FLORIDA – June 15, 2015 – GrayRobinson, P.A., announced that Law360 has again recognized the firm as one of eight Florida Powerhouses in the publication’s Regional Powerhouses series. In addition to being one of Florida’s fastest-growing law firms, GrayRobinson was selected for its significant regional accomplishments over the last year.
"We are thrilled to be honored once again as a Florida Powerhouse by Law360," said GrayRobinson President and Managing Director Byrd F. "Biff" Marshall, Jr. "GrayRobinson’s investment in the community, connection to Florida’s businesses, commanding wins in the courtroom and progressive initiatives have solidified our role as a continued statewide powerhouse."
GrayRobinson understands the importance of being connected; connected to clients, to the communities they service, and to the legal profession. Finding ways to benefit clients through these connections has been the firm’s focus for the last four decades. Established in Orlando, Florida in 1970, GrayRobinson is a statewide powerhouse with nearly 300 lawyers working out of offices in 12 Florida cities.
Among examples of these connections, the firm’s powerhouse nomination cited:
- GrayRobinson’s announcement of a new service for the firm’s international alcohol clients, the International Alcohol Lawyers Alliance (IALA). Richard M. Blau, Tampa shareholder and Chair of the firm’s Alcohol Beverage and Food Law Department serves as coordinating counsel for the IALA, a network of independent law firms and compliance professionals working cooperatively and collegially across the world to fulfill the legal and regulatory needs of the alcohol beverage industry.
- Marlene Quintana, B.C.S., shareholder in GrayRobinson’s Miami office, received several diversity awards over the last year, including the "2014 Florida Most Powerful and Influential Woman Award" by the National Diversity Council, "Top 50 Influential People" by HispanicBusiness in 2014 and the Presidential Award from the Cuban American Bar Association.
- Members of the Higher Education Practice Group formed in 2015 advise more than a dozen higher education institutions in Florida on a variety of matters including litigation, labor and employment, government relations, intellectual property, and other legal issues that arise.
- Three GrayRobinson attorneys played an extensive role in the Northrop Grumman mega-project recently announced by Governor Rick Scott and other Florida officials. Northrop intends to invest $500 million in new facilities at the Melbourne International Airport and create some 1800 new, high-value jobs for its aerospace research and production operations. The initiative has been called "the nation's largest economic development project in the last five years."
- Our Banking and Finance Litigation team successfully obtained dismissal of a complaint filed by Liberty Channelside LLC against the Tampa Port Authority and the Irish Bank Resolution Corp.
- GrayRobinson obtained summary judgment in favor of its client, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, relative to claims for commissions associated with approximately 76,000 policies taken over by Citizens after the insurance companies were liquidated.
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