Three Lowndes Attorneys Honored as Florida Trend's 2025 Legal Elite Notable Women Leaders in Law

Lowndes is pleased to announce that attorneys Jackie Bozzuto, Crystal Buit, and Laura Walda were recently recognized in the 2025 edition of Florida Trend’s Legal Elite™ Notable Women Leaders in Law.

The annual list honors attorneys who exemplify professional excellence, leadership, and meaningful impact within the legal community. These distinguished professionals are celebrated for their integrity, commitment, and dedication to advancing the highest ethical standards. As role models, trailblazers, and mentors, they embody resilience, passion, and empathy in their practice.

Bozzuto works with hospitality, restaurant, and real estate clients throughout Florida and across the United States. With more than three decades of experience, Bozzuto has closed more than $100 million in multi-site restaurant transactions and negotiated leases for hundreds of commercial locations nationwide. Over the past 12 years, she has also handled the acquisition, sale, and leasing of industrial warehouse properties for developers and investors.

Buit devotes her practice to providing skilled and supportive legal representation for clients going through complicated and often highly emotional family law matters, including divorce, child support, child custody, alimony and family law litigation. Buit has significant experience negotiating and drafting prenuptial and postnuptial agreements for couples seeking financial protection and peace of mind. 

Walda is a shareholder in the firm’s commercial real estate group, she handles complex contract and lease negotiation, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, negotiation and structuring of credit facilities. She's known for solving problems quickly and keeping deals on track.