Recognitions & Awards
- The firm has been named one of the top nationally rated law firms in the United States in Fortune Magazine’s “2012 Top Ranked Law Firm” list, which will appear in Fortune’s “2012 Investor’s Guide”
- Chambers USA 2012 recognized nine partners as "Leaders in their Field" and ranked the firm in the areas of Litigation (General Commercial, Real Estate) and Real Estate (Zoning/Land Use).
- Among the top-named Florida firms in The Legal 500 for 2012 in "Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts/M+A: Middle Market" and in "U.S./Real Estate/Land Use/Zoning."
- The firm was honored with the 2012 Law Firm Award of Merit by the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association's Board of Trustees for our significant commitment to pro bono work.
- The firm's Labor & Employment Group has been listed in the "2011 Go-To Top 500 firms" for a second straight year by Corporate Counsel magazine, a publication of American Lawyer Media (ALM)
- Recognized as "Best Law Firms 2011-2012" by U.S. News & World Report & Best Lawyers in 38 practices
- Best Lawyers in America 2013 featured 42 firm attorneys.
- The firm has the highest AV-rating by the Martindale-Hubbell rating service, and 49 of our individual attorneys are Peer Review Rated AV – the highest individual rating
- Florida Super Lawyers 2012 included 26 attorneys within our firm. Additionally 16 of the firm's attorneys have been recognized as the 2012 Florida Rising Stars
- Ranked #1 largest law firm in Central Florida by Orlando Business Journal; #1 in real estate and bankruptcy; #2 in litigation
- Florida "Legal Elite" 2012 by Florida Trend included 14 attorneys within our firm, including 4 "Up + Comers."
- Ranked # 1 in the Orlando Business Journal's 2012 Best Places to Work Large Company category.
- Ranked #2 in the 2012 Orlando Sentinel's Annual "Top 100 Companies for Working Families Program," in the small company category
- Award recipient of Legal Marketing Association Southeastern Chapter (LMASE) "2011 Your Honor Award" for social media category (runner up)
- Firm partner Miranda F. Fitzgerald named "2012 Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers
- Firm partner Aaron Gorovitz named by the Orlando Business Journal as the "Most Influential Businessman" for 2011 in the legal industry
- Firm attorney Melody B. Lynch honored with the "YLS Pro Bono Award" by the Orange County Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for her exemplary work as a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) for the Legal Aid Society during 2011
- Firm partner Jameil C. McWhorter nominated as one of the "2011 Nation's Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40" by the National Bar Association (NBA) and IMPACT
- Firm partner Rebecca "Becky" Furman Wilson recognized as a “2011 Up-and-Comer Finalist” by the Orlando Business Journal
- Firm partner Terry Young highlighted as one of "four Central Florida most sought-after attorneys" in the Orlando Business Journal