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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 ...
Richard D. Rusak is a partner in the Miami office of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A and Board Certified in Marine/Admiralty Law by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Education and Specialization since 2010. He is an accomplished trial lawyer with two decades of litigation and appellate experience in federal and state courts and primarily represents major insurance companies, ship owners and marinas in marine/admiralty defense cases. Mr. Rusak also practices in the areas of hospitality defense, tr...
Cristina Pierson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Consumer Protection Law and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs. Cristina, who practices law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Cristina is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Mark F. Raymond is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Securities and Public Finance Law. Mark F., who practices law in Miami, Florida, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mark F. is held by other top lawye...
Danielle C. Price is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law. Danielle C., who practices law in Miami, Florida, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Danielle C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
John Halula maintains an active practice in the areas of real estate, and institutional and consumer finance. He has twenty years experience in these areas. In the real estate area, he represents clients in transactions involving sales, acquisitions, sale-leasebacks, ground leases, building and space leases, and like-kind exchanges of real property and related personal property. In the area of institutional finance, Mr. Halula represents various types of domestic and international lenders pro...
Lawrence S. Katz earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in government, with a minor in psychology, from the University of Miami. He continued his legal education at the University of Miami School of Law, graduating early in January 1968, and later attended the LLM program in International Law. He began his legal career with Hoffman & St. Jean, P.A., where he worked as a law clerk and associate handling matters primarily involving criminal law and family law. During this tim...
A Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, Michael Goldberg chairs Akerman’s Fraud and Recovery Practice, an experienced team of lawyers focused on unraveling high-profile investor fraud, including Ponzi schemes, receiverships, and EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program wrongdoing. Michael has managed some of the largest Ponzi scheme liquidation recoveries in U.S. history. More recently he has developed a reputation for his work unraveling EB-5 fraud schemes. As noted in Chambers USA...
Jorge L. Navarro is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law. Jorge L., who practices law in Miami, Florida, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jorge L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Michelle Oms’ practice involves the representation of many clients in the hospitality industry, including publicly and privately held owners, operators, and developers of hotels, resorts, and mixed-use community developments throughout the United States and abroad. She handles many types of matters in the hospitality industry, including hotel management, licensing, franchising, development, construction, leasing, acquisitions, and sales. She also has extensive experience negotiating hot...
Jon L. Swergold is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Jon L., who practices law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been recognized since 2016. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jon L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
David Birke serves as co-chair of Akerman’s M&A and Private Equity Practice Group. David’s practice focuses on representing private equity funds, family offices and their portfolio companies in complex acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, restructurings, growth capital investments, and debt and equity financings. David’s wide ranging practice also encompasses representing other private and public companies with corporate governance, joint ventures, executive co...
Michael Pardo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate and Real Estate Law. Michael, who practices law in Miami, Florida, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jose R. Riguera is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Jose R., who practices law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jose R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Graham has a broad range of land use and zoning law experience, particularly in Miami-Dade County, Miami Beach, Opa-locka, North Bay Village, Hollywood, Palmetto Bay, Cutler Bay, Hallandale Beach, and Pompano Beach. Additionally, he handles appellate litigation matters before the Eleventh Judicial Circuit’s Appellate Division and the Third District Court of Appeal. His work has been broad, including complex Land Use Plan amendments, Development Agreements, and Development of Regional Im...