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Law

  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 5, 2018
Sarasota law firm rides hiring surge

Several law firms in the region refuse to give up the midsize ship in a quest to do more for current clients and seek new ones. Some are on hiring surges, to keep up with demand, reel in rainmakers — or both.

  • Law
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • October 5, 2018
Attorney starts venture to help lawyers through improv

Continuing education doesn’t have to be boring. One attorney set out to prove improv can make lawyers better lawyers.

  • Law
  • By Brian Hartz
  • October 5, 2018
Trend reversal: Corporate attorney bucks tradition

Jonathan “Tre” Dixon has joined Carlton Fields, a Tampa, Florida-based law firm, after serving as in-house counsel for Tampa General Hospital.

  • Law
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • October 5, 2018
Rarified legal air

Michael Corso is considered Southwest Florida’s foremost expert in drone law. It's a rather unusual calling.

  • Law
  • By Brian Hartz
  • July 13, 2018
Breaking the law: Entrepreneurial attorney Kalpesh Patel seeks to disrupt

Kalpesh Patel, a St. Petersburg attorney, embraces technology as a way to be more efficient at helping fellow entrepreneurs.

  • Law
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • March 30, 2018
Attorney draws experience from work in construction industry

Jeff Guy made stops in health care and construction before becoming an attorney. The experiences helped him gain a better understanding of how to work with clients.

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 9, 2018
Health scare leads attorney to forge a new path

Lawyers leave established firms to launch startup practices for a variety of motives. This attorney's purpose was personal.

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 9, 2018
Next Step

She's put some notorious drug dealers and murderers in prison. But the new U.S. Attorney, in a district from Tampa to Naples, also brings no-knee-jerk decision-making to her job.

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 9, 2018
Hell bound

Florida tops a national list of jurisdictions with a toxic combination of lawsuit abuse and activist judges. How deep will the report — and its myriad examples — cut at the state's business climate?

  • Law
  • By Ted Carter
  • March 9, 2018
Grow Time

A law practice nearing its 100-year anniversary has managed to grow without sacrificing service to clients.

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 6, 2017
'A Great Resource'

Prominent land use attorney Dan Bailey has done many things in his career. Working with his son was one perk he didn't see coming.

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 6, 2017
Formidable Foes

A law firm that proudly wears its trial attorney label targets multimillion-dollar jury verdicts. It has had a lot of success.

  • Law
  • By Brian Hartz
  • October 6, 2017
Rookies, Again

Tampa employment law attorneys Erin Jackson and Kevin Johnson left the only firm they've ever known. They have big plans for Act II.

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 14, 2017
Fight through

It took five years, but Sarasota businessman Marvin Kaplan was finally exonerated of any wrongdoing in a multimillion-dollar fraud case — where he was really a victim.

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 10, 2017
All in the family

Being a lawyer in the Robertson clan means knowing history — back to the Civil War.

  • Law
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