Of the 47 lawyers recognized, 12 of the firm’s attorneys were recognized for the very first time and 14 attorneys were recognized as Ones to Watch. 

Best Lawyers has employed the same transparent methodology for more than 35 years, based entirely on peer review. 

The following includes all Firm attorneys named and areas in which they are recognized:

Miami

• Mitchell A. Bierman (Administrative / Regulatory Law, Government Contracts, Government Relations Practice)
• Lillian Arango (Real Estate Law)
• Maria Victoria Currais (Real Estate Law)
• Jeffrey Decarlo (Commercial Litigation, Public Finance Law)
• Alan K. Fertel (Sports Law)
• Chad S. Friedman (Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
• Jessika Arce Graham (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Edward G. Guedes (Appellate Practice)
• Stephen J. Helfman (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Juan P. Loumiet (Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law)
• Justin Luger (Commercial Litigation)
• Anthony L. Recio (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Paul Ryder (Employment Law – Management)
• Clifford A. Schulman (Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Joseph H. Serota (Commercial Litigation)
• Eduardo M. Soto (Real Estate Law)
• Richard Jay Weiss (Government Relations Practice)
• Laura K. Wendell (Appellate Practice)
• David M. Wolpin (Employment Law – Management, Government Relations Practice)
• Daniela Cimo (Ones to Watch: Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Kelsie Elmer (Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law)
• Roger C. Pou (Ones to Watch: Municipal Law)
• Samantha W. Soto (Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• Alejandro Uribe (Ones to Watch: Land Use and Zoning Law)

Fort Lauderdale

• Daniel L. Abbott (Litigation – Land Use and Zoning)
• Mitchell J. Burnstein (Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law)
• Jamie A. Cole (Commercial Litigation)
• Alicia Gonzalez (Real Estate Law)
• Paul Gougelman (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Michael J. Kurzman (Construction Law, Litigation – Construction)
• Matthew H. Mandel (Commercial Litigation)
• Eric L. Stettin (Commercial Litigation)
• Susan L. Trevarthen (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Peter D. Waldman (Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law)
• Isabella Falcon (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Anne Reilly Flanigan (Ones to Watch: Appellate Practice, Civil Rights Law, Commercial Litigation)
• Narinah Jean-Baptiste (Ones to Watch: Municipal Law)
• Bryan C. Siddique (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Alison F. Smith (Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management)
• Blayne Yudis (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)

Boca Raton

• Howard D. Dubosar (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy)
• Andrew S. Maurodis (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Brett J. Schneider (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Union, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• David N. Tolces (Real Estate Law)
• Ethan Goldstein (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Ryan Hudak (Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management)
• Jeremy S. Rosner (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)

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Of the 41 lawyers recognized, 12 of the firm’s attorneys were recognized for the very first time and 12 attorneys were recognized as Ones to Watch. 

Best Lawyers has employed the same transparent methodology for more than 35 years, based entirely on peer review. 

The following includes all Firm attorneys named and areas in which they are recognized:

Miami

• Mitchell A. Bierman (Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Contracts; Government Relations Practice)
• Lewis R. Cohen (Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law)
• Jeffrey Decarlo (Commercial Litigation)
• Ignacio G. Del Valle (Real Estate Law)
• Alan K. Fertel (Sports Law)
• Chad S. Friedman (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Edward G. Guedes (Appellate Practice) 
• Stephen J. Helfman (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Juan P. Loumiet (Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law)
• Justin Luger (Commercial Litigation)
• Paul Ryder (Employment Law Management)
• Clifford A. Schulman (Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Joseph H. Serota (Commercial Litigation)
• Eduardo M. Soto (Real Estate Law)
• Richard Jay Weiss (Government Relations Practice) 
• Laura Wendell (Appellate Practice)
• David M. Wolpin (Employment Law – Management; Government Relations Practice)
• Jake Bland (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction)
• Daniela Cimo (Ones to Watch: Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Roger C. Pou (Pnes to Watch: Municipal Law)
• Caroline G. Saiz (Ones to Watch: Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• Samantha W. Soto (Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• Alejandro Uribe (Ones to Watch: Land Use and Zoning Law)

Fort Lauderdale

• Mitchell J. Burnstein (Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law)
• Jamie A. Cole (Commercial Litigation)
• Paul R. Gougelman (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Michael J. Kurzman (Construction Law; Litigation – Construction)
• Matthew H. Mandel (Commercial Litigation)
• Eric L. Stettin (Commercial Litigation)
• Susan L. Trevarthen (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Peter D. Waldman (Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law)
• Anne R. Flanigan (Ones to Watch: Appellate Practice; Civil Right Law; Commercial Litigation)
• Narinah Jean-Baptiste (Ones to Watch: Municipal Law)
• Scott Mullin (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Alison F. Smith (Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management)

Boca Raton

• Howard D. DuBosar (Commercial Litigation)
• Andrew S. Maurodis (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Brett J. Schneider (Litigation – Labor and Employment, Employment Law – Management)
• Harrison R. DuBosar (Ones to Watch: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation) 
• Ryan Hudak (Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management)

Tampa, FL

• Sarah L. Johnston (Government Relations Practice)

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Included among them are the following Firm attorneys:

• Mitchell Burnstein – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Jamie Cole – Commercial Litigation
• Paul Gougelman – Municipal Law
• Matthew Mandel – Government Relations Practice

To view the full October 2020 issue of Fort Lauderdale Illustrated, please click here.

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Weiss Serota Helfman Cole Bierman & Popok continues to attract top talent and experienced attorneys.   The firm recently announced the addition of Paul R. Gougelman and Eric L. Stettin as a partners, both in the firm’s Broward office.

Paul joins as a senior member of the firm’s Municipal Government Law division.  He is the current Town Attorney for the Town of Indialantic, and the former City Attorney for the City of Melbourne and the City of Cocoa Beach.  He also served as Town Attorney for the Town of Melbourne Beach.  

His deep experience includes serving as special counsel to the cities of Maitland, Longwood, and Lake Mary, as well as a hearing officer for Orange County.   He is currently General Counsel for the Space Coast League of Cities.   Paul has a particularly strong background in transportation planning law.  He has been General Counsel for the Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council, the statewide governmental agency consisting of 27 Metropolitan Planning Organizations, for over twenty years.  He also has served as General Counsel for the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization for over twenty years.

Eric Stettin is a senior member of the firm’s Litigation Division.  With more than 25 years of representing public and private entities, Eric brings a wealth of experience and success.  His primary specialization is the defense of personal injury, policy liability workers compensation on behalf of municipalities and insurance companies. 

Over his career, Eric has also developed expertise in insurance coverage disputes representing both insureds and insurance companies.   Eric was born and raised in South Florida and has many ties to the community.  He is active in professional organizations and civic affairs and is a long time Rotarian in the Weston Chapter. 

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Member Susan Trevarthen, FAICP, and Kathy Mehaffey represented the City of Coral Gables as Special Land Use Counsel in its review and approval of one of the largest projects ever approved in the City.  First proposed by Agave Ponce LLC in 2012, the $500 million plan for the Mediterranean Village includes approximately 1.1 million square feet of high-end hotel, office space, restaurants, and retail establishments, as well as 214 condo units and 15 townhouses.  On June 10, 2015, the City Commission approved the project’s applications for comprehensive plan text and map amendments, the creation of a new zoning overlay, a master development plan applying the overlay to the project, a partial alley vacation, and a development agreement assuring approximately $37 million in developer improvements, mitigation and contributions.  Ms. Trevarthen worked with City staff and City Attorney Craig Leen to review the project proposal, draft the ordinances and development agreement, and advise the City’s review boards and the City Commission.  She also worked with Dover, Kohl & Partners and peer review consultant Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk to prepare and review the form-based regulations in the zoning overlay approved for the project. Firm partners Gail Serota and Paul Gougelman also assisted Ms. Trevarthen with the project.

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Just this week, the City Council for Marco Island voted to re-hire the Firm as City Attorney.  Weiss Serota Helfman served as City Attorney in Marco Island from 2008-2011, with Alan Gabriel sitting as the City Attorney.  After the brief hiatus, Marco Island returned to the Firm, and Alan Gabriel will once again sit as the City Attorney.

Marco Island, a popular tourist destination, is a lovely municipality on the West Coast of Florida.  It is home to approximately 17,000 full time residents. 

Managing director Jamie Cole expressed his congratulations to the team responsible for bringing Marco Island back to the firm.  Alan Gabriel took the reins with a dedicated group behind him including Richard Weiss, Brett Schneider, Dan Abbott, Anthony Soroka, and Paul Gougleman. 

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