Plant a flag: Venerable East Coast law firm charts a course for Gulf growth

Not content to bank on its legacy and pedigree, Gunster embraces a strategy of rapid expansion. Will its cerebral approach to messaging help it win the war for young legal talent?

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. October 4, 2019
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Mark Wemple. Bill Schifino became managing shareholder of Gunster’s Tampa office in 2018.
Mark Wemple. Bill Schifino became managing shareholder of Gunster’s Tampa office in 2018.
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Gunster, a full-service law firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, has expanded faster than perhaps any other Florida law firm in recent years, and the Tampa Bay region has been its top target for growth.

 

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