Gunster (law firm)
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| Headquarters | West Palm Beach, Florida |
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| No. of offices | 13 |
| No. of attorneys | Approximately 170 |
| Date founded | 1925 |
| Website | http://gunster.com/ |
Gunster is a law firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. It was established in 1925 and has offices in The Florida Keys, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart, Florida, Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando and Vero Beach.[1] The firm's areas of specialty include litigation, real estate, corporate and private wealth services.[2] Gunster is headed by managing shareholder Bill Perry and its headquarters are on the 4th, 5th and 6th floors of Phillips Point in West Palm Beach.
Gunster Yoakley handles trust and estate cases, and real estate transactions, but it specializes in complex, large-scale commercial transactions and numbers major real estate developers among its clients.[3]
Domain attorney Amy Brigham Boulris[4][5] and Michael Robert Cavendish are with the firm. Marshall Criser was part of the firm for 30 years, including when it was Gunster, Yoakley, Criser & Stewart. George LeMieux was Chairman of the firm when it was Gunster Yoakley & Stewart. Other attorneys at the firm include Angel A. Cortiñas, a former judge on the 3rd District Court of Appeals in Miami. Simon Ferro, former U.S. ambassador to Panama, and Steve Muscatello, who worked at the Heritage Foundation before law school.[citation needed] John Cole and Jorge D. Guttman also an attorneys at the firm.[6] United States Senator George LeMieux is a partner in the firm.[7][8] Marshall Criser was a member of the firm before becoming president of the University of Florida; after stepping down as president he joined Mahoney Adams Milam Surface & Grimsley in Jacksonville, which changed its name to Mahoney Adams & Criser.[9][10]
As of 2012, Gunster was one of the largest firms in Florida and one of the largest 250 firms in the U.S.[11] Florida Trend ranked Gunster 9th in Florida according to the number of attorneys.[12]
History[edit]
Gunster began in 1925 as a solo practice of John Kenneth Williamson in West Palm Beach,[13] moved in 1942 to Palm Beach, in 1985 moved back to West Palm Beach, and opened a Palm Beach office in 1995.[14] The Palm Beach office is designed and furnished to make the firms' wealthy, private clients feel at home.[14]
By 1970, the firm had 10 attorneys. In 1989, the firm became Gunster Yoakley and had 55 employees. In 1990 it merged with the Broward County firm of McCune Hiaasen Crum Gardner & Duke, and grew to 80 attorneys.[3][13] In 1994 it merged with the Miami firm Valdes-Fauli, Bischoff, Kriss & Mandler, growing to 110 attorneys and 300 other employees.[15] By 2003 when Gunster acquired Miami's Furia Law Firm, making Arthur J. Furia a shareholder, Gunster had grown to over 120 attorneys.[16]
By 2006, it had 130 attorneys and six offices.[2] As of 2013, the firm had 175 attorneys and 11 offices.[17]
The firm expanded to Tampa in 2012.[17] In 2013, the firm expanded to Orlando. The practice there is focused on legal issues including governmental law.[18]
References[edit]
- ↑ Popkins, Ned (February 4, 2013). "Gunster law firm opens Orlando office". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando Sentinel.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dalton, Brian (2007). "Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.". Vault Guide to the Top Southeastern Law Firms (2007 Edition). United States of America: Vault Inc. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-58131-414-4. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kolody, Tracy (4 November 1990). "LAW FIRMS HEAD NORTH, OPEN SATELLITE OFFICES MORE TERRITORY MEANS MORE ON CLIENT LIST". Sun Sentinel.
- ↑ Levy, Art (September 24, 2013). "Developing Story". Florida Trend. Trend Magazines Inc.
- ↑ Staff (January 17, 2014). "Clemson Official Tapped As Next FAU President". CBS Miami. CBS Radio Inc.
- ↑ Brinkmann, Paul (August 15, 2013). "Miami attorneys form first Venezuelan American Bar Association". South Florida Business Journal. American City Business Journals.
- ↑ Cillizza, Chris (28 August 2009). "FL-Senate: LeMieux Is the Pick". Washingotn Post. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ Fineout, Gary (28 August 2009). "Fla. Governor Picks Friend to Fill Senate Seat". New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ "CRISER TO JOIN LAW FIRM". Sun-Sentinel. 17 August 1989.
- ↑ "Ex-UF president joins law firm as partner". St. Petersburg Times. 17 August 1989.
- ↑ Brinkmann, Paul. "Five South Florida law firms among nation's 250 largest". South Florida Business Journal. American City Business Journals.
- ↑ Staff (February 13, 2013). "Law Firms in Florida". Florida Trend. Trend Magazines Inc.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Williams, Leslie (19 August 1991). "DESPITE RECESSION, LAW FIRM IN WPB EXPANDS HORIZONS". Sun-Sentinel.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "ESTATE LAW FIRM'S `HOME' CATERS TO PALM BEACHERS". Palm Beach Post. 9 December 1996.
- ↑ McCash, Vicki (12 December 1994). "WEST PALM, MIAMI LAW FIRMS TO MERGE GUNSTER, YOAKLEY TO GO INTERNATIONAL". Sun Sentinel.
- ↑ "Arthur J. Furia Joins Gunster Yoakley Law Firm". Italian Voice. 15 May 2003.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Erickson, Chris (February 8, 2013). "Top 7 of the list: Largest law firms in Florida". Tampa Bay Business Journal. American City Business Journals.
- ↑ Barth, Cindy (February 4, 2013). "Gunster law firm opens Orlando office". Orlando Business Journal. American City Business Journals.
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