On the Move Christopher M. Bohne has become associated with Phelps Dunbar, LLP, with offices at 100 S. Ashley Dr., Ste. 1900, Tampa 33602, telephone (813)472-7550. He concentrates in the area of business law. Jonathan R. Friedland announces the formation of the Law Offices of Jonathan R. Friedland, P.A., with offices at 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Ste. 1609, Miami 33156, telephone (305)370-0660. The firm concentrates in the areas of plaintiffs’ personal injury and wrongful death. Edward Hamann has become associated with Clayton & McCulloh, with offices at 1065 Maitland Center Commons Blvd., Maitland 32751, (407)875-2655. He concentrates in the areas of collections and bankruptcy. Miguel A. Maspons has become a shareholder with Carlton Fields, with offices at 400 International Place, 100 SE Second St., Miami 33131, telephone (305)854-5900. He practices in the firm’s corporate, securities, and taxation practice group. Clayton J. Mynard announces the formation of the Law Offices of Clayton J. Mynard, P.L., with offices at 4302 Henderson Blvd., Ste. 100, Tampa 33629, telephone (813)251-0848. He concentrates in the areas of business and technology transactions. Clyde W. “Billy” Galloway has become a shareholder with Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes & Rogerson, with offices at 1301 Riverplace Blvd., Ste. 1700, Jacksonville 32207, telephone (904)355-1700. He practices in the firm’s corporate and administrative law groups. Anthony Dieguez announces the relocation of offices to 7950 N.W. 155th St., Ste. 207, Miami Lakes 33016, telephone (305)556-4106. Bryan W. Sykes has become a shareholder with GrayHarris, with offices at 201 N. Franklin Ave., Ste. 2200, Tampa 33601, telephone (813)273-5132. He concentrates in the areas of commercial real estate and land use law. David Shontz and Wendell Bruce Hays have become associated with Broad & Cassel, with offices at 390 N. Orange Ave., Ste. 1100, Orlando 32801, telephone (407)481-5207. They practice in the firm’s eminent domain practice group. Patrick M. Muldowney has become of counsel to Akerman Senterfitt, with offices at 255 S. Orange Ave., 17th Fl., Orlando 32801, telephone (407)843-7861. He practices in the firm’s labor and employment practice group. Joseph G. Santoro has become associated with Gunster Yoakley, with offices at 777 S. Flagler Dr., Ste. 500 E., West Palm Beach 33401, telephone (561)650-0640. He practices in the firm’s litigation department. Brian Powers and Andrew DeGraffenreidt III have joined Alternative Resolution Consultants, with offices at 777 S. Flagler Dr., Ste. 800 W., West Palm Beach 33401, telephone (561)515-6044. William Scott Patterson, formerly of St. Paul Cos. National Coverage Group, announces the opening of William Scott Patterson, P.C., with offices at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Ste. 700 N., Washington, DC 20004, telephone (202)204-2555, and at 710 S. Dixie Hwy., Miami 33146. Paul R. Buckin, Mayra Calzadilla, Mark B. Kravitz, Carlos Gimenez, and Veronica Vilarchao have become associated with Steel, Hector & Davis, LLP, with offices at 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Ste. 4000, Miami 33131-2398, telephone (305)577-7000. Buckin, Calzadilla, and Kravitz practice in the firm’s litigation department, Gimenez in the government and regulatory department, and Vilarchao in the tax department. Ashley McCorvey Myers announces the opening of Ashley M. Myers, P.A., with offices at 4230 S. MacDill, Ste. 230, Tampa 33611, telephone (813)839-7440. She concentrates in the areas of family law and bankruptcy. John D. Bonanno and Lori Maryl Dorman have become associated with Hamrick, Perrey, Quinlan & Smith, P.A., with offices at 601 12th St. W., Bradenton 34205, telephone (941)747-1871. Bonanno concentrates in the areas of corporate and tax law, and Dorman in real estate and business law. Carrie L. Freeman has joined Fowler White Boggs Banker, with offices at 501 E. Kennedy Blvd., Ste. 1700, Tampa 33602, telephone (813)228-7411, as the firm’s new director of professional recruiting and development. Sean Santini has become a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, with offices at 1221 Brickell Ave., Miami 33131, telephone (305)579-0500. He concentrates in the area of international litigation. Mitchell C. Robiner has joined Gardner, Wilkes, Shaheen & Candelora, with offices at 401 E. Jackson St., Ste. 2650, Tampa 33602, telephone (813)221-8000. He concentrates in the area of commercial litigation. Andrew B. Goshen and Shelley Boney Forte, formerly of the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims, Jacksonville District, announce the formation of Goshen & Forte Mediations, with offices at 4191 San Juan Ave., Jacksonville 32210, telephone (904)387-3377. Teresa L. Rajala has joined Kirk Pinkerton, with offices at 720 S. Orange Ave., Sarasota 34236, telephone (941)364-2400. She concentrates in the areas of tax and estate planning. Ghenette Wright Muir has joined Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc., with offices at 609 S.W. First Ave., Ft. Lauderdale 33301, telephone (954)765-8950. She concentrates in the areas of landlord/tenant and other housing matters. Harbsmeier, DeZayas & Appel, LLP, announces the relocation of its Ft. Lauderdale office to 2455 E. Sunrise Blvd., Ste. 511, Ft. Lauderdale 33304, telephone (954)564-8165. Timothy Maze Hartley has been named to manage the office. He concentrates in the areas of insurance and employment-related matters. Mark A. Coel has become a partner with Michaud, Buschmann, Mittelmark, Millian, Blitz & Warren, P.A., with offices at 33 S.E. 8th St., Boca Raton 33432, telephone (561)392-0540. He concentrates in the areas of healthcare law and business organization. Margaret E. Bowles has become a shareholder with GrayHarris, with offices at 201 N. Franklin Ave., Ste. 2200, Tampa 33601, telephone (813)273-5132. She concentrates in the areas of commercial real estate and land use. Peter L. Meltzer and Reinaldo Castellanos have joined Hyman, Kaplan, Ganguzza, Spector & Mars, P.A., with offices at 150 W. Flagler St., Ste. 2701, Miami 33130, telephone (305)371-4244. Steve Gavin has become vice president and general counsel to Tractebel Power, Inc., with offices at 1177 W. Loop S., Ste. 300, Houston, Texas 77027, telephone (713)552-2277. J. Thomas Cardwell has been named chair and CEO of Akerman Senterfitt, with offices at 255 S. Orange Ave., 17th Fl., Orlando 32801, telephone (407)843-7861. Sheila McGuigan has become associated with Rieth & Ritchie, P.A., with offices at 101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Ste. 2430, Tampa 33602, telephone (813)472-7330. She concentrates in the areas of trusts and estates. Alan Aronson, former general counsel for the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association, has become associated with Rosenthal & Weissman, P.A., 1645 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 350, West Palm Beach 33401, telephone (561)478-2500. He concentrates in representing workers’ compensation claimants. George B. Cappy, P.A., announces the relocation of his offices to 900 W. Platt St., Suite 200, Tampa 33606, telephone (813)251-5145. He concentrates in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury and wrongful death, and longshore disability. Alba Varela has joined Holtzman, Equels & Furia, with offices at 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Ste. 600, Miami 33133, telephone (305)859-7700. She will be a senior associate in the Litigation Practice Group. Rafael E. Alfonzo has become associated with Holland & Knight, LLP, with offices at 701 Brickell Ave., Ste. 3000, Miami 33131, telephone (305)349-2253. He practices in the firm’s litigation department, concentrating in civil litigation, international litigation, and white collar criminal defense. Alexander R. Rodriguez recently joined the law firm of A. Francisco Areces, P.A., as an associate with offices at 150 Alhambra Circle, Ste. 1270, Coral Gables, FL 33134, telephone (305) 444-5000. Rodriguez concentrates in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice. Osvaldo Torres has joined the Miami office of Akerman Senterfitt, with offices at 1 S.E. 3rd Ave., 28th Fl., Miami 33131, telephone (305)374-5600, as of counsel in the firm’s corporate department. Torres will focus his practice in the areas of general corporate, securities, and help the firm build its emerging media and entertainment practice. Kevin M. O’Brien has become associated with Phelps Dunbar, LLP, with offices at 100 S. Ashley Dr., Ste. 1900, Tampa 33602, telephone (813)472-7550. He will concentrate in the firm’s insurance practice section. Michael W. McNatt has become associated with Akerman Senterfitt, with offices at 255 S. Orange Ave., 17th Fl., Orlando 32801, telephone (407)843-7861 in the banking practice group. Nicole Rekant, Giannini Cheda, and Cristina Alonso have joined Carlton Fields, with offices at 400 International Place, 100 SE Second St., Miami 33131, telephone (305)854-5900. Rekant and Alonso will practice in the firm’s appellate practice and trial support practice group. Cheda concentrates in the areas of corporate, securities, and taxation law. S. David Cooper and Cheyenne Young have become associated with Clayton & McCulloh in Maitland, 1065 Maitland Center Commons Blvd., Maitland 32751, telephone (407)875-2655. Beverly J. White, formerly senior counsel with USAA in Tampa, has joined Raymond L. Parri. The new firm Parri & White, P.A., continues with their offices in Clearwater and Port Richey but have also opened a branch office at 115 N. MacDill Avenue, Tampa 33609, telephone (813)873-8875. The firm concentrates in the areas of Medicaid, SSI, individual and pooled special needs trusts, estate planning, estate and trust administration and guardianship. Roxanne Beilly has become of counsel and Robert McCausland has become associated with Katz, Barron, Squitero & Faust, P.A. , 100 N.E. Third Ave., Ssuite 280, Ft. Lauderdale 33301, telephone (954)522-3636. Beilly will concentrate in securities law, corporate law, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and business law, and McCausland will practice in the litigation department. Leonard Keen and Mark R. Malek have become associated with Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A., 255 South Orange Avenue, Suite 1401, Orlando 32801, telephone (407)841-2330. Walter L. Sanders has become associated with Dennis LeVine & Associates, P.A., 103 S. Boulevard, Tampa 33606, telephone (813)253-0777. He concentrates in creditors’ rights and bankruptcy. David M. Halpen has become a shareholder of Dunwody White & Landon, P.A., in the firm’s Palm Beach office, 239 S. County Road, Suite 300, Palm Beach 33480, telephone (561)655-2120. Halpen concentrates in trust and estate planning, partnership, planning, corporate planning, and trust and estate administration. Hayden Dempsey, former of the Florida Governor’s Office, has joined GrayHarris at 301 S. Bronough St., Suite 600, Tallahassee 32301, telephone (850)222-7717. He concentrates in governmental affairs, litigation, and administrative matters. Laurence Appel has joined Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., in Jacksonville as senior vice president and general counsel. Dana M. Gallup, P.A. announces the relocation of offices to 4000 Hollywood Boulevard, Presidential Circle, Suite 265 South, Hollywood 33021, telephone (954)894-3035. He concentrates in labor and employment law. Adam Weisholtz, formerly law clerk to Fourth District Court of Appeal Judge Robert M. Gross, has become assistant district counsel with the U.S. Departent of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, at 155 S. Miami Avenue, Miami 33031, telephone (305)400-6160. Sanjay Kurian, formerly law clerk to Fourth District Court of Appeal Judge Robert M. Gross, as become associated with the Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., with offices at 13515 Bell Tower Drive, Suite 101, Ft. Myers 33907, telephone (239)433-7707. Mia L. McKown, former general counsel for the Florida Department of Citrus, has become of counsel with Akerman Senterfitt, with offices at 301 S. Bronough St., Ste. 300, Tallahassee 32301, telephone (850)222-3471. She concentrates on litigation, administrative law, and government relations. Douglas C. Hiller has joined the law firm of Landy & Associates, 801 NE 167th St., 2nd Floor, North Miami Beach 33162, telephone (305)455-2040. Hiller concentrates in complex commercial litigation, securities arbitration, and corporate transactions. Myra Gendel has become a partner at Ackerman Link & Sartory, P.A., 222 Lakeview Avenue, Suite 1250 Esperante, West Palm Beach 33401, telephone (561)838-4100. Gendel concentrates in commercial loans, real estate and asset based financing and sales, and title insurance. Dianne Weaver has joined Harrell and Johnson, P.A., 4735 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville 32257, telephone (904)296-9400. She concentrates in the areas of wrongful death, medical malpractice, and complex personal injury litigation. Ashish Airan, Ronald J. Bogani, James Scott Herman, Eric C. Reed, Bryan S. Resnick, Matthew Brock Shields, Tania M. Williams, Donna S. Zmijewski, and Michael E. Zmijewski have joined the Ninth Circuit State Attorney’s Office, 415 N. Orange Ave., Orlando 32802, telephone (407)836-2400. The office serves Orange and Osceola counties. Jon M. Gibbs has become associated with Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A., 255 South Orange Ave., Suite 1401, Orlando 32801, phone (407) 841-2330. He concentrates in patent law. George Richards, former deputy Chief of the Juvenile Division of the 13th Circuit State Attorney’s Office, has become an assistant statewide prosecutor with the Office of Statewide Prosecution, Sullivan Centre, 2075 W. First St., Suite 202, Ft. Myers 33901, telephone (941) 338-2440. Pierre A.L. Mommers and Joseph G. Colombo announce the formation of Mommers & Colombo, with offices at 2351 W. Eau Gallie Blve., Suite 1, Melbourne 32935, telephone (321)751-1000. The firm concentrates in commercial litigation, estate planning, and business law. Carlos A. Zumpano has become associated with the Miami office of Duane Morris, 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3410, Miami 33131, telephone (305)960-2200. Ty G. Thompson, has become associated with Mills Paskert Divers, P.A., 100 N. Tampa St., Suite 2010, Tampa 33602, telephone (813)229-3501. He concentrates in business and commercial litigation and construction and surety litigation. Robert H. Waltuch, has joined as a shareholder Fowler White Boggs Banker, with offices at 501 E. Kennedy Blvd., Ste. 1700, Tampa 33602, telephone (813)228-7411. He practices in the areas of estate planning, administration of trusts and estates, and post mortem tax planning. Kevin Johnson has become a shareholder with Thompson, Sizemore & Gonzalez, P.A., 501 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1400, Tampa 33601, telephone (813)273-0050. He concentrates on representing employers. November 1, 2002 On the Move November 1, 2002 On the Move
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