Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Chambers USA recognizes Hill, Ward & Henderson

Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers recognized 65-member Hill, Ward & Henderson PA for the third consecutive year. The Tampa firm's commercial litgation, real estate and corporate groups ranked highly among top firms in Florida.

In addition, three of the firm's shareholders were honored: Benjamin H. Hill III, general commercial litigation; Thomas N. Henderson III, real estate; and David S. Felman, corporate mergers/acquisitions.

Doliner participates

in securities institute

Carlton Fields PA shareholder Nathaniel L. Doliner was a panelist on a mergers and acquisitions program at the Southern Federal Securities Institute in Coconut Grove. Doliner, chair of the firm's corporate practice group, focuses on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and taxation. He is a graduate of George Washington University, J.D. Vanderbilt University School of Law and the University of Florida College of Law.

Kirkwood recognized by

Hillsborough women lawyers

Phelps Dunbar LLP associate Jessica E. Kirkwood, who works in the firm's Tampa regional insurance and reinsurance practice group, was named to "Lawyers in the Spotlight" by the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers.

A graduate of the University of Florida and Stetson University, Kirkwood practices in the areas of commercial litigation and insurance defense litigation.

New Orleans-based Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm with more than 250 attorneys and offices in Baton Rouge, La.; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Miss.; Houston; Tampa; and London.

Tampa lawyer to speak

at Chicago ABA meeting

Gregory A. Hearing, managing partner of Tampa's Thompson, Sizemore & Gonzalez PA, will speak in August at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section in Chicago. Hearing will discuss cross examination in employment law trials.

Carlton Fields attorney

Danzi spoke at conference

Carlton Fields PA attorney Mark Danzi discussed the issues facing U.S. corporations after they go private at a New York City conference of AIJA, known as the International Association of Young Lawyers. Danzi is a graduate of American University, Washington College of Law, and Bucknell University.

Fowler White attorney

named to state committee

Fowler White Boggs Banker shareholder Tirso M. Carreja was appointed to a three-year term on the Florida Bar's Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee. He is a member of the firm's commercial litigation practice group and devotes much of his practice to real estate litigation.

Akerman Senteritt adds

Tampa tax attorney to firm

Ronald G. Hock left Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP as a partner to join Akerman Senterfitt as an of counsel attorney in the Tampa office's tax/corporate group. A graduate of New York University School of Law and Duke University School of Law, he is a member of the Florida and North Carolina bars.