Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell is pleased to announce that 18 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2017 edition of Florida Super Lawyers.
Super Lawyers is a comprehensive guide to the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state, as chosen by their peers and categorized by city and practice area.
Through peer nominations and independent research by Law & Politics magazine, attorneys are asked to nominate the best lawyers they’ve personally observed in action. Safeguards are placed to avoid ballot manipulation, such as lawyers nominating themselves or “stacking” the ballots with only colleagues from within their own firms. Further evaluation is done based on peer recognition and professional achievement. Florida Super Lawyers is based on a survey of approximately 44,000 ballots of attorneys who have been in practice for more than five years.
The following Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell attorneys have been named to Florida Super Lawyers:
Miami: Scott M. Sarason – Person Injury Defense: Products Liability
Orlando: Daniel J. Gerber – Business Litigation; William “Bud” Kirk – Business Litigation; J. Scott Kirk – Personal Injury Defense: General; and Larry M. Roth – Personal Injury Defense – Products Liability
Tallahassee: Leonard J. Dietzen, III – Employment & Labor; and Linda Bond Edwards – Employment & Labor
Tampa: Robert L. Blank – Personal Injury Defense: General; and J. Richard Caldwell, Jr. – Personal Injury Defense: Products Liability
No more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list. The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process except that a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less, and Rising Stars candidates do not go through a peer evaluation by practice area.
The following attorneys have been named as Rising Stars:
Miami: Stella S. Chu – Personal Injury Defense: General; Lauren DeFabio Flanagan - Personal Injury Defense: General; Armando Hernandez – Personal Injury Defense: Products Liability; Monica C. Segura – Construction Litigation; Allan J. Rotlewicz – Insurance Coverage; and Caitlin Trowbridge – Business Litigation
Orlando: Dara Jebrock – Construction Litigation
Tallahassee: Brian L. Hayden – Employment Litigation: Defense
Tampa: Michael L. Forte - Personal Injury Defense-General
Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell provides litigation and counseling services in a wide range of civil practice areas including product liability, commercial litigation, construction, real estate, intellectual property litigation, securities litigation , labor and employment law, bankruptcy, insurance coverage, professional liability and administrative law. Offices are located in Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Tallahassee and Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, please visit www.rumberger.com
