Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Kristina (Tina) L. Marsh as a partner in the firm’s Tampa office. Marsh joins the firm’s Insurance, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Tort & Product Liability and Professional Liability Defense practice groups. Marsh was previously with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in their Tampa Office. More >>

Ogletree Deakins is delighted to welcome Peter Zinober, “Dean” of the Florida labor and employment bar, to its Tampa office. In addition to his full-time practice of law, Zinober will assist the Firm’s Executive Committee with strategic expansion in Florida and other key major markets. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the expansion of its national Real Estate Practice Group with land use partner Jim Porter in Tampa, Fla. and of counsel Tara Gould in Orlando, Fla. More >>

International law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. has expanded its Intellectual Property Practice with the addition of Woodrow H. Pollack as a Shareholder in the Tampa office. Pollack will be a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice.

Pollack, a registered patent attorney, devotes his practice exclusively to intellectual property and is focused on litigating complex patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, and other intellectual property disputes. He also has extensive experience in both patent and trademark prosecution and licensing. More >>

Shook, Hardy & Bacon welcomes partner Laura Whitmore to its Tampa office. Whitmore joined the firm’s Global Product Liability group on May 16. More >>

Kelley Kronenberg, a national, full-service law firm, is expanding its reach into the Florida market with the addition of a Bankruptcy Practice Group. The new group, which joined the firm’s Tampa office in April, is the result of Kelley Kronenberg acquiring Dennis LeVine & Associates, a bankruptcy law firm in Tampa, and its team of attorneys and administrative staff. More >>

As a significant step in its ongoing strategic growth, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s expansion into Florida with the addition of 12 lawyers from Glenn Rasmussen, P.A., in Tampa. They bring with them experience in banking and insolvency, commercial litigation, corporate finance, labor and employment, real estate, and transactions. More >>

Gordon & Rees opened its newest office in Tampa to serve clients’ needs in Northern and Central Florida. The Tampa office will complement the firm’s already existing Miami office to offer the highest quality legal services at affordable rates throughout the state of Florida. Tampa is the firm’s 32nd U.S. location since Gordon & Rees was founded nearly 40 years ago. More >>