Jessica Shahady

Will handles a broad range of complex commercial real estate and corporate issues for his clients throughout Florida and the entire Southeast. His clients include developers, investors institutional private equity funds, EB-5 developers and funds, as well as high net worth individuals and their associated family offices. He also regularly counsels clients on corporate securities and financing related matters. Representative engagements include serving as lead counsel on the development of a 1...

Joseph M. Rooth is a Board Certified workers’ compensation attorney in New Port Richey, Florida, representing injured and disabled workers throughout the Tampa Bay area since 1994. As the founder of Rooth Law Firm , he focuses on helping clients pursue medical care, lost wage benefits, and other compensation available under Florida law after workplace injuries and occupational illnesses. For more than 30 years, Mr. Rooth has handled Workers’ Compensation Cases - Claimant matters a...

John C. Austin is a personal injury attorney with Roman Austin Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers in Clearwater, Florida. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 2008 after earning his J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. For the first twelve years of his career, Mr. Austin represented the other side. From 2009 to 2016 he defended insurance companies and their insureds against personal injury claims at a Tampa Bay insurance defense firm. From 2016 to 2021 he served as...

Terence Perenich is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Terence practices law in Clearwater, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Terence Perenich since 2025. 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 Terence Perenich is held by other lawyers.

Zachary D. Messa is a Board Certified Intellectual Property attorney. He has lived in Pinellas County since 1998 and joined Johnson Pope in the fall of 2001 after graduating from Stetson University College of Law. He is a member of the International Trademark Association and has served as an editor of The Trademark Report, The Law Journal of the International Trademark Association. Since joining the firm, Zachary has gradually focused his practice to all facets of intellectual property law, s...

Michael Igel is a Board-Certified Health Law attorney and Chair of the Health Care Team at Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns LLP in St. Petersburg, Florida. He represents health care providers, physician groups, health systems, private equity investors, and other health care businesses in transactional, regulatory, operational, and litigation matters. His practice areas include Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation - Health Care, health care mergers and a...

Raleigh “Lee” Greene, though born in Gainesville (the Swamp), is a 3rd generation native of St. Petersburg. He attended UF receiving his degree in economics (1970), his J.D. (1973), was an active member of Florida Blue Key and, many years later, was selected as a “Gator Great” in 2016 by the UF alumni association. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1973 and a member of the D.C. Bar since 1986. He served as a JAG officer with the US Navy Reserve, having recei...

Peter advises individuals and families with respect to estate planning, wealth preservation issues and business succession planning. He also represents businesses and entrepreneurs with respect to startup ventures, financing, and mergers and acquisitions. He further represents tax exempt organizations, foundations and charitable groups.

Timothy B. Perenich is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Litigation - Bankruptcy and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Timothy B. practices law in Clearwater, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Timothy B. Perenich since 2025. 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 Timothy B. Perenich is held by other lawyers.

Bob served as a Law Clerk to Honorable William Terrell Hodges, United States District Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida from 1982 – 1984. From 1988 to 1998 he handled catastrophic child and infant injury cases throughout the United States and Canada. While clerking he learned of Johnson Pope’s well-known reputation for quality legal work and ended up joining the firm in April 1999. He is the author of “The Primary Carrier Caught in the Middle with Bad Fa...