Orlando Magazine has published the 2025 list of “Best Lawyers” in Central Florida, naming 31 Shutts attorneys among the list of recognized practitioners who stand out among their peers.

Published annually, Orlando Magazine’s “Best Lawyers” list is compiled from extensive peer-review surveys. In addition to spotlighting the best and brightest lawyers from all specialties within the legal field, the “Best Lawyers” list provides consumers and businesses with a guide to selecting attorneys with established track records and proven reputations. Among them were partners who were also selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective fields, including Michael “Micky” Grindstaff ., who was named the Best Lawyers® 2025 Real Estate "Lawyer of the Year" in Orlando, and Mary Ruth Houston, who was named the Best Lawyers® 2025 Litigation - Labor & Employment "Lawyer of the Year" in Orlando.

To see the Shutts Orlando Lawyer spotlight, click here.

Included among the “Best Lawyers” list are the following Shutts & Bowen attorneys:

• Charles B. Costar III
• Donald J. Curotto
• John H. Dannecker
• Jeffrey S. Elkins
• Benjamin F. Elliott
• Michael L. Gore
• Michael J. Grindstaff
• Jason W. Hill
• Russell P. Hintze
• Mary Ruth Houston
• J. Gregory Humphries
• Juli Simas James
• James F. Johnston
• Roderick N. Jones
• Kyle H. Jones
• J. Cameron Katz
• Todd F. Kobrin
• Bruce T. Lower
• Jack C. McElroy
• Daniel T. O’Keefe
• Adriana L. Pfeiffer
• Brett R. Renton
• Sarah Donini Rodriguez
• Patrick B. Salmon
• Paul J. Scheck
• Jennifer P. Sommerville
• Elesa Sowell
• Erik F. Szabo
• Jennifer Slone Tobin
• Derrick M. Valkenburg
• James G. Willard

 

About Shutts & Bowen LLP

Shutts & Bowen LLP, established in 1910, is a full-service business law firm with approximately 280 lawyers in offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. Learn more about Shutts & Bowen at www.shutts.com.