Two Attorneys Listed as “Lawyer of the Year”
Twelve Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®
August 15, 2024 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that sixty-three of its attorneys have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2025. Additionally, two attorneys from Trenam have been listed as “Lawyer of the Year”. They are Nelson T. Castellano, Corporate Law, and Michael J. Reeves, Mergers and Acquisitions Law.
Twelve attorneys are listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®. This recognition is given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. The “Ones to Watch” recipients typically have been in practice for 5-9 years.
Recognition by Best Lawyers® is based entirely on peer review. Best Lawyers® methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. “Lawyer of the Year” is awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one attorney is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.
The attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2025, including “Lawyer of the Year” are:
- Erin Smith Aebel – Health Care Law
- Paul D. Bain – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Kathleen M. Bickelhaupt – Health Care Law; Corporate Law
- Marla DeVicente Bohlander – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law
- David R. Brittain – Real Estate Law
- Adam B. Brouillet – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
- Richard A. Bruner, Jr. – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Graham Carothers, Jr. – Real Estate Law
- Nelson T. Castellano – Corporate Law – “Lawyer of the Year”; Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Patrick M. Causey – Commercial Litigation
- Beth A. Cronin – Commercial Litigation
- Gerald D. Davis – Commercial Litigation
- Catherine DiPaolo – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Construction
- Amy L. Drushal – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Financial Services Regulation Law
- Stanley H. Eleff – Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Lara Roeske Fernandez – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Tina Fischer – Real Estate Law
- Richard K. Fueyo – Commercial Litigation
- John D. Goldsmith – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor & Employment; Litigation – Health Care; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Privacy and Date Security Law; Corporate Law, Employment Law – Management
- Jennifer L. Griffin – Trusts and Estates
- Richard M. Hanchett – Litigation – Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law –Management
- Gregory-Scott R. Haney – Real Estate Law
- Charles M. Harris – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Diana L. Hayes – Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Commercial Transaction / UCC Law
- Timothy M. Hughes – Real Estate Law; Land Use & Zoning
- Gregg E. Hutt – Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
- Dean A. Kent – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Charles F. Ketchey – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Securities; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Eric Koenig – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
- Alicia H. Koepke – Litigation – Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Appellate Practice
- Richard M. Leisner – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
- Rhys P. Leonard – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Stephanie C. Lieb – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Lindsay Patrick Lopez – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Monica B. Mason – Copyright Law; Trademark Law
- Donald Mastry – Real Estate Law
- Fredrick H. L. McClure – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Brigid Merenda – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Harold “Hal” W. Mullis – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
- George E. Nader – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Personal injury – Defendants; Commercial Litigation
- Patrick J. Poff – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Commercial Litigation
- Anne Q. Pollack – Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Jacqueline Prats – Commercial Litigation
- Michael J. Reeves – Mergers and Acquisitions Law – “Lawyer of the Year”; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Tax Law
- Lynn Welter Sherman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Robert G. Stern – Real Estate Law
- Eric “Tate” Taylor – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law
- Gary I. Teblum – Corporate Law; Corporate Governance Law; Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Marie Tomassi – Appellate Practice
- John S. Vento – Litigation – Construction; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation
- Shirin M. Vesely – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Don B. Weinbren – Health Care Law
The attorneys listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in 2025 are:
- Erin Hope Christy – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Thomas J. Cockriel – Corporate Law; Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law
- Taylor Russo Hess – Trusts and Estates
- Bert McBride – Commercial Litigation
- Melodie M. Menzer – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Tax Law
- Mathew S. Poling – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Paul F. Rush – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Brent M. Tunis – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate
- Brian R. Tunis – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Jade L. Turner – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
- Walter A. Trauner – Real Estate Law
- Cade Zimmerman – Commercial Litigation
