• January 22, 2015 |

    People Moves: Akerman Senterfitt

    Laura Vaughn , Miami, FL , University of Chicago Law School

    Diane DeWolf , Tallahassee, FL , Florida State University College of Law

    Andrew Ingalls , Fort Lauderdale, FL , University of Tennessee College of Law

    William Nortwick, Jr , Jacksonville, FL , University of Florida Levin College of Law

    Ross Charap , New York, NY , Cornell Law School

    Jane McCahill , Chicago, IL , Washington University in St. Louis

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  • January 22, 2015 |

    People Moves: Polsinelli Shughart

    Allen Jones, II , Kansas City, MO , University of Kansas

    Katherine Valent , Dallas, TX , Seton Hall University School of Law

    Edward Gorman , Denver, CO , Catholic University of America

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  • January 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Hedge Funds Add Top Talent, Plus More Lateral Moves

    A pair of leading M&A lawyers left their perch at two top Am Law 100 firms in New York for the hedge fund world, each operating at opposite ends of the altern

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  • January 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Hedge Funds Add Top Talent, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Kirkland & Ellis saw a pair of leading M&A partners depart for new roles on the business side; a former Bingham McCutchen practice leader lands at Willkie Farr; Skadden snags a leading trusts and estates lawyer; Squire Patton Boggs adds a retired Utah congressman; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • January 20, 2015 | Daily Business Review

    Greenspoon Marder Opens in Miami With Akerman Defectors

    Greenspoon Marder opened a downtown Miami office Tuesday, snatching key members of Akerman's alcohol beverage industry group including its head, Robert Lewis.The Fort Lauderdale-based

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  • January 20, 2015 | Daily Business Review

    Greenspoon Marder Opens in Miami With Akerman Defectors

    Greenspoon Marder has opened in Miami for its 11th office staffed with a new alcohol beverage industry group snatched from Akerman.

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  • January 16, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Akerman Capitalizes on Years of Work in Cuba

    In 2003 Augusto Maxwell traveled to Cuba with his client John Parke Wright to begin negotiating what would become the first sale of Florida cattle to the island nation in over 40 years. The

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  • January 16, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Akerman Capitalizes on Years of Work in Cuba

    Attorneys at Miami-based Akerman say they've been overrun with inquiries from potential clients who want to do work in Cuba. The firm's Cuba practice is led by Augusto Maxwell, who returned from the island nation this week. Attorneys at Holland & Knight and Greenburg Traurig have also been fielding client inquiries.

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  • January 15, 2015 |

    People Moves: Polsinelli Shughart

    Allen Jones, II , Kansas City, MO , University of Kansas

    Katherine Valent , Dallas, TX , Seton Hall University School of Law

    Edward Gorman , Denver, CO , Catholic University of America

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  • January 14, 2015 | Verdictsearch

    Family Receives $13M in Smoker's Cancer Death

    The family of a Tampa woman who died from lung cancer has been awarded $13.1 million in damages after a jury found she was addicted to cigarettes. The estate of Jayme Ann Westmoreland

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