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Amanda L . Biondolino of Sass Law Firm was appointed the programming vice president of the Florida Chapter of the national Employment Lawyers Association for the upcoming year . Additionally , she recently co-presented with Yvette Everhart at the Florida nurses Association Membership Assembly on Workplace Rights : What Nurses Need to Know , addressing employee rights to nurses working in Florida .
RumbergerKirk Tampa partner Rob Blank has been selected to become a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America ( LCA ) trial lawyer honorary society . Membership is limited to less than one-half of one percent of north American lawyers , judges and scholars . Fellows are invited based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation , at both the trial and appellate levels , as well as superior ethical reputation .
Michael J . Bradford , a shareholder in the Tampa office of Marshall Dennehey , has been named a board member of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance ( CLM ) Western Florida Chapter .
Congratulations to Josh Chilsen , partner at Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP , who has been appointed as chair of The Florida Bar Board of governor ’ s Communications Committee .
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney welcomes David T . Cellitti as a shareholder in the corporate section . Cellitti brings more than 20 years of experience in helping clients navigate middlemarket mergers and acquisitions and other significant transactions .
Gunster congratulates attorney Alexis Dion Deveaux , who was recently appointed by The Florida Bar Board of governors as a Florida delegate to the ABA House of delegates , as well as a member of the Executive Council of the Florida Bar Standing Committee on diversity & Inclusion .
Congratulations to Joseph T . Eagleton of Brannock Humphries & Berman , who was appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to a three-year term on the Standard Jury Instructions Committee for Contract and Business Cases .
Yvette D . Everhart of Sass Law Firm is the new secretary / treasurer of the Labor and Employ ment Law Section of The Florida Bar for 2022-2023 , and also moved up to the position of employee co-chair of the Treatise Committee for the ABA ’ s Section of Labor and Employment Law . Additionally , Everhart is the Southeast regional Editor and Florida chapter co-author of the recently published update to the ABA / Bloomberg treatise — Employment at Will , a State-by- State Survey .
Johnson Jackson PLLC Labor and Employment Law Firm congratulates Shareholder Erin Jackson , who has been elected president of the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers ( HAWL ) for 2022-2023 .
Spencer Fane LLP is pleased to welcome three attorneys , who have joined the real Estate Practice group in the firm ’ s Tampa office — Derek Larsen-Chaney , Raciel Perez , and Josh Podolsky .
Hill Ward Henderson announces the expansion of its Intellectual Property & Technology group with the addition of Andriy Lytvyn and Patrick Reid . Lytvyn joins the firm as a senior counsel and is a registered patent attorney with over a decade of experience in patent and trademark law . reid is an associate and registered patent attorney with broad experience in all areas of intellectual property law .
Hill Ward Henderson congratulates attorney Sara A . Qureshi , who has been selected to participate in the Tampa Connection Class of 2023 .
Glausier Knight Jones , PLLC welcomes Katie Russo as a new associate attorney to its firm . russo graduated from Stetson University College of Law with her juris doctorate degree .
Congratulations to Samuel J . Salario , Jr . of Brannock Humphries & Berman , who was appointed to the Second district Court of Appeal Judicial nominating Commission .
Congratulations also to Thomas J . Seider of Brannock Humphries & Berman , who was appointed to the Executive Council of The Florida Bar ’ s Appellate Practice Section .
Shutts & Bowen is pleased to announce that Susan K . Spurgeon has joined as a partner in its Tampa office . Spurgeon , who is a member of the firm ’ s Business Litigation practice group , focuses her practice on real property litigation and environmental law .
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