Super Lawyers - Florida 2017

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Tampa, FL 33602

Tel: 813-221-1366

Fax: 813-223-5920 b.berger@maneygordon.com www.fightnegligence.com Brett Berger represents individuals who have been injured due to the negligence of someone or something else. Brett has always had a passion for helping others and began his legal career as an Assistant Public Defender helping the indigent defend themselves from criminal charges. Brett left the Public Defender’s Office and defended the insurance companies and their individual insureds in negligence cases. After gaining incredible insight as to how insurance companies evaluate claims, Brett felt a higher calling to help those who were injured as opposed to working for the insurance companies. Brett now focuses his practice on automobile negligence; medical malpractice; trips, slips, and falls; wrongful death; and negligent security.

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PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF
AUDRA MICHELLE
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Tallahassee, FL 32308

Tel: 850-386-7666

Fax: 850-386-1376 amb@bushlawgroup.com Audra Michelle Bryant is an associate with Bush & Augspurger, PA in its Tallahassee, Florida office. Her practice areas include professional liability defense, employment law, and personal injury. She is a proud graduate of The Florida State University undergraduate and law schools. Ms. Bryant is admitted to practice in all Florida State Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. In addition to litigation, Ms. Bryant has a significant appellate practice. Ms. Bryant has also served as an attorney ad litem advocating for dependent children in the foster care system.

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PROFESSIONAL LIABILI T Y: DEFENSE
NANCY E. CASON

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1900 Ringling Boulevard Sarasota, FL 34236 Tel: 941-404-2567 Fax: 941-365-7923 ncason@smrl.com www.smrl.com Nancy E. Cason is a managing partner of the Syprett Meshad law firm in Sarasota, Florida. Ms. Cason’s practice focuses on commercial and residential real estate transactions and litigation, estate and commercial litigation, and appellate law. Ms. Cason graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Florida. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida, where she graduated with high honors and was a member of the prestigious Florida Law Review. She is currently a Member of the Board of Directors of the Sarasota County Bar Association, having previously served as President of the Young Lawyers Division. Ms. Cason is also a member of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. & 45" 5&;;;53645;-* 5*(" 5*0/

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REAL ESTATE
HILLARY B. CASSEL

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Sunrise, FL 33325

Tel: 954-990-5251

Fax: 954-990-4346 hillary.cassel@gftlawfirm.com www.gft.law Hillary B. Cassel is a partner at Geyer Fuxa Tyler, PLLC. She is a civil trial attorney who focuses her practice representing and advocating on behalf of policyholders in the area of first-party property insurance litigation including, bad faith. Mrs. Cassel began her legal career as an Assistant State Attorney for Broward County, Florida where she prosecuted serious felony offenses and tried over forty jury trials to verdict. Upon entering private practice, she exclusively represented various insurance carriers in both State and Federal Court. This experience has proven to be invaluable in her representation of policyholders. Mrs. Cassel is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been consecutively selected to Florida Rising Stars since 2015.

INSURANCE COVERAGE
MICHAEL A. CASSEL

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Tel: 954-463-3008

Fax: 954-251-5501 mcassel@kirwanspellacy.com www.kirwanspellacy.com Michael A. Cassel is an Associate at Kirwan Spellacy & Danner and is the firm’s only attorney dedicated solely to the property litigation group. Mr. Cassel concentrates on first-party coverage, liability, subrogation, and bad faith defense on behalf of insurers throughout the State of Florida. Mr. Cassel is licensed through the Florida Department of Financial Services to instruct continuing education courses on law, policy, and ethics for insurance adjusters and has lectured on adjustment practices and deposition skills for both corporate representatives and expert witnesses. Mr. Cassel is a regular contributor to the Kirwan Spellacy & Danner blog where he provides updates and analyses regarding the impact and effect of newly released legal opinions.

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INSURANCE COVERAGE
BRITTANY CHAMBERS
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1212 Southeast Third Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Tel: 954-320-9507

Fax: 954-320-9509 bchambers@schlesingerlaw.com www.schlesingerlawoffices.com An Associate at Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Brittany represents clients in complex litigation, national products liability, and personal injury. She is passionate about upholding the rights of her clients and fighting to ensure that they are receiving the compensation they need and deserve. Her dedication and hard work has resulted in numerous successful settlements and verdicts on behalf of her clients. Currently, Brittany works with our Tobacco division, focusing on product liability cases. Her experience includes handling cases from inception to trial and coordinating strategy, discovery, research, motion practice, investigation, and more. Throughout every step of case investigation and preparation, Brittany has shown herself to be a powerful advocate on behalf of the injured.

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PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
JAMES W. CHANDLER

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Naples, FL 34112

Tel: 239-732-6631

Fax: 239-732-7316

James@jameswchandler.com www.jameswchandler.com As a former felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile prosecutor, I dedicate my practice to criminal defense, family law, and juvenile law. I primarily practice in Collier, Lee, Hendry, and Charlotte Counties, Florida. However, we do take cases outside of those counties on a case-by-case basis. I am a member of the Colorado, Washington, D.C., and Florida Bars, and have been practicing law for over a decade. I have been admitted to practice in all three of Florida’s federal courts. I graduated from West Virginia University in May 2000 with a B.S. in journalism with a concentration in public relations and with my J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in December 2002. I have been actively practicing law ever since. I am proud to be chosen to Super Lawyers for the fifth year in a row.

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CRIMINAL DEFENSE
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227 Seabreeze Boulevard Daytona Beach, FL 32118

Tel: 386-255-1400

Fax: 386-255-8100 adelgado@communitylawfirm.com www.communitylawfirm.com A 2004 Honors graduate of University of Florida, Mr. Delgado practices criminal defense as the managing partner of Damore Delgado & Romanik PLC., an AV-rated firm with offices in Daytona Beach and Deland. Mr. Delgado is Board Certified as a Criminal Trial Attorney. Aaron has been AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell since 2010, listed in Florida Rising Stars since 2012 and voted one of Florida Legal Elite’s 2015 Up & Comers. Mr. Delgado was voted Daytona’s Top DUI Lawyer by the Daytona Beach New Journal in 2016 and was selected as a Top 40 under 40 young professional by the Volusia and Flagler Business Report in 2013, 2015 and 2017. Mr. Delgado is a life member of the FACDL, a life member of the NACDL and a member of the National College of DUI Defense.

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CRIMINAL DEFENSE
MATTHEW A. DOLMAN
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800 North Belcher Road Clearwater, FL 33765 Tel: 727-451-6900 Fax: 727-451-6907 matt@dolmanlaw.com www.dolmanlaw.com Attorney Matthew Dolman is the founding member of Dolman Law Group, a personal injury law firm located in Clearwater, Florida. The Dolman Law Group routinely serves injury victims throughout the greater Tampa Bay area. Mr. Dolman limits his practice to representation of injury victims and family members of wrongful death, brain and spinal cord injury, trucking and motorcycle accidents, negligent security, boating accidents, and defective medications. Mr. Dolman has been recognized as a highly skilled lawyer by other members of his profession and the general public with a prior nomination to Legal Elite by Florida Trend, a 10.0 rating by AVVO, and recent membership into both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.