FLORIDA – June 9, 2014 – RumbergerKirk is pleased to announce that 11 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of Florida Super Lawyers. In addition, 10 lawyers were named Florida Super Lawyers “Rising Stars.”

Super Lawyers is a comprehensive guide to the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state, as chosen by their peers and categorized by city and practice area.

Through peer nominations and independent research by Law & Politics magazine, attorneys are asked to nominate the best lawyers they’ve personally observed in action. Further evaluation is done based on peer recognition and professional achievement. Florida Super Lawyers is based on a survey of approximately 44,000 ballots of attorneys who have been in practice for more than five years.

The following Rumberger attorneys have been selected for inclusion:

Miami

Scott M. Sarason – Person Injury Defense: Products Liability

Orlando

Douglas B. Brown – Consumer Law
Lori J. Caldwell – Civil Litigation Defense
Ernest “Skip” Eubanks – Personal Injury Defense: Products Liability
Daniel J. Gerber – Business Litigation
J. Scott Kirk – Personal Injury Defense: General
Bud Kirk – Business Litigation
Larry M. Roth – Personal Injury Defense: Products Liability

Tallahassee

Leonard Dietzen III – Employment & Labor

Tampa

Robert L. Blank – Personal Injury Defense: General
J. Richard Caldwell, Jr. – Personal Injury Defense: Products Liability

No more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list. The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process except that a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less, and Rising Stars candidates do not go through a peer evaluation by practice area.

The following attorneys have been named as Rising Stars:

Miami

Brooke L. Ehrlich – Civil Litigation Defense
Marty Fulgueira Elfenbein – Civil Litigation Defense
Adilia C. Hedges – Personal Injury Defense: General
Monica C. Segura – Construction Litigation
Nicole Sieb Smith – Business Litigation

Orlando

Mary Alice Cox – Insurance Coverage
LaShawnda K. Jackson – Personal Injury Defense: General

Tallahassee

David J. Marsey – Civil Litigation Defense

Tampa

Michael L. Forte – Personal Injury Defense-General
Hugh D. Higgins – Personal Injury Defense-General

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RumbergerKirk provides litigation and counseling services in a wide range of civil practice areas including product liability, securities, banking and financial services litigation, commercial litigation, real estate and construction litigation, intellectual property litigation, environmental, labor and employment law, insurance coverage, professional liability, bankruptcy, and administrative law. Offices are located in Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Tallahassee, Fla. and Birmingham, Ala. For more information, please visit www.rumberger.