Awesome Attorneys 2025
ADOPTION & REPRODUCTIVE LAWNicole Ward Moore Karen Persis
APPELLATE LAWAmanda L. Chapman Margaret E. Kozan Maegan Peek Luka
BANKRUPTCY AND CREDIT-DEBTOR RIGHTS LAWJeffrey S. Badgley Andrew S. Ballentine Anne-Marie L. Bowen Michael Provenzale Lauren Reynolds
BUSINESS LAWEd Alexander Ryan Cipparone Thomas Dolney Jennifer Englert Eddie Fernandez Gary Salzman Samuel B. Weissman John D. Willbur Chase J. Zortman
BUSINESS LITIGATION LAWL. Reed Bloodworth Ronald Edwards Eric LaRue Melody Lynch James E. Shepherd Brian Smith
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS LAWJane D. Callahan Audrey K. Chisholm Christin D. Petroski
CIVIL LITIGATIONLisa B. Haba
COMMERCIAL AND CIVIL LITIGATIONMatt Firestone Tina Garcia Suzanne E. Gilbert Andrew Gluck Houston Short
COMPUTER/INTERNET LAWAdam Losey Stephen C. Thomas Daniel Whitehouse
CONSTRUCTION LAWRonnie Bitman Michael Dear Ryan Scordato Thomas P. Wert
CORPORATE LAWCarolyn Crichton Gary Forster Stephen R. Looney Michael E. Marder Robert W. Mead Jr. Jason Rimes Jeremy Sloane
CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWAlisia Adamson Corey I. Cohen Ken Eulo Thomas Feiter Richard Hornsby James P. Kelly Amir A. Ladan Mark Longwell Rachel Mattie Lyle Mazin Lucie Robinson Jay Rooth Darryl R. Smith Charity Tonelli Jessica Travis Zahra Umansky John Valillo
DUI/DWI TRAFFIC LAWMatthews R. Bark Joe Easton Joe Knape Joel Leppard Matt Olzsewski Bill Umansky
ELDER LAWRandy C. Bryan Kathleen Flammia Geoff Hoatson Heather Kirson Pamela G. Martini Tom Olsen
ESTATE PLANNING/ ASSET PROTECTION LAWSophie R. Clark Erika De Jesus Lauren Y. Detzel Julia Frey Peggy R. Hoyt Skiles Jones Diane B. McWhirter Sophie C. Mondor Paula Montoya Jonathan Paul Lori A. Pieper Samuel Weissman |
GENERAL PRACTICE LAWVictoria Lyn Anderson Michael Ferrin John Morey Camy B. Shwam-Wilcox Jeffrey W. Smith Kimberly Soto
IMMIGRATION LAWChad M. Brandt Carlos Colombo Nayef A. Mubarak Gail Seeram
INSURANCE LAWZaf Goss Samantha Habermehl Scott Millard
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAWJyllian Bradshaw James Henson Kristyne E. Kennedy Louis Montone Jill Schwartz Sarah A. Slaughter
LAND USE LAWScott L. Knox Tara Tedrow Rebecca Wilson
MALPRACTICE LAWRichard L. Allen Jr. Christina Figueroa Josh Frick Richard B. Schwamm Debbie Warner Scot Warner
PERSONAL INJURY LAWYulric Abercrombie Michael Barber Chad Barr Moses DeWitt Andrew Irvin Paul B. Irvin Jeffrey S. Kaufman Jr. Amal Laassel Craig Lynd Jed Main Shannon Snedaker Anthony Sos Jeffrey D. Starker William J. Tonelli III Heather Trick James Vickaryous Jessylin Polo Wiederhold
PRODUCT LIABILITYC. Rich Newsome
REAL ESTATE LAWDavid P. Barker Vicki L. Berman Jarrod Etheridge Kathleen M. Hugo Barry Johnson Alexandre Mestdagh Stephen H. Price Kathryn Saft Alexander L. Van Heyde Laura Walda
REAL ESTATE TAX APPEALS LAWEdward Fore Brendan Lynch
SECURITIES LAWJulia D. Dennis Richard Heinle
TAX LAWChristopher R. D’Amico Charlotte A. Erdmann Gerrard Grant Steven R. Looney Matthew O’Kane Jay Van Heyde II
TRUSTS AND ESTATE LAWMatthew J. Ahearn David J. Akins Mark D. Chapman Alex S. Douglas II Brian M. Malec David Pilcher Thomas C. Shaw Timothy W. Sobczak Normal Stanley
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWAlfred Hilado Gina M. Jacobs Jonathan Paul Chuck W. Smith Brian Tadros Don Van Dingenen
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We sent out correspondence to the leading attorneys and law firms in Greater Orlando in search of nominations for our annual Awesome Attorneys list. In addition, we also tasked our readers with going online and recommending the legal professionals they’ve had positive experiences with. The results were tallied and after applying a minimum number of votes to be considered for the list, the leading vote getters in each specialty were then vetted using public sources of information to verify peer recognition, professional achievements, experience, honorable accolades and more.
We go to great lengths and take time and energy to ensure a fair voting process, but we acknowledge these surveys and Internet research are not an entirely objective metric. We are aware that this is just a mere sample of the good attorneys in the region and thus there are many professionals who do not appear on the list. Furthermore, Orlando Family Magazine does not solely endorse the services of any particular attorney who was selected. Lastly, any paid advertisements in this publication were not exchanged for inclusion on the list.
