Katherine H. Hilyer

Eric Rapkin serves as chair of Akerman’s Real Estate Practice Group, one of the nation’s top-ranked real estate legal teams representing developers, investors, and other real estate end users in complex transactions, development and redevelopment projects, public-private initiatives, loan origination and recoveries, and litigation matters across the United States and Latin America. A consummate dealmaker, Eric’s practice focuses on sophisticated commercial real estate transa...

Philip J. Morgan is a Florida Bar board certified specialist in real estate law, concentrating his practice on commercial and residential transactions and the title insurance of those matters. He focuses primarily on working with lenders to successfully close commercial loans secured by real estate or other assets, in addition to loan workouts and foreclosures. As a member of the firm since its inception in 1975 and the managing partner since 1998, Mr. Morgan has received national recognition...

Zachary Bazara is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Zachary, who practices law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Zachary is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Kara L. MacCullough focuses her practice on advising public and private companies on corporate and securities law issues surrounding corporate finance transactions and mergers and acquisitions, including private and public securities offerings (IPOs, follow-on and secondary offerings, convertible notes offerings, PIPEs, high-yield debt and Regulation S/offshore offerings), exchange/tender offers, asset and stock purchases and other commercial transactions in the United States and abroad. She ...

With over 30 years of litigation experience, Mike Grimley represents insurers, corporations, and individuals in a wide range of civil matters. He takes a proactive, early-assessment approach to achieve favorable outcomes through discovery, motion practice, dispute resolution, or trial. Mike has tried numerous jury and bench trials across Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama, and his trial experience informs how he builds each case from the outset. His practice includes first- and third-part...

Ronald Kornreich is a partner in Akerman’s Real Estate Practice Group and a member of Akerman’s Chambers USA - nationally recognized Hospitality Sector Team . He is a highly versatile transactional lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience representing clients in a wide range of commercial transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, license agreements, and general real estate and corporate matters. Ron advises his clients on all facets of hospitality i...

Robert M. Roselli devotes his practice to major insurance claims and the representation of individuals and families who have suffered serious injury or the loss of a loved one as a result of the negligence of a person or company. Cases that Mr. Roselli has championed have been featured in The Florida Jury Verdict Review & Analysis, Florida Jury Verdict Reporter and The Product Liability Reporter. In recognition of his achievements for his clients, Mr. Roselli has been inducted into Multi-...

Abigail M. Cohen is a Senior Associate at Gladstone, Weissman, Hirschberg & Schneider, P.A. She is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law by the Florida Bar and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Ms. Cohen earned her J.D. (magna cum laude) from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she was ranked 7 out of 238 in her graduating class. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida. Since her admission to the Florid...

With a background in healthcare finance and as in-house counsel to a hospital system, Marcy Hahn-Saperstein now serves as outside general counsel to hospitals and other healthcare providers. In this capacity, she structures, drafts, negotiates, and performs regulatory analyses for, corporate transactions, including equity and asset purchases, mergers, restructurings, and joint venture arrangements. On behalf of healthcare providers, Marcy drafts and negotiates physician practice acquisitions,...

David Pratt is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. David, who practices law in Boca Raton, Florida, has been recognized since 2005. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.