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Akerman LLP – Akerman LLP
welcomes Alejandro Fernandez
and Stephen Leahu to its
Intellectual Practice Group.
Fernandez and Leahu, both board
certified by The Florida Bar in
Intellectual Property and registered
patent attorneys, practice in
Akerman’s office in Tampa.
Bay Area Legal Services –
The Board of Directors at Bay
Area Legal Services congratulates
its officers sworn in for 2020:
Leslie Schultz-Kin, Chair;
Yohance Pettis, Chair-Elect;
Tori Simmons, Secretary; and
Andrew O’Malley, Treasurer.
Chad Davis – Glausier
Knight Jones is pleased to
announce that Chad Davis has
joined the firm as an associate
attorney and will assist in its
representation of clients with their
community association, real estate,
and business litigation needs.
Jonathan “Tre” Dixon –
Carlton Fields is pleased to
announce the election of Jonathan
“Tre” Dixon to shareholder. Dixon
counsels hospitals and other health
care providers on regulatory,
operational, and transactional
aspects of health care law.
Joe Eagleton – Joe Eagleton
of Brannock Humphries &
Berman presented “Preserving the
Record on Appeal” at the Florida
Bar’s “Appeals for the Pro Bono
Practitioner” CLE.
Rob Gidel – Phelps Dunbar
welcomes its newest partner
Rob Gidel to the Tampa office;
Gidel specializes in real estate
legal services.
Gretchen Lehman – Gretchen
Lehman, an attorney in Ogletree
Deakins’ Tampa office, has been
elected shareholder at the firm.
Lehman represents employers in
all areas of employment law and
focuses her practice in the area of
employment litigation.
George J. Meyer – Carlton
Fields is pleased to announce
that Shareholder and Construction
Industry Group Co-Chair George
J. Meyer was appointed to the
American College of Construction
Lawyers’ (ACCL) Board of
Governors. He will serve a three-
year term.
Older Lundy & Alvarez –
Older Lundy & Alvarez has opened
a third office location in April,
located at 2947 Defuniak Street in
Trinity. The new Pasco location is
currently the law office of Amanda
Colón. Colón will merge her
practice into Older Lundy &
Alvarez, and she will become a part
of the firm’s Marital and Family
Law Practice Group.
Pennington, P.A. – Pennington,
P.A. congratulates Susan
Spurgeon, who has been named to
Pennington’s Board of Directors.
Additionally, the firm congratulates
Edward J. Carbone, who has
been elected as Shareholder.
Mackenzie “Mack” Rocha –
Sessums Law Group, P.A. is
pleased to announce the addition of
attorney Mackenzie “Mack” Rocha
to the firm. Rocha is a 2019 graduate
of the University of Florida Levin
College of Law, cum laude.
Cynthia Sass – Cynthia Sass
of the Sass Law Firm was
a panelist on the topic “The
Intersection of Employment Law
and Criminal Law” at The College
of Labor and Employment
Lawyers’ Regional Programming
Committee event in St. Petersburg.
The presentation provided
guidance on how to identify and
handle employee and employer
criminal activity in the workplace.
Mark A. Sessums – Mark A.
Sessums of Sessums Law Group
has been chosen to speak at the
upcoming Florida Bar Family
Law Section Certification Review.
Sessums will speak for the second
year on the topic of Evidence.
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