The Florida Board of Legal Specialization and Education (BLSE) has announced that it certified 192 Florida Attorneys as board certified specialist in 2015. The board certification designation allows these attorneys to use the terms “specialist,” “expert” or “B.C.S.” for Board Certified Specialist when referring to their legal credentials.
Not all qualified attorneys are board certified, but those who are have earned that special designation has submitted themselves to evaluation for their special knowledge, skills, and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice. In Florida, board certified lawyers are “Evaluated for Professionalism and Tested for Expertise."
Out of nearly 101,000 lawyers in Florida, only about 4,800 have earned the designation as board certified specialist. Florida offers 25 specialty areas for board certification, more than any other state.
Out of all of the certification classifications, the largest number of board certified attorneys were the 23 attorneys certified for civil trial law. The next largest group was for the 22 attorneys who become certified in construction law.
Also, 22 lawyers were certified in criminal law. Only one attorney was certified in aviation law. No new attorneys were certified in 2015 for Adoption Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law or Criminal Appellate Law.
Also, 22 lawyers were certified in criminal law. Only one attorney was certified in aviation law. No new attorneys were certified in 2015 for Adoption Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law or Criminal Appellate Law.
Guy S. Haggard, Orlando
Admiralty & Maritime Law (2)
Carlos Felipe Llinás Negret, Miami
Frank Joseph Sioli, Jr., Miami
William G. Giltinan, Tampa
Javier Sobrado, Miami
Daniel Jonathan Glassman, West Palm Beach
Brian R. Harris, Tampa
Thomas Alan Hedler, West Palm Beach
Jill E. Jacobs, Miami
Kimberly J. Donovan, Miami
Erin Elizabeth Houck-Toll, Ft. Myers
Michael Alan Igel, St. Petersburg
Robert Michael Bell, Hollywood
John Gihon, Altamonte Springs
Jacqueline Villalba, Miami
Sacha Dyson, Tampa
Brian L. Lerner, Ft. Lauderdale
Lavern J. Wilson, Tampa
R. Kellen Bryant, Jacksonville
Jill Robin Ginsberg, Ft. Lauderdale
Marshall McDonald, Tequesta
Teresa Byrd Morgan, Lake City
Forrest Jackson Bass, Punta Gorda
Scott Andrew Bowman, Boca Raton
Andrew K. Fein, Boca Raton
Adam Charles Kerlek, Naples
Sarah Wallerstein Koren, Orlando
Paul Matthew Meeker, Dade City
Laura Esterman Pincus, West Palm Beach
Julie Ann Rico, West Palm Beach
Gerard Dominic Solis, Tampa
Kirk R. Crowder, Tampa
Matthew J. Feeley, Miami
Alvin F. Lindsay, Miami
Joseph Bothwell McFarland, Orlando
Clarissa A. Rodriguez, Miami
Gilbert Kirk Squires, Miami Beach
Andrew Joseph Baumann, West Palm Beach
Susan Leslie Forbes Clark, Tallahassee
Brittany Adams Long, Tallahassee
Eric T. Olsen, Tallahassee
Patricia Denise Smith, Palm Bay
John Glen Van Laningham, Tallahassee
Kevin D. Brennan, St. Petersburg
Blair Henry Chan III, Tampa
Jennifer A. Ficarrotta, Tampa
Renee Safier Harris, Boca Raton
Brian Karpf, Miami
Charles David Radeline, Palm Harbor
Jennifer Opel Taylor, Viera
Adam S. Vorhis, Gainesville
Adam Matthew Zborowski, North Palm Beach
Francis Michael Curran, New York, N.Y.
Michael R. Freed, Jacksonville
Scott Jonathan Kennelly, Jacksonville
Andrew Patrick Lannon, Palm Bay
Mark Andrew Nation, Longwood
Javier Adolfo Pacheco, Naples
Derek Ashley Schroth, Eustis
Joel Settembrini, Jacksonville
Shane Brady Vogt, Tampa
Gregory Scott Weiss, Stuart
Michael Ross Whitt, Naples
Garnett Wayne Chisenhall Jr., Tallahassee
Donna Louise Eng, West Palm Beach
Kansas R. Gooden, Jacksonville
Suzanne Youmans Labrit, Tampa
Sarah Lahlou-Amine, Tampa
Jonathan Thomas Mann, Boca Raton
Carol Marie Rooney, Tampa
Alan Benjamin Rose, West Palm Beach
Cristine Marie Russell, Jacksonville
James Warren Sherman, Ft. Lauderdale
Elaine D. Walter, Coral Gables
Marlon J. Weiss, Miami
Real Estate Law (16)
Annabella Barboza, Ft. Lauderdale
Wiley S. Boston, II, Orlando
G. Matthew Brockway, Sarasota
Vanessa Negron Cohn, Tampa
Scot Benjamin Copeland, Madison
Brenda B. Ezell, Jacksonville
Scott William Fitzpatrick, Ruskin
Michael T. Hankin, Lakewood Ranch
Liron Offir, Ft. Lauderdale
Cristina M. Pelaez, Coral Gables
William Christopher Rabil, Jacksonville
Ashley Brooke McElreath Rogers, Crestview
Abbie R. Salt, North Miami
Barry Glen Segal, Vero Beach
John E. Wickman, Sarasota
Steven Alexander Williamson, Clearwater
City, County and Local Government Law (18)
Cameron Stewart Clark, Tampa
Jennifer Rhea Cowan, Bradenton
Kelly Martinson Fernandez, Lakewood Ranch
John Raymond Herin, Ft. Lauderdale
Kristin Diane Hual, Pensacola
Cassandra Kellam Jackson, Tallahassee
Jon Aaron Jouben, Brooksville
Fred Koberlein, Lake City
Judith Wolfson Levine, Doral
Robert Max Lohman, Jr., Jupiter
Thomas H. Robertson, Miami
Regina D. Ross, St. Augustine
Carole Sanzeri, Clearwater
Carrie Lynn Sarver, Kissimmee
Steven Brent Spain, Orlando
Nancy Yoshiko Takemori, Tampa
Steven T. Williams, Key West
Michael Anthony Zas, Clearwater
Dustin Thomas Ward Anderson, Dade City
Blair H. Clarke, St. Petersburg
Steve Graves, Orlando
Lisa Gong Guerrero, Orlando
Nicole Valdes Hardin, Ocala
Eric Jonathan Hubbs, Miami
Court Edward Keeley, Miami
Stacey Elaine Johns Kircher, Daytona Beach
James Lason, Cocoa Beach
Susan Meredith Malove, Orlando
Lily McCarty Gonzalez, Tampa
Andrea McHugh, Sarasota
Maria Pavlidis, Tampa
Amanda Marie Sampaio, Orlando
Fairuze Sofia, Ft. Lauderdale
Joseph Augustine Spataro, Tampa
Nicholas Edward Stack, Tavares
Jennifer Hope Strouf, Tampa
Colleen Marie Tuohy-Fleming, Orlando
Daniel Wehking, Melbourne
James Peter Westervelt, Kissimmee
Michelle Rachel Yard, Orlando
Chad Keflin Alvaro, Orlando
Frederick Conger Barnes, Maitland
Miguel Angel Brizuela, Coconut Grove
Roger Caldwell Brown, Orlando
Monique S. Cardenas, Miami
Angela M. Covington, Tampa
Stephen Richard Gross, Ft. Lauderdale
John David Hanebrink, Orlando
Patrick Christopher Howell, Orlando
Dara Lynn Jebrock, Orlando
Kevin P. Kelly, Orlando
Mark Dawson Kiser, Tampa
Terrence L. Lavy, Ft. Myers
D Spencer Mallard, Miami
W Scott Mason, West Palm Beach
Leo H Meirose Jr., Tampa
David Kenneth Minacci, Tallahassee
Joseph Anthony Passeretti, Pensacola
Karl Egnar Pearson, Maitland
Scott P. Pence, Tampa
Scott William Rostock, Ft. Lauderdale
Evan Jonathan Small, Orlando
Michael Gabriel St. Jacques II, Palm Beach Gardens
Amado Alan Alvarez, Miami
Michael C. Bird, Tampa
Christopher J. Blain, Tampa
P. Hutchison Brock, II, Wesley Chapel
Lee Miller Cohen, West Palm Beach
Brian J. Connelly, Vero Beach
Alan Kraft Cooper, Clearwater
Derek M. Daniels, Tampa
Jeffrey Robert Davis Esq., Miami
Anthony Richard Gonzales, Deerfield Beach
Jerry D. Hamilton, Miami
Nash John Hedrick, Melbourne
Christopher Jason Hinckley, The Villages
Shawn A. Jiles, Winter Haven
Michael S. Kast, Orlando
Hans Kennon, Orlando
Robert L. McLeod II, St. Augustine
Chandra Lee Miller, St. Petersburg
T. Michael Morgan, Orlando
Curry Gary Pajcic, Jacksonville
Justin R. Parafinczuk, Ft. Lauderdale
Benjamin E. Patterson, Chicago, Ill
Matthew Todd Roach, Jacksonville
Dexter Romanez, Miami
Robert Ian Rubin, West Palm Beach
Adam Christopher Shelton, St. Petersburg
Deana M. Sisk, Ft. Myers
Ashleigh Jennifer Smith, Jacksonville
A. Lee Smith, Tampa
James Thomas Smoot, III, Ft. Myers
Matthew Willis Sowell, Jacksonville
Todd J. Stabinski, Miami
Ted M. Stephan, Orlando
Peter W. van den Boom, Bartow
John Robert Whittles, West Palm Beach
Kell Coleman Williams III, Tampa
Gregory T. Zele, Jupiter
This article was last updated on Friday, November 22, 2019.
