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By Brian Hartz
March 8, 2019

Scheme team: Attorneys share lessons learned from Bernie Madoff scandal

Mark Kornfeld has joined Tampa, Florida-based Quarles & Brady LLP, where he and his new colleague, commercial litigator Jordan Maglich — who founded and runs Ponzitracker, an award-winning business law blog — have created something of an anti-Ponzi schem

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By Brian Hartz
November 16, 2018

Economic forecast: Marie Tomassi, managing shareholder, Trenam Law, Tampa/St. Petersburg

Marie Tomassi, managing shareholder of Trenam Law in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, looks ahead to 2019 and sees the firm expanding into new practice areas like solar energy and possibly medical marijuana.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?