Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that it is opening an office in New York City today with the following attorneys previously associated with Rosner & Napierala, LLP:
- Brian Rosner
- Natalie A. Napierala
- Heather J. Haase
- Elizabeth Luciano
- Madelyn Spatt Shulman
- Ildiko Szollosi
Carlton Fields’ President and CEO Gary L. Sasso said, “We are delighted to announce the opening of this office. It was time. Many of our national clients are based in or near New York, and our attorneys from our offices in Florida and Atlanta travel there often to work with these clients. So the new office is a natural step for us. Brian, Natalie, and their colleagues at Rosner & Napierala are a great fit, and they will be a wonderful addition to our firm. We are very pleased to have them on board.”
Brian Rosner, who will serve as managing shareholder for the office said, “Natalie and I are very excited about this opportunity to grow and extend the practice we built in our boutique law firm. Though small, from inception our firm has serviced major national clients and handled high-stakes litigation and corporate matters around the country. We have always been aware that a larger firm would offer a better platform to attract and service clients. Despite several overtures, we had been reluctant to combine with a larger firm until we met Gary and the other shareholders of Carlton Fields. They offer a unique value proposition — the bench strength of a larger firm with the collegiality and devotion to personal client service of a smaller group.”
Napierala added, “Carlton Fields was the right choice for us because we share a strong commitment to exemplary client service, and we felt a natural affinity to the attorneys and staff at Carlton Fields from the outset of our discussions. We are pleased to join the firm and to offer our clients the full platform of legal services that Carlton Fields provides.”
The acquisition continues a busy and successful year for Carlton Fields. Last year the firm had yet another record year, and since 2006, the last full year prior to the recession, Carlton Fields has added more than 40 lawyers and has grown revenues by 47 percent.
Carlton Fields’ new office is located near Wall Street at 26 Broadway, 22nd Floor in New York, New York, in the iconic Standard Oil building, which was designated as a New York City Landmark in 1995. This is Carlton Fields’ eighth office.
The building sits on land once owned by Alexander Hamilton and later acquired and developed by America’s first billionaire, John D. Rockefeller, for his Standard Oil Trust Company headquarters. The names of the Standard Oil founders and original board members are inscribed on the lobby ceiling. The building, ensconced in marble and limestone, is crowned with a pyramid modeled after one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. In the 1920s, when the building was the tallest on the tip of Manhattan, the illuminated pyramid acted as a beacon for ships entering the harbor.
