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Lenore Brakefield is a partner at Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A., where she focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation, including construction litigation matters. She also represents clients in local government law, code enforcement proceedings, community association law, real estate matters, and contract and transactional work, providing practical and results-oriented legal guidance across a broad range of issues. A Naples native, Lenore earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude ...

Erin Houck-Toll is Florida Bar Board Certified in both Health Law and Tax Law. She chairs Henderson Franklin’s Health Care, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Organizations & Planning and Tax practice areas. Erin advises businesses, health care organizations, entrepreneurs and nonprofit entities on federal and state taxation, business planning, mergers and acquisitions, health care law and tax-exempt organization matters. She also represents taxpayers before the Internal Revenue S...

David J. Ledermann advises publicly traded companies, closely held businesses and nonprofit employers on complex employee benefits and executive compensation matters under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. His practice encompasses tax-qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, group health plans and employer-sponsored welfare benefit programs. David counsels employers on the design, implementation, operation and termination of retirement plans, including 4...

Howard M. Hujsa is a Principal in Cummings & Lockwood's Private Clients Group and is based in the Bonita Springs office. Howard focuses his practice on complex estate planning (including gift, estate, charitable and generation-skipping transfer tax planning), trust and estate administration and the representation of charitable organizations. He speaks frequently on estate and tax planning topics before both lawyer and non-lawyer audiences.

Anthony (Tony) P. Pires, Jr. is a partner at Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A., based in the firm’s Naples, Florida office. His practice focuses on Government Relations Practice, Municipal Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, and related areas of local government and administrative law. He represents public and private clients throughout Collier County, Lee County, and surrounding Southwest Florida communities. Tony has been Board Certified by The Florida Bar in City, County & Local Gov...

Phoebe S. Wise is a trial attorney with a track record of successfully litigating cases for individuals, private companies, and public entities. She represents clients in civil matters including breach of contract, insurance coverage disputes, commercial and construction litigation, and probate and trust litigation. She has significant courtroom experience in state court and Federal court. Insurance Recovery Over the past 9 years, Phoebe has recovered millions of dollars in insurance proceeds...

John D. Gast has decades of experience working with families as they plan their estates. John has lived in Southwest Florida for over 30 years and concentrates his practice on estate planning, charitable gift planning, life insurance, domicile planning, probate litigation, trust and estate settlement and taxation. John knows each family is different and works with them to craft a custom plan that fits their individual needs.

Amanda Barritt is Florida Bar Board Certified in Condominium and Planned Development Law and focuses her practice on commercial real estate development, real estate transactions and community association law. She represents developers, investors, lenders, property owners and community associations in matters involving acquisitions and dispositions, development structuring, purchase and sale agreements, leases, easements and mixed-use and multi-phase developments. Amanda also advises residenti...

Carlos A. Kelly is a business and real estate litigator with decades of experience representing businesses and property owners in complex disputes. His practice includes partner and shareholder disputes, contract claims, fraud and business torts, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, Bert J. Harris, Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act claims, real estate disputes and commercial landlord-tenant matters. Carlos is a frequent speaker on eminent domain and condemnation law and has prese...

Robert L. Lancaster is a Principal in Cummings & Lockwood's Private Clients Group and is based in the Naples office. Rob focuses his practice on the areas of wealth preservation planning, estate planning and business succession planning. Today’s litigious environment compels individuals to proactively engage in strategies to preserve their wealth. Just as physicians are all too familiar with the inherent risks of practicing medicine, so too should entrepreneurs, executives and other...