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Miami Center, Suite 1000
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131-2305 (Miami-Dade Co.)
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Average Peer Review Rating
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(Main Office) General Commercial Practice, specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. The Firm is proud of having 6 of its shareholders listed in Best Lawyers in America. Statement of PracticeAdministrative Law, Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Civil Rights, Civil Trial Practice, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Computer Law, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Creditors Rights, Employment Benefits Law, Family Law, Franchise Law, General Practice, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Business Law, Labor and Employment Law, Land Use Law, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Municipal and Zoning Law, Partnership Law, Patent, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability Law, Professional Liability, Real Estate Law, Toxic Torts, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate. Year Established: 1961
Firm Size: 21
Firm Affiliations MERITAS: Meritas, an association of independent law firms serving the diverse needs of clients in more than 145 markets throughout the United States and Worldwide. Representative Clients:3M Company f/k/a Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
Merrill Lynch
Precision Response Corporation
City National Bank of Miami
UPS Capital Business Credit f/k/a First International Bank
Banque Artesia, S.A.
the Lockton Companies
Banco Espirito Santo and Simon Property Group.
AddressMiami Center, Suite 1000
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33131-2305, (Miami-Dade Co.)
PhonePhone: 305-373-4000
Fax: 305-373-4099
Website
http://www.richmangreer.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesWest Palm Beach, Florida: One Clearlake Centre Suite 1504 250 Australian Avenue South 33401-5016. Telephone: 561-803-3500. Fax: 561-820-1608. Email: info@richmangreer.com
Alan G. Greer (Shareholder) born El Dorado, Arkansas, May 31, 1939; admitted to bar, 1970, Florida, U.S. District Courts, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh Federal Circuits; U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, New York; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., 1961); University of Florida (J.D., 1969). Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Trustee, University of Florida Law Center Association, 1981. Member: The Florida Bar. Fellow: International Society of Barristers; American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers. (Board Certified Civil Trial and Business Litigation Lawyer Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Class Action Defense.Email: Alan G. Greer
Kenneth J. Weil (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, May 5, 1940; admitted to bar, 1964, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1971, Florida; 1973, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1961; J.D., 1964). Member: The Florida Bar; Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Acquisitions; Corporate Organizations; Creditors Rights; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Property Acquisitions.Email: Kenneth J. Weil
John M. Brumbaugh (Shareholder) born Lima, Peru, August 3, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Florida; 1971, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Wabash College (B.A., 1967); University of Florida (J.D., 1970). Listed in Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA Directory. Law Clerk to the Honorable C. Clyde Atkins, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1970-1972. Member: American (Member, Standing Committee on Specialization, 1997-2003; Chairman, 2000-2003) Bar Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers. (Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Class Action Defense; Complex Business Litigation; Corporate Litigation.Email: John M. Brumbaugh
Bruce A. Christensen (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1975, Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: Drake University (B.A., with honors, 1972); Duke University (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in Best Lawyers of America. Author: "Discovery and Trial Preparation," Chapter 58, Florida Family Law, Matthew Bender and Company, 1986; "Development of Evidence," Florida Bar CLE 1984; "Premarital Agreements," Florida Bar CLE 1984; AAML Florida Chapter Board of Managers, 2006. Member: Miami-Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; First Family Law American Inns of Court; The Florida Bar. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. (Board Certified Marital and Family Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Divorce; Domestic Relations; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Bruce A. Christensen
Charles H. Johnson (Shareholder) born Long Beach, California, March 4, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Florida; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Member, Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami; Member, Orange Bowl Committee. Member: Dade County (Member and Past Co-Vice Chair of Probate and Guardianship Committee) and American (Past Chair, Committee on Administration and Distribution of Decedents Estates of The Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. [LTC., U.S.A.R., JAGC (Retired)]. (Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Title Insurance; Trust Litigation; Trusts and Estates.Email: Charles H. Johnson
Diane Wagner Katzen (Shareholder) born Miami Beach, Florida, July 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Florida. Education: Boston University (B.Mus., cum laude, 1980); University of Miami (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Board Member, University of Miami Law Review, 1982-1984. Florida Supreme Court, Certified Mediator, Circuit and County. Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Dade County Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1996). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Litigation; Probate Litigation; Federal Litigation; Trial Practice; Mediation.Email: Diane Wagner Katzen
Manuel A. Garcia-Linares (Managing Partner) born Miami, Florida, February 25, 1969; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Miami (B.B.A., Accounting, 1990); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Member, Order of the Coif. Junior Member, 1991-1993 and Associate Editor, 1992-1993, Tulane Law Review. Judicial Extern to Hon. George Arceneaux, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Recipient, Young Hispanic Leadership Award, Union Planters Bank, 2000, 2008 Most Effective lawyers for Class Actions. Listed: South Florida Legal Guide To Top Lawyers, 2001-2009; Florida Legal Elite, 2007-2009; Florida Super Lawyers, 2007-2009. Certified Public Accountant, Florida, 1998. Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Cuban American Bar Association (President-Elect 2009, Vice President, 2007-2008; Treasurer, 2002; Board Member, 2000, 2004-2009); Cuban American CPA Association (President, 2000-2001). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Formation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Class Actions; Business Litigation.Email: Manuel A. Garcia-Linares
Mark A. Romance (Shareholder) born Buffalo, New York, April 30, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1990); St. Thomas University (J.D., 1994). Editor in Chief, St. Thomas Law Review, 1994. Member, Moot Court Board. Listed in Florida's Legal Elite as one of Florida's Top Lawyers, Florida Trend Magazine, 2005-2006. Also, listed in Florida Super Lawyers Magazine as one of One of Florida's Top Business Litigation Lawyers, and as one of South Florida's Top Lawyers by South Florida Legal Guide, 2001-2009. Member, Florida Supreme Court, Commission on Professionalism, 2002-2005. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 2002-2004; Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors, 1998-2004; President, 2003; Chair, Florida Civil Rules Committee, 2009-2010). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation Agreements; Real Estate Litigation; Theft of Trade Secrets; Trade Secret Misappropriation.Email: Mark A. Romance
Lyle E. Shapiro (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., April 19, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Florida; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., with honors, 1994); University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member: American and Dade County (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2004; Chairperson, Mediation Committee, 2001-2003; Chairperson, Federal Courts Committee, Chair, 2006) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Employment Litigation; Products Liability; International Property Litigation.Email: Lyle E. Shapiro
Michael J. Napoleone (Shareholder) born Jamaica, New York, May 9, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Florida and New York; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Florida (B.A., Criminal Justice, 1993); St. John's University (J.D., 1997). Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association (President-Elect); The Florida Bar (Member, Committee on Judicial Independence). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Employment Contracts; Entertainment Litigation.Email: Michael J. Napoleone
Ronald P. Ponzoli, Jr. (Shareholder) born Miami, Florida, August 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1994); University of Miami (J.D., 1997). Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Commercial Contracts; Complex Litigation; Software Litigation.Email: Ronald P. Ponzoli, Jr.
John R. Whittles (Shareholder) born Point Pleasant, New Jersey, December 24, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.B.A., 1995); Nova Southeastern University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation.Email: John R. Whittles
OF COUNSELSteven Naclerio (Of Counsel) born New York, NY; admitted to bar, 1972, New York; 1977, Florida; 2000 District of Columbia. Education: Colgate University (A.B., 1968); Duke University (J.D., 1971). [Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1971-1977]. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate; High Net Worth Individuals; Litigation.Email: Steven Naclerio
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