0

5 0 0

23 WND WND

114 119

Concepcion Martinez & Bellido 255 Aragon Ave., 2nd floor Coral Gables 33134

305-444-6669 13 13

305-444-3665 4

0

1

0

4

30

0

$425

0 $70,000

115 97

Shendell & Pollock PL 621 N.W. 53rd St., Suite Boca Raton 33487

310

561-241-2323 13

0

0

561-241-2330 3

0

0

3

13

3

27 WND WND

116 45

Christopher & Weisberg PA 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite Fort Lauderdale 33301

2040

954-828-1488 13

0

0

954-828-9122 3

13

3

1

0

0

12 WND WND

117 101

Brigham Moore LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Coral Gables 33134

Blvd.,

Suite

305-858-2400

625

305-858-5828



12 10 2

10 0 2

9 0 1

35 WND WND

118 102

Podhurst Orseck PA 25 W. Flagler St., Suite Miami 33130

800

305-358-2800 12 12

305-358-2382 8

0

1

0

8

45

0 $365-$850

0

WND

Harper Meyer Perez Hagen 119 O'Connor Albert & Dribin LLP 129 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 800

Miami 33131

305-577-3443 305-577-9921

12 7 1

12 0 0

7 0 0

27 WND WND

120 113

Pallo, Marks, Hernandez, Gechijian 4100 RCA Blvd., Suite 100 Palm Beach Gardens 33410

&

DeMay

PA 561-624-1051 561-624-7441



12 5 2

2 0 10

1

35

0

WND

4 $69,000

121 117

Markowitz Ringel Trusty & Hartog 9130 So. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800 Miami 33156

305-670-5000 12 12

305-670-5011 4

0

1

0

4

35

0 $200-$525

0

WND

122 150

Chimpoulis, Hunter & Lynn PA 7901 S.W. 36th St., Suite 206 Davie 33328

954-463-0033 12

0

0

954-463-9562 4

12

4

chl- 1

0

0

32 WND WND

123 NR

Ellis, Ged & Bodden PA 7171 N. Federal Highway Boca Raton 33487

561-995-1966 12

0

0

561-241-0812 3

0

0

1

12

3

118 WND WND

124 NR

Lubell & Rosen 200 S. Andrews Ave., No. Fort Lauderdale 33301

900

954-755-3425 12

0

954-755-2993 2

12

1

0

0

22

2

375

0 $65,000

125 NR

Meland Russin & Budwick PA 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3000 Miami 33131

305-358-6363 12 305-358-1221 1 1

12 0 0

1

30

0

$550

0 $100,000

Major areas of practice *

Criminal defense, civil litigation, business litigation

Labor and employment, immigration, appellate

Intellectual property litigation, patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, non-competes

Insurance coverage and bad faith, commercial litigation, products liability, admiralty

Marital and family law

Corporate, employment, immigration, health care, litigation

Bankruptcy

Banking, corporate, employment, government, health care, technology, appellate, intellectual property

Litigation, real estate, business/tax, estates, community association, land use

Professional, product, general liability, construction law, insurance coverage/bad faith

Banking, litigation, environmental land use & zoning, real estate, corporate

Commercial, employment, intellectual property, bankruptcy/receiverships, environmental/toxic tort

General civil litigation, family law and litigation

Complex commercial litigation, financial transaction litigation, international arbitration & litigation

Complex insurance defense, coverage & bad faith, commercial and probate litigation

Patent, trademark, copyright, intellecutal property litigation

Eminent domain and property rights

Aviation, commercial, personal injury, product liability, class actions, appellate

Aviation, technology, corporate, international tax and estate planning and controversy

Workers' compensation defense, insurance defense, appellate practice

Bankruptcy, creditors rights, property foreclosures, civil litigation, real estate law

Insurance defense, medical malpractice, first party litigation, general liability, subrogation

Personal injury, wrongful death, wills, estates, trusts, asset protection

Medical malpractice defense, health care litigation, commerical litigation, criminal defense

Real estate, bankruptcy, creditors' rights, employment, corporate law

Managing partners M= Miami-Dade B= Broward P= Palm Beach A= All counties

Scott A. Kornspan (M) Charles Caulkins (B) Jeffrey D. Feldman (M)

Mark Hicks (M) Peter L. Gladstone (B, PB)

Peter L. Gladstone (PB) Terrence Russell (B)

Ricardo J. Cata (M) Jesse Diner (B)

Craig S. Hudson, G. Mark Thompson (B) Wayne M. Pathman (M) Robert M. Mayer (M)

Carlos F. Concepcion (M) Gary R. Shendell (M, PB) John Christopher, Alan Weisberg (B) Toby Prince Brigham (M)

John W. Little III (PB) Aaron S. Podhurst, Steven C. Marks (M)

Steven H. Hagen (M) Ara R. Gechijian (M) Keith Pallo, Carlos Hernadez (PB) Jerry M. Markowitz (M)

Marius J. Ged (PB) Steven Lubell, Mark Rosen (B)

Mark S. Meland (M)

Notes: South Florida refers to Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. WND = Would not disclose.

* Due to space constraints, not all areas of practice were listed for all the firms. Some managing partners' names have been abbreviated. ** Information acquired from firm websites.

Source: The firms

Researched by Amy Limbert

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