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Patrick A. Traber is a corporate lawyer in Tampa, Florida, whose practice focuses on corporate financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, and strategic partnerships. He advises companies, investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and boards of directors on business formation, initial capitalization, corporate governance, and transactions involving the growth, restructuring, and sale of a company. Patrick guides clients through the mergers and acquisitions process, including...

In practice at Shumaker for over 35 years, Ernie represents clients from a variety of industries in the Tampa Bay area, across Florida and the United States, and overseas. He serves as counsel for the largest liquid bulk transportation company in North America and represents the leading global provider of depot, maintenance, cleaning, and transportation services to the intermodal tank container industry, as well as other transportation and logistics sector participants such as freight transpo...

Duane is Of Counsel with Shumaker and also serves as a Legal Skills Professor and Director of Advocacy at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Drawing on more than 30 years of practice, he continues to represent clients in state and federal appellate courts and to advise trial lawyers on appellate strategy, preservation of error, and complex legal issues arising before, during, and after trial. Duane has been actively involved in every aspect of Florida's appellate community, inclu...

Joe Weissman is a board-certified intellectual property attorney and trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience handling intellectual property and complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Based in Tampa, Florida, Joe is a partner with Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns LLP . His practice includes matters involving trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, antitrust issues, and computer-related disputes. Joe advises businesses an...

Kent Ihrig is Chair of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP's firm-wide Financial Services practice group and has substantial experience in representing financial institutions and other lenders in a wide variety of domestic and international commercial lending and related activities including corporate finance, healthcare finance, real estate acquisition/development, construction and term lending, ground lease financing, asset based lending, receivables financing, mezzanine financing, subordina...

Patrick J. Duffey is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Trusts and Estates. Patrick J. practices law in Tampa, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Patrick J. Duffey since 2026. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Patrick J. Duffey is held by other lawyers.

With more than 20 years of experience as a trial attorney, Russell Buhite focuses his practice on life, health and disability insurance coverage litigation, as well as myriad ERISA matters. He is also experienced in defending employers in employment law matters before the EEOC and in state and federal courts. Russell also represents a wide range of professionals including agents, brokers, attorneys, appraisers, engineers and others in all manner of alleged malpractice and errors and omissions...

Matt Hale focuses his practice on assisting businesses and their owners with restructuring matters, including both in-court and out-of-court solutions. He represents debtors, creditors, committees, and trustees in business bankruptcy cases with an emphasis on preserving and maximizing value for all stakeholders. His practice regularly involves navigating complex financial and operational issues under the Bankruptcy Code. In addition to bankruptcy matters, Matt represents fiduciaries and other...

Brian Rubenstein is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Brian practices law in Tampa, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Brian Rubenstein since 2027. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Brian Rubenstein is held ...

Throughout his career, Harley E. Riedel has represented debtors in possession and other significant constituencies in numerous large Chapter 11 cases filed in Florida. He has also been appointed by the United States District Court to serve as Special Master in complex litigation involving extensive farming operations in Florida and Michigan. In addition, Mr. Riedel maintains an active mediation practice in bankruptcy, state, and federal court matters, assisting parties in resolving disputes e...