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Date:  8/5/2009

Firm Receives Top Honors in 2010 Best Lawyers®

ORLANDO, Fla.; August 5, 2009 — The Florida-based law firm Broad and Cassel is pleased to announce that 22 of its attorneys have been named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers®, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. Additionally, the firm received top honors in the following practice areas:

  • Ranked #1 in Appellate Law in Fort Lauderdale* 
  • Ranked #1 in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law in Tallahassee* 
  • Ranked #1 in Health Care Law in Fort Lauderdale 
  • Ranked #1 in Real Estate Law in Boca Raton* 
  • Ranked #1 in Securities Law in Orlando* 
  • Ranked #1 in Technology Law in Tampa*
*Denotes tie with one or more other firm(s)

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 24,126 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties.

Broad and Cassel is proud to recognize the following 2010 honorees:
Boca Raton: 
  • Jeffrey Deutch, Real Estate Law 
  • Richard MacFarland, Real Estate Law
Fort Lauderdale: 
  • Gabriel L. Imperato*, Health Care Law and Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
  • Lester Perling, Health Care Law 
  • Beverly A. Pohl, Appellate Law
Miami:
  • Michael A. Dribin*, Trusts and Estates 
  • Mark F. Raymond, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation 
  • Mike Segal, Health Care Law
Orlando: 
  • Robert Alfert, Jr., Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law 
  • C. Ken Bishop, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law 
  • C. David Brown, II, Government Relations Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Real Estate Law 
  • Roy S. Kobert, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law 
  • James Slater, Real Estate Law 
  • Douglas Starcher, Securities Law 
  • Michael K. Wilson, Commercial Litigation and Construction Law
Tallahassee: 
  • Kelly Overstreet Johnson, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law 
  • Douglas Rillstone, Environmental Law 
  • Cathy M. Sellers, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law 
  • Charles Stratton, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law 
  • M. Stephen Turner, Commercial Litigation
Tampa: 
  • Steven G. Burton, Technology Law
West Palm Beach: 
  • Patricia Lebow, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation
* Denotes an attorney who has been selected for Best Lawyers for at least 10 consecutive years.

Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Broad and Cassel is one of Florida’s most prestigious corporate law firms, serving clients worldwide from Boca Raton, Destin, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach. Founded by Alvin Cassel and Shepard Broad in 1946, the Firm has more than 175 attorneys with extensive experience in a wide variety of practice areas including: Corporate and Securities; Construction Law and Litigation; Real Estate Development; Estate Planning and Trusts; Commercial Litigation; Health Law; Law Use and Environmental Law; Taxation; Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights; Labor and Employment; Eminent Domain; Auto Dealership/Repair Shop Defense and Regulatory Compliance; Appellate Law; Public Finance and Capital Projects; and White Collar Crime and Civil Fraud Defense. For more information, please visit us online at www.broadandcassel.com.

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Jessi Blakley, APR
Consensus PR, 407/608-5905 (o) 407/432-3673 (c), jessi@onmessage.com

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Robert  Alfert, Jr.
C. Ken  Bishop
C. David  Brown, II
Steven  Burton
Jeffrey  Deutch
Gabriel  Imperato
Kelly Overstreet  Johnson
Roy S.  Kobert
Patricia  Lebow
Richard  MacFarland
Lester  Perling
Beverly  Pohl
Mark F.  Raymond
Douglas  Rillstone
Mike  Segal
Cathy M.  Sellers
James  Slater
Douglas  Starcher
Charles  Stratton
M. Stephen  Turner
Michael  Wilson

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