Built on a rigorous peer-review process, Best Lawyers® recognizes attorneys whose professional abilities are acknowledged by fellow lawyers within their respective practice areas. For 2027, Cole, Scott & Kissane is proud to have 134 attorneys recognized across The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®, including 40 attorneys earning recognition for the first time.
This year’s results represent a 31% increase in the number of CSK attorneys recognized compared with 2026, reflecting both established strength and continued growth across the firm. Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law are CSK’s most represented practice areas overall — and those same three areas account for the largest share of the firm’s 40 first-time honorees.
We congratulate all of this year’s honorees and are especially pleased to recognize those joining the Best Lawyers rankings for the first time in 2027.
The Best Lawyers in America®
Sami R. Achem, Jr.
Jacksonville Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2024
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Richard B. Adams, Jr.
Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Sanaz Alempour
Fort Lauderdale West Partner
Construction Law — Since 2026
Hugo V. Alvarez
Miami Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2026
Community Association Law — Since 2023
Litigation - Real Estate — Since 2018
Lawyer of the Year, Community Association Law — 2025
Jessica DeBono Anderson
West Palm Beach Partner
Litigation - Labor and Employment — Since 2024
Brian J. Aull
Jacksonville Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Danielle Balczon
Fort Myers Partner
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2024
Michelle Bartels
Tampa Administrative Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Brooke Beebe
Bonita Springs & Orlando Partner
Litigation - Construction — Since 2025
Commercial Litigation — Since 2024
David Bradley
West Palm Beach Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2024
Michael E. Brand
Miami & Key West Partner
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2021
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2013
Paydon Broeder*
Tampa Partner
Insurance Law
David Caballero*
Miami & Key West Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Ron Campbell*
Bonita Springs Managing Partner
Community Association Law
John A. Chiocca
West Palm Beach Partner
Construction Law — Since 2026
Litigation - Construction — Since 2025
Lee Cohen
West Palm Beach Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2026
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2024
Richard P. Cole
Managing Partner
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2006
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2006
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2006
Scott Cole
Miami Partner
Appellate Practice — Since 2019
William E. Crabill
Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Robert De Flesco
Fort Lauderdale West Partner
Construction Law — Since 2023
Litigation - Construction — Since 2023
Sarah Egan
Key West Managing Partner & Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Michael P. Eglinton
Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2024
Steven L. Ehrlich*
Fort Lauderdale East & Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Antwon M. Emery
Fort Lauderdale West Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2024
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2023
Benjamin Esco
Miami Partner
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2023
Christina Bredahl Gierke
Orlando Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2024
Litigation - Construction — Since 2024
Joseph J. Goldberg
Miami & Key West Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2026
Sheila Gonzales-Jonasz
Miami Partner
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2023
Travis Halstead
Orlando Partner
Construction Law — Since 2023
Katherine W. Harris
West Palm Beach Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2026
Jennifer Hart
Jacksonville Partner
Insurance Law — Since 2023
David A. Herrero
Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2025
Steven R. Hicks-Safra*
General Counsel
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
George Hooker
Miami Partner
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2025
Claire Hurley
West Palm Beach Partner
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Since 2025
Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — 2026
Julie C. Ireland
Fort Myers Managing Partner
Litigation - Construction — Since 2026
Scott Jackman
Tampa Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants*
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2024
Kristyne Kennedy
Orlando Partner
Civil Rights Law — Since 2025
Employment Law - Management — Since 2024
Litigation - Labor and Employment — Since 2021
Daniel J. Kissane
Jacksonville Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2022
Commercial Litigation — Since 2021
Insurance Law — Since 2021
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Since 2021
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2020
Gene P. Kissane
Miami & Key West Partner
Insurance Law — Since 2024
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2023
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2013
Joseph T. Kissane
Jacksonville Partner
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2025
Insurance Law — Since 2010
Ian Koven*
West Palm Beach Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Jana M. Leichter
Miami & West Palm Beach Partner
Litigation - Labor and Employment*
Employment Law - Management — Since 2024
Bradley Little*
Jacksonville Partner
Insurance Law
Evan Marowitz
Fort Lauderdale East Partner
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2026
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2025
Michael McCoy
Jacksonville Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Aram Megerian
Tampa Managing Partner
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2022
Insurance Law — Since 2018
Felipe Mejia
Miami Partner
Construction Law — Since 2023
Grayson Miller
Pensacola Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Craig Minko*
Fort Lauderdale East Administrative Partner
Commercial Litigation
Michele D. Morales*
Orlando Managing Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Sean Mulhall
Jacksonville Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants*
Construction Law — Since 2024
Brian Pita*
West Palm Beach Partner
Insurance Law
Barry Postman
West Palm Beach Managing Partner
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2022
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2021
Steven Richardson
Tallahassee Managing Partner
Insurance Law — Since 2024
Randall Rogers
Pensacola Managing Partner
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2026
Michael A. Rosenberg
Fort Lauderdale West Partner
Appellate Practice — Since 2025
Brian Rubenstein*
Tampa Partner
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Jennifer V. Ruiz
Miami Partner & Director of Advancement
Community Association Law*
Appellate Practice — Since 2024
Litigation - Labor and Employment — Since 2024
Richard D. Rusak
Miami & Key West Partner
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Since 2026
Admiralty and Maritime Law — Since 2025
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2024
Henry Salas
Miami & Key West Partner
Admiralty and Maritime Law — Since 2025
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Since 2013
Raul E. Salas
Miami Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2023
David Salazar
Miami Partner
Litigation - Construction — Since 2025
Construction Law — Since 2023
Ryan Sawyer
Orlando Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2026
Howard Scholl
Tampa Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Geoffrey Schuessler
Miami Partner
Insurance Law — Since 2025
Kevin Schumacher
Miami Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2023
Construction Law — Since 2023
Sherry Schwartz
West Palm Beach Partner
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2022
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2022
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2022
Thomas E. Scott
Miami Partner
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants — Since 2026
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Since 2025
Criminal Defense: White-Collar — Since 2009
Daniel A. Shapiro
Tampa Managing Partner
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2025
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2018
Sanjo Shatley
Jacksonville Managing Partner
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Scott A. Shelton*
Orlando Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Patrick Snyder
Jacksonville Managing Partner
Insurance Law — Since 2023
Justin C. Sorel
West Palm Beach Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2025
Clarke S. Sturge
Miami Partner
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants — Since 2023
Alyssa M. Tornberg
Fort Lauderdale East Partner
Litigation - Insurance*
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants*
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2025
Krysta Torok
Tampa Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2024
George Truitt
Jacksonville & Miami Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2023
Construction Law — Since 2019
Litigation - Construction — Since 2019
Lawyer of the Year, Construction Law — 2026
Christopher E. Varner
Pensacola Partner
Litigation - Insurance*
Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants*
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2025
Insurance Law — Since 2024
Jonathan Vine
West Palm Beach Managing Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2024
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2024
Brandon Waas
Miami Partner
Litigation - Insurance — Since 2025
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2021
Christine A. Wasula
Orlando Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2023
Peter Weinstein
Fort Lauderdale West Partner
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants — Since 2026
Gregory J. Willis
Fort Lauderdale West Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2025
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2024
Barbara Ballard Woodcock
Bonita Springs Partner
Community Association Law — Since 2024
*First recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® in 2027.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®
Keith Anton*
Miami Associate
Commercial Litigation
Samuel E. Basch
Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2025
Justin A. Bassett*
Miami Associate
Insurance Law
Amid Bennaim*
Fort Lauderdale East Partner
Commercial Litigation
Blair Brannan
Tampa Associate
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2025
Aysa A. Brooks*
West Palm Beach Associate
Insurance Law
Kimberly Canals*
Tampa Partner
Litigation - Construction
Anthony J. Casimini*
Bonita Springs Associate
Commercial Litigation
Clayton Chin Quee*
Miami Partner
Insurance Law
Natalie M. Del Cueto*
Miami Associate
Insurance Law
Kristina M. DiGioia*
Tampa Associate
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Justin Edell
West Palm Beach Partner
Litigation - Labor and Employment — Since 2025
Dennis J. Egitto, Jr.
West Palm Beach & Key West Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2026
Litigation - Construction — Since 2024
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2024
Andrea Faverio*
Miami Associate
Litigation - Construction
Katrina Fernandez*
Miami & Orlando Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Juan Franco*
Miami Partner
Commercial Litigation
Theresa A. Ginsberg*
Orlando Associate
Commercial Litigation
Jeremy F. Goldstein*
West Palm Beach Partner
Commercial Litigation
Michelle M. Gonzalez*
Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Heather Hatcher
Jacksonville Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2025
Connor Holzknecht*
Tampa Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Sade Oyinloye Jackson
Orlando Partner
Insurance Law — Since 2024
Justin B. Levine
West Palm Beach Partner
Litigation - Intellectual Property — Since 2026
Litigation - Labor and Employment — Since 2026
Commercial Litigation — Since 2025
Lizza Levine
West Palm Beach Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2026
Litigation - Intellectual Property — Since 2026
Professional Malpractice Law — Since 2024
W. Taylor Loe*
Fort Lauderdale East Partner
Commercial Litigation
Anthony Lopez
Miami Partner
Litigation - Construction — Since 2024
Commercial Litigation — Since 2023
Construction Law — Since 2023
Matteo Marchetti*
Miami Associate
Litigation - Construction
Brittany Masterson
Tampa Associate
Labor and Employment Law - Management — Since 2026
Litigation - Labor and Employment — Since 2026
Justin Maya*
Miami Partner
Commercial Litigation
Victoria Merritt
Jacksonville Partner
Insurance Law — Since 2024
Simon Morales*
Miami Associate
Insurance Law
Nicholas M. Nash II
Miami Partner
Corporate Law — Since 2026
Commercial Litigation — Since 2024
Litigation - Intellectual Property — Since 2023
Sasha Pandolfo
Tampa Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2026
Jeffrey M. Partlow
Orlando Administrative Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2024
Selina Patel*
Orlando Partner
Construction Law
Guillermo E. Pereira Soto*
Miami Associate
Commercial Litigation
Whitney Powell
West Palm Beach Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2026
Diana Rafael
Fort Lauderdale West Partner
Litigation - Labor and Employment — Since 2026
Marc Rapaport
Miami Partner
Commercial Litigation — Since 2026
Intellectual Property Law — Since 2026
Justin L. Schiff*
Miami Partner
Commercial Litigation
Hillary Sharp Dimitri
Miami Associate
Commercial Litigation — Since 2026
Danielle Simpson
Orlando Partner
Professional Malpractice Law — Since 2026
Labor and Employment Law - Management — Since 2025
Litigation - Labor and Employment — Since 2025
Natalia Morales Trabue*
Miami Associate
Commercial Litigation
Anna Urie*
Tampa Partner
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Justin C. Venegas*
Orlando Associate
Insurance Law
Jason Villares
Miami Partner
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants — Since 2025
Breonna Washington*
Tampa Associate
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Maxwell Zaitz
Miami Partner
Insurance Law — Since 2026
Commercial Litigation — Since 2023
*First recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in 2027.
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