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Harris, Hunt & Derr, P. A. is pleased to announce the expansion of its practice to include appellate law with the addition of attorney Mark F. Baseman. With more than a decade of experience in family law, Baseman focuses primarily on family law appeals and represents clients in appellate matters.
Ceci Berman of Brannock Berman & Seider will assume the role of Secretary of the J. Clifford Cheatwood American Inn of Court.
Hill Ward Henderson is pleased to welcome four attorneys to the firm: Chris W. Bonser, Britney A. Deas, Kally A. Feldman, and victor M. Fox. Bonser and Fox have joined the firm’ s Corporate and Tax Group, and Deas and Feldman have joined the firm’ s Litigation Group as associates.
Hill Ward Henderson is pleased to announce the election of Kendra lyman to senior counsel. Lyman is a member of the firm’ s Construction & Design group and is board certified by The Florida Bar in Construction Law.
Stearns Weaver Miller’ s Tampa office welcomes Ryan Manasse as the new Director of Entitlements in the Land Development, Zoning & Environmental group. Manasse has more than two decades of experience in planning, development and land use across Florida’ s private and public sectors.
Congratulations to Judge Daryl Manning of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court, who was recently awarded the William E. Gladstone Award in recognition of his judicial leadership and service to dependent children and their families. The statewide award was presented to him at the 2026 Florida Children & Families Summit.
Scotty Schenck of Brannock Berman & Seider has been invited to join the Second District Appellate American Inn of Court.
Tom Seider of Brannock Berman & Seider presented at the Florida Justice Association’ s Christian D. Searcy Voir Dire Institute on“ The Law of Voir Dire – The Key Rules, Cases and Principles You Need to Know.”
Spencer Fane llP is pleased to welcome Katie Shepard to the firm’ s Tampa office as a partner in the Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. Shepard represents financial institutions, mortgage lenders and servicers, FinTech companies, and other consumer financial services providers in complex litigation and class actions in state and federal courts.
Hill Ward Henderson congratulates shareholder Robert Shimberg for his election as board chair of Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay. Junior Achievement is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization empowering the futures of local students through experiential, career-connected learning, and meaningful public-private partnerships.
Congratulations to John P. Thomas, II, who has been promoted to shareholder at GrayRobinson. He is a member of GrayRobinson’ s national Alcohol Law Team and advises clients in the cruise and maritime industries on related regulatory and licensing matters.
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