Orlando, Fla., May 30, 2019 – Burr & Forman announces that 15 of its Florida attorneys have been selected for inclusion among Super Lawyers for 2018. In addition, 10 attorneys were recognized as “Rising Stars,” up-and-comers under the age of 40. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers, and no more than two-and-a-half percent of the lawyers in the state are Rising Stars. The 25 attorneys are included in Florida Super Lawyers magazine in June.

The Burr & Forman attorneys named among Florida Super Lawyers for the 2019 list are:

Fort Lauderdale
John R. Chiles – Consumer Law
Jeff Kamenetsky – Intellectual Property

Jacksonville
Greg Lunny – Business Litigation
Adrian Rust – Banking
Ellsworth Summers, Jr. – Bankruptcy: Business
Scott Thomas – Business Litigation
Troy Smith – Construction Litigation

Orlando
Eric S. Golden – Bankruptcy: Business
Howard S. Marks – General Litigation
Ty G. Roofner – Business/Corporate
Peter C. Vilmos – Construction Litigation

Tampa
Harvey S. Kauget – Intellectual Property
Jacqueline A. Simms-Petredis – Banking

The Burr & Forman attorneys named as Rising Stars are:

Jacksonville
John Baker – Business Litigation
Robert A. Neilson – Creditor Debtor Rights

Orlando
Gennifer Bridges – Business Litigation
Jonathan Sykes – Bankruptcy: Business
Christopher R. Thompson – Bankruptcy: Business

Tampa
Adam J. Knight – Real Estate: Business
Patrick Reid – Intellectual Property

About Super Lawyers
The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics’ attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check. Super Lawyers was first published in 1991, and the complete 2018 list can be found online at www.superlawyers.com.