Prominent law firm names slate of new partners

Tampa-based Hill Ward Henderson elevates eight attorneys to shareholder status.

By Business Observer Staff
| 10:06 a.m. January 14, 2022
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Courtesy. Tori Simmons, a Duke University School of Law graduate, has been named a shareholder at Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa, along with seven of her colleagues.

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TAMPA — Hill Ward Henderson, a Tampa-based law firm, has promoted eight of its attorneys to shareholder status.

According to a news release, Ryan Angel, Jill Bell, Carolina Blanco, David Hughes, Connolly McArthur, Tori Simmons, Emily Weeks and Timothy Zehnder have all become partners at the firm.

Blanco, Hughes, McArthur and Simmons are members of Hill Ward Henderson’s litigation group, the release states. Angel practices in the corporate group, while Bell is part of the real estate group.

Weeks, meanwhile, is a member of the firm’s trusts and estates group, and Zehnder practices in the employee benefits and executive compensation group.

Hill Ward Henderson, which employs a total of 111 attorneys, now boasts 71 shareholders.

The firm’s newest partners hold law degrees from Stetson University College of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, University of Florida College of Law, Duke University School of Law, University of Miami School of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law.