-
September 29, 2017
From its roots in central Florida, GrayRobinson PA has branched out to blanket the entire state and become a go-to firm clients tap for Sunshine State expertise, whether it's lobbying on behalf of cannabis clients in the nascent medical marijuana industry or guiding prescription benefit manager WellDyneRx through a blockbuster sale.
-
September 28, 2017
Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP is fiercely proud of its sole location and committed to helping its community thrive, tackling game-changing projects like an approximately $2.5 billion train system linking central and South Florida, while bolstering its international tax and private wealth practice to accommodate booming foreign investments.
-
September 27, 2017
Miami-based Akerman LLP has relied on home-grown strengths in recent years to dramatically expand outside of the Sunshine State while also leveraging its South Florida base to become a national leader in Cuba-related work, moves that its leaders say have only expanded its prowess on its home turf.
-
September 26, 2017
The entire state of Florida may have just been battered by Hurricane Irma, but leaders at the five firms on Law360's list of Florida Powerhouses are still sunny on the state's future since its economy has diversified and it has become a hub for international business.
-
July 26, 2016
All litigation powerhouses boast talented trial lawyers, but the 20 firms at the top of their game don't just rely on their litigators. Here, we talk about the four traits that led the elite of the Litigation Powerhouses to become the go-to firms for bet-the-company cases.
-
July 26, 2016
Five relatively small but fearsome law firms landed a spot on Law360's 2016 list of 50 Litigation Powerhouses after they laced up their gloves and brought the pain in their fights for clients, winning some of the biggest cases over the past year.
-
July 26, 2016
Historic, precedent-setting wins in class action litigation. Jaw-dropping jury verdicts in courts across the country. Victories in the smartphone wars. Dramatic upsets on appeal. Law360's Litigation Powerhouses leveraged their deep legal talent to score remarkable wins for their clients over the past year, landing them a spot on our inaugural ranking of the top firms for litigation.
-
June 24, 2015
One of Florida's oldest and largest law firms, with a history that can be traced back to the end of the 19th century, Holland & Knight LLP notched its sixth year in a row of record profits and burnished its reputation for client service with key roles in some of the state's biggest matters.
-
June 23, 2015
Greenberg Traurig LLP, now one of the largest firms in the world, has come a long way from its beginnings in Miami, but the now-global firm is still a major player in Florida, where it represents heavy-hitting clients like the Seminole Tribe of Florida, The Related Group of Florida, Florida East Coast Industries and Burger King Worldwide Inc.
-
June 22, 2015
Boasting 284 attorneys in 12 offices throughout the state, GrayRobinson PA stands solidly among Florida's largest legal outfits, but its shareholders return to a slogan — "a small firm with many lawyers" — that points to the key structural and strategic decisions that have helped drive its rapid growth and success.
-
June 19, 2015
With deep Floridian roots that reach back 110 years over a proud history of celebrating and defending diversity, Carlton Fields Jorden Burt has more to brag about than just world-class teams of attorneys making their mark on health care, insurance and other industries.
-
June 18, 2015
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP has just one office, but its attorneys don't shy away from taking on large projects like a $1.4 billion redevelopment of a Miami neighborhood or going up against large international firms in high-stakes matters like the Takata Corp. air bag multidistrict litigation.
-
June 17, 2015
Since its inception in Florida 30 years ago, Berger Singerman LLP has grown from a one-attorney office in Fort Lauderdale to a midsize firm with more than 80 lawyers across the state, and it has earned its stripes by taking on huge, high-profile cases that are typically reserved for thousand-lawyer firms.
-
June 16, 2015
Over the course of more than 40 years, Becker & Poliakoff LLP has risen to prominence in Florida by adapting and expanding, shifting from a nearly singular focus on real estate litigation to a comprehensive growth strategy to become one of the largest and most politically influential legal forces in the state.
-
June 15, 2015
Airbnb Inc.'s April announcement that it was expanding its vacation rental listings to include Cuban properties stood out as a bold move, coming less than four months after President Barack Obama announced a thawing of relations with our Caribbean neighbor. Perhaps less surprising was that the company was represented by Florida's largest law firm, Akerman LLP.
-
June 12, 2015
With a new technology corridor growing in central Florida, an increased amount of high-stakes litigation and the Cuban market finally within reach, the eight firms on Law360's Florida powerhouse list are seeing their longtime commitment to the Sunshine State pay off.
-
July 15, 2014
With origins dating back 125 years in the state, Holland & Knight LLP has long been one of Florida's leading law firms — “It's like playing with the Yankees,” one partner says — and a five-year run of record profits proves the firm belongs on Law360's list of Florida Powerhouses as much for results as reputation.
-
July 14, 2014
In the nearly five decades since Greenberg Traurig LLP began in Miami, the firm has grown into one of the largest in the world while remaining a key player in its home base and helping drive the region's growth as an international business hub, earning it a spot on Law360's list of Florida Powerhouses.
-
July 11, 2014
Flexible, transparent, entrepreneurial, free of bureaucracy — they may sound like idealistic buzzwords when describing a law firm, but these attributes have proved to be invaluable tools to building and growing GrayRobinson PA, according to partners at the Florida firm.
-
July 10, 2014
Foley & Lardner LLP may be based in the Midwest, but in its 33 years in Florida, the firm has become a major player in the state's legal market, providing a full range of services to businesses and government agencies and working on both complex litigation and multimillion-dollar transactions.
-
July 09, 2014
With 170 attorneys statewide, Miami-based Broad and Cassel might not be the largest of Florida's most prominent firms, but it ranks as one of the oldest. And the measured approach the firm has followed in its growth over more than half a century has helped it to establish itself as an influential leader in the legal field, as evidenced by its inclusion as one of Law360's Florida Powerhouse firms.
-
July 08, 2014
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP is the smallest firm on Law360's list of Florida Regional Powerhouses, but that doesn't keep it from going toe-to-toe with much larger competitors in its Miami home, where it is the go-to counsel of choice for many in the business community.
-
July 07, 2014
Akerman LLP has journeyed quite some way from its start as a family law firm in Orlando, growing to employ more attorneys in Florida than any other firm and building up an international practice. But as it represents clients today who are aiming to reshape Florida's future, parallels can be drawn to the firm's early days, when its attorneys had a hand in the growth of the citrus industry and Disney coming to the Sunshine State.
-
July 03, 2014
Despite inroads by large international firms in Miami, the seven firms on Law360's Florida Powerhouses list have been able to hold their own and compete with the big boys in a legal market seeing growth in real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and technology.
-
June 10, 2013
With decades of experience tackling Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases and a deep bench of attorneys who each handle both counseling and investigation, WilmerHale has become a go-to firm for foreign bribery matters.