CBS 4 News reports that Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive has been completely closed to vehicles since last year, originally as a way for many of the businesses to spread out and mitigate the effects of COVID-19.

Shutts & Bowen LLP partners Karen W. Wankelman and John Patterson recently co-led the team representing Southern Marinas, LLC and its affiliates in the acquisition of three best-in-class marinas.

Bridget M. Dennis, an attorney in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa office, recently authored an article in the Summer 2021 edition of the Cramdown, a quarterly publication for the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association’s membership.

Shutts & Bowen is pleased to announce the firm’s newest Practice Group Leaders (PGLs), who manage and oversee the firm’s formal practice groups. Michelle G. Hendler, Peter A. Lagonowicz and William G. McCullough have been named ...

Fort Lauderdale partner Jamie Wasserman was reappointed by the Board of Directors of the Leadership Broward Foundation to serve as General Counsel for the 2021-2022 program year. Jamie, who currently sits on the ...

Miami partner Patrick Lannon will be a featured speaker at the 39th Annual Attorney/Trust Officer Liaison Conference taking place on August 19-21, 2021, at The Breakers, Palm Beach.  

Shutts and Bowen is proud to announce 121 attorneys were recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Among them are several partners who were also selected as a “Lawyer of the Year” ...

Eric Reed, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office and President of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), spoke at the Fall 2021 New Student Orientation for Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law, welcoming the ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP was recently recognized among the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2021 “Largest Law Firms in Florida” list, ranking among national and international firms in the top ten.

The Lineaire Group has proposed a 20-story tower totaling 232, 370 square feet, with 180 apartments, 130 hotel rooms, 2,457 square feet of retail and a six-level parking garage on the west side of the Brightline Station in West Palm ...

Cameron Parks, an attorney in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, recently authored an article in the Orlando Business Journal, sharing trademark tips for entrepreneurs starting a new business venture.

Daniel Nordby, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tallahassee office, was recently quoted in Historical Review Magazine’s Spring/Summer 2021 edition, discussing the appointment of the newest Florida Supreme Court Justice and ...

Sandra Krumbein, a Real Estate partner in Shutts & Bowen’s Fort Lauderdale office, was recently profiled on Law.com about her journey to becoming the successful lawyer she is today.

Shutts & Bowen Partner Aliette Rodz, Chair of the Cuba Task Force and Co-Chair of the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group, recently shared her insights on the political unrest in Cuba with The Brian Mudd Show, NewsRadio ...

Brendan Aloysius Barry, a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate attorney in Shutts & Bowen’s Fort Lauderdale office, welcomed the “Odyssey of the Seas” to Port Everglades on Saturday, July 31, on behalf of the 130 corporate ...

Eric Reed, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office and President of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), spoke at the annual “Morning at the State Courthouse” event, providing insight for new attorneys and recent ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office has once again been ranked among the top Central Florida law firms in the Orlando Business Journal’s 2021 lists, with recognition in both “Central Florida’s Largest Litigation Law ...

During the presentation, Michael Sjuggerud will discuss preparing commercial real estate and real property for sale, with a focus on how to increase revenue, decrease costs and mitigate risk in commercial real estate deals.

West Palm Beach partner Patricia Leonard has been appointed to continue serving on the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Professionalism Committee. Patti has served on the committee since 2002.

Deborah Getzoff and Meredith Delcamp spoke during the Florida Chamber’s 35th Annual Environmental Permitting Conference at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort. Also participating in the Shutts sponsored event was ...

Sunny Isles Beach City Commissioner Dana Goldman, Of Counsel to the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, recently hosted a Condo Rights Workshop. Dana was joined by Shutts partner Amanda Buffinton, a partner in the Tampa office who is ...

James P. Terpening and Melanie B. Senosiain, attorneys in the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, recently co-authored Thomson Reuters Practical Law’s “Breach of Contract Defenses: Florida.”

Derrick M. Valkenburg, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, will speak at an upcoming Associated Builders and Contractors-In-Action panel for the Central Florida Chapter on July 28, 2021, from 7:30 – 9:00 am.

Following the collapse of the 12-story condominium in Surfside, Fla., the Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section has assembled an advisory task force to review the state’s condominium law and make ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP attorneys James P. Terpening and Maureen K. Rogers recently co-authored the article “Quasi-Contract Claims: Florida,” published by Thomson Reuters Practical Law.

Benjamin J. Gibson, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tallahassee office, was named Vice Chairman of the State Board of Education on July 14, 2021.

Miami partner Harold Patricoff was recently quoted in an article titled “Ecuadorian President’s Alleged Florida Real Estate Ties Raise Questions,” published by The Real Deal. Ed provided commentary on Ecuador’s ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP attorneys James P. Terpening and Melodie Khosrovani co-authored a Thomson Reuters Practical Law article addressing equitable remedies for contract actions.

At the inaugural HYPE Awards event, Shutts was honored in the “Attorney of the Year” category.

Paul J. Scheck, a Labor and Employment partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, was recently appointed to the roles of Secretary and Treasurer on the Executive Council of The Florida Bar’s Trial Lawyers Section.

Miami partner Lee Mackson discusses bankruptcy slowdown in an article titled “Bankruptcy Slowdown Promotes Lawyers to Pivot to Transactions and Litigation,” published by the Daily Business Review.

The Executive Committee of Shutts & Bowen LLP has named Jack C. McElroy as firmwide Managing Partner, Chairman Bowman Brown announced. McElroy is a commercial litigation partner in the firm’s Orlando office.

Miami partner Alexander Tachmes was quoted in an article titled “Florida Attys Expect Changes to Law After Condo Collapse,” published by Law360 Pulse.

Governor DeSantis appointed Ashley S. Hodson, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Sarasota office, to the Twelfth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which covers DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties.

CP Group -- in a joint venture -- acquired the One Biscayne Tower office building in downtown Miami for a reported price of $225 million. The seller was One Biscayne Tower LLC, an affiliate of Midland, Michigan-based Dow Chemical, with ...

Miami attorney Matthew Casbarro recently co-authored an article titled “Professional Actions Against Physicians for Opioid Prescribing Behaviors” for the American Health Law Association.

Following the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, WFLA Channel 8 News interviewed Shutts & Bowen LLP partner Amanda Buffinton about concerns regarding the structural integrity of Tampa Bay’s multi-story ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that 14 attorneys have been recognized in the 2021 edition of Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite™. Shutts was further recognized by the publication as one of the firms with the most ...

Attending and participating in the inaugural Florida Young Lawyers Summit were Shutts & Bowen Appellate attorneys Jason Gonzalez, Elise Engle, Amber S. Nunnally and Alyssa Cory.

Following the collapse of the 12-story building in Surfside, Florida, Law360 spoke with engineers and attorneys, including Shutts & Bowen’s Construction Practice Group leader, Timothy D. Woodward, about the timeline and scale ...

Mary Ruth Houston, Co-Managing Partner of Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office and Chair of the Labor & Employment practice group, was recently profiled in a Florida Super Lawyers Magazine article, discussing her endeavors in ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP is proud to announce that 31 attorneys have been named to the 2021 Florida Super Lawyers list, while 16 attorneys have been recognized as 2021 Rising Stars.

In May 2021, Miami Beach city commissioners issued a ban on alcohol sales between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. in Miami Beach’s entertainment district. Following a ruling Tuesday by Circuit Court Judge Beatrice Butchko, the ...

On behalf of his clients, Brendan Aloysius Barry, a Florida Bar Board Certified real estate attorney practicing in Shutts & Bowen’s Fort Lauderdale office, recently facilitated the record-setting sale of a waterfront mansion in ...

On June 9, 2021, a Florida federal judge dismissed a timeshare exit company’s counterclaims against firm client Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited, Inc. after questions were raised about standing to bring false advertising and ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Construction Practice Group leader, Timothy D. Woodward, and Orlando partner John H. Dannecker, recently authored an in-depth overview on Florida construction law, featured alongside the recently ...

Fort Lauderdale partner Amy Wessel Jones recently graduated from the Leadership Broward Foundation program. Leadership Broward is Broward County’s premier leadership development training organization with a 40-year ...

On Thursday, June 17, Miami partner Kristin Drecktrah Paz (FIU Law ’11) will participate as a panelist on FIU Law’s “Women in the Legal Profession” panel.

On June 30, 2021, Amanda Buffinton, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa office, will present the second of her two-part audio webcast discussion on Florida’s “federal” summary judgment standard, in a CLE seminar for the ...

On Thursday, June 10, the firm’s Focus on Women Group held a Summer Social. During the event, attendees experienced a cho.colate tasting led by a chocolate expert from Vosges Haut-Chocolat