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great asset to the firm’s appellate
and insurance practice areas.
J. Suzanne Lehner - In
January 2017, J. Suzanne Lehner
became the managing partner of
the Tampa office of Simon Reed
& Salazar.
Dennis LeVine - Partner in
the Kelley Kronenberg Tampa
office, Dennis LeVine has been
appointed to the Committee
on Chapter 7 Issues for the
Commission on Consumer
Bankruptcy, created by the
American Bankruptcy Institute
(ABI). The Commission is a
15-member expert panel that
aims to modernize the consumer
bankruptcy system. LeVine is
one of 10 attorneys appointed to
the Chapter 7 Issues Committee
supporting the newly created
Commission.
Matthew S. Mudano -
Matthew S. Mudano has become
Of Counsel to Cole Scott &
Kissane in its Tampa Office.
Mudano will serve in the firm’s
Trial Department focusing in the
areas of insurance defense, medical
malpractice defense and complex
commercial matters.
Woodrow “Woody” Pollack -
a shareholder in the Intellectual
Property & Technology Practice of
international law firm Greenberg
Traurig, has been appointed to
The Florida Bar’s Intellectual
Property Certification Committee.
Mark J. Ragusa - Gunster
is pleased to announce that
shareholder Mark J. Ragusa has
been appointed incoming chair of
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The Florida Bar’s Clients’ Security
Fund Committee.
Maria del Carmen Ramos -
The law firm of Shumaker, Loop
& Kendrick, LLP is pleased to
announce that Tampa partner
Maria del Carmen Ramos was
selected TAMPA Magazine’s
Top Lawyer 2017 in the category
of Immigration as voted on by
her peers.
Hala Sandridge - Tampa
attorney Hala Sandridge took office
July 1 as the first vice president of
The Florida Bar Foundation, a
statewide charitable organization
whose mission is to provide greater
access to justice. Sandridge,
co-managing shareholder of the
Tampa office of Buchanan
Ingersoll & Rooney, practices
in the area of appellate law.
Mark A. Sessums - Mark A.
Sessums of Sessums Law
Group, P.A., was chair of the trial
advocacy-themed Institute of the
Florida Chapter of the American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
in Orlando.
Dipa Shah - Shumaker, Loop
& Kendrick, LLP, is pleased to
announce that Tampa attorney
Dipawali “Dipa” S. Shah has been
elected to the board of directors
of the American Lung Association
for Tampa Bay.
Robert Shimberg - Hill
Ward Henderson is pleased to
announce that shareholder Robert
Shimberg has been awarded a
“Leader and Game Changer
Award” for his contributions to
the nonprofit organization, Men
of Vision (MOV). Shimberg and
his wife Michelle created a summer
job program for the young men
of MOV and helped facilitate
their efforts to earn a job with
some of their firm’s clients that
are partnering in their efforts.
Murray Silverstein - Tampa
attorney Murray Silverstein has
been reappointed by The Florida
Bar to a three-year term on the
board of The Florida Bar
Foundation, a statewide charitable
organization whose mission is to
provide greater access to justice.
Silverstein is an attorney at
Greenspoon Marder, P.A.,
where he focuses his practice
on commercial litigation and
class actions.
Alison Verges Walters -
a partner in the Tampa office of
full-service business law firm,
Kelley Kronenberg was named
one of the 25 Most Influential
Women in Collections by Collection
Advisor Magazine, a national
magazine designed exclusively for
collection professionals.
David B. Weinstein - David B.
Weinstein, managing shareholder
of the Tampa office of
international law firm Greenberg
Traurig, P.A., was appointed to
the board of directors for Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay.
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