SUPER LAWYERS / FLORIDA 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER STORY
12 THE RESCUER
Bankruptcy lawyer Roberta Colton is always
there for clients. Even if they need an
airplane moved in the dead of night.
BY STAN SINBERG
FEATURES
16 AGAINST THE ODDS
J. Cheney Mason wasn’t looking to
represent arguably the most reviled
woman in the U.S., but once on Casey
Anthony’s case, he wouldn’t back down.
BY G.K. SHARMAN
20 THE INCREDIBLE
JOURNEY OF STEPHEN
ZACK
From privileged boyhood to impoverished
youth to a year as the ABA’s first Hispanic
president.
BY HARRIS MEYER
DEPARTMENTS
6 WORD FOR WORD
Caryn Bellus, Erin Smith Aebel, Ralph
DeMeo offer advice to young lawyers.
AS TOLD TO ADRIENNE SCHOFHAUSER
7 BRIEFS
Rocket scientist Michael Corso; elderly advocate
Scott Fischer. Also: Jaime Vining, Stephen
Milbrath, Melanie Damian lend a hand.
BY ADRIENNE SCHOFHAUSER, AMY KATES,
BETSY GRACA
THE ANNUAL LIST
25 SELECTION PROCESS
SUPER LAWYERS
26 THE TOP LISTS
28 LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
36 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
RISING STARS
87 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
10 Q&A: STUART Z.
GROSSMAN
Bank of America, BP, and possibly the
Netherlands are also on notice from the
Coral Gables personal injury attorney.
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EDITORIAL FEATURE?
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED AND EDITED BY
BETH TAYLOR
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beth.taylor@thomsonreuters.com
107 BY THE NUMBERS
A few details in the numbers from the
Annual List.
LAW YERS DID NO T PAY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EDI TORIAL
FEATURES, DEPARTMENTS OR SUPER LAW YERS LIS TS
PRESEN TED ON THIS TABLE OF CON TEN TS PAGE.
COVER AND TABLE OF CON TEN TS PHOTOGRAPHY B Y MATT MAY
(COLTON), SCOTT COOK (MASON) AND SCO TT WISEMAN (ZACK)
