Miami-Dade Bar
Circle of Excellence
Award recipients
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Peter Abraham (2025)
Deborah Bari Baker (2023)
Karen Brimmer (2025)
Robert Arthur Dulberg (2023)
Joseph P. Farina, Retired Chief Judge, 11th Circuit (FL) (2025)
Rodney Andrew Max (2023)
Kayla A. Riera-Gomez (2024)
Gilbert K. Squires (2024)
John Thornton (2024)
Sarah Zabel (2024)
Appellate
Allen Bonner (2023)
Raoul Cantero (2025)
Michael T. Davis (2024)
Edward G. Guedes (2025)
Elliot Burt Kula (2023)
Frances De Laguardia (2023)
Lucia L. Leoni (2025)
David Luck (2025)
Joel Perwin (2025)
Dwayne Antonio Robinson (2023)
Julissa “Julie” Rodriguez (2024)
Dan Rogers (2025)
Elliot Scherker (2025)
Brigid F Cech Samole (2023)
Elaine D. Walter (2023)
Thomas S. Ward (2024)
Bankruptcy
Paul Joseph Battista (2023)
Michael Scott Budwick (2023)
Jordi Guso (2023)
Andrea Stone Hartley (2023)
Linda Leali (2025)
Bernice C. Lee (2024)
Meaghan Murphy (2025)
Carlos E. Sardi (2025)
Paul Steven Singerman (2025)
Steven J. Solomon (2024)
Urusla Ungaro (2024)
Business Corporate
Jordan Benatar (2025)
Ann Young Black (2025)
Erin E. Bohannon (2024)
Bowman Brown (2023)
Kendall Coffey (2024)
Samuel A. Danon (2025)
Zachary Dickens (2025)
Neda Ghomeshi (2024)
Shawn Hogue (2024)
Chris Lomax (2024)
Alisha Moriceau (2025)
Jane Muir (2024)
Marshall Ross Pasternack (2023)
Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr. (2023)
Jesus Suarez (2025)
Business Litigation
Jennifer Altman (2023)
Brett M. Amron (2025)
Jeff Bast (2024)
Bruce Judson Berman (2023)
Ben Brodsky (2024)
Scott Michael Dimond (2023)
Alan K. Fertel (2023)
Merrick Lawrence Gross (2023)
Mark J. Heise (2025)
Abbey L. Kaplan (2023)
Tiffani Lee (2024)
Allison Jade Leonard (2025)
Javier Lopez (2024)
Jorge Mestre (2025)
Eliot Pedrosa (2025)
Kayla Quintana (2025)
Aaron R. Resnick (2023)
Herman J. Russomanno III (2023)
Joseph H. Serota (2025)
Roger Slade (2024)
Eugene Sterns (2025)
Bruce Alan Weil (2023)
Civil Litigation
Seth Alhadeff (2024)
John Arrastia (2023)
Steven Wayne Davis (2023)
Christopher M. Drury (2025)
David J. Emas (2023)
Noel F. Johnson (2025)
Julie Kane (2023)
Alexandra Bach Lagos (2024)
Etan Mark (2024)
Roberto Martínez (2025)
Spencer M. Mayer (2024)
Michael P. Mayoral (2025)
Cassandra N. Milnes (2025)
Edward Maurice Mullins (2023)
Sheila Oretsky (2024)
Frank Ramos (2023)
Barbara Riesberg (2025)
James N. Robinson (2023)
Neal A. Roth (2023)
Scott M. Sarason (2025)
Nanci R. Schanerman (2025)
Joshua Byrne Spector (2025)
Rachel C. G. Walters (2025)
Stephen N. Zack (2025)
Tyler Walters (2024)
Construction Litigation
Christopher L. Barnett (2024)
Jacob Epstein (2025)
Jorge L. Fors, Jr. (2025)
Kimberly Cannon Hirschman (2024)
Nicole Kwapisz (2025)
Joy Spillis Lundeen (2023)
Jason Mario Rodgers-da Cruz (2024)
Richard D. Shane (2025)
Stuart H Sobel (2023)
Franchesco Soto (2025)
Christopher M Utrera (2023)
Erin Weinstock (2024)
Alex Wildman (2024)
Criminal Law
Mallory Cooney (2024)
Jude Faccidomo (2024)
Benedict P Kuehne (2023)
Vanessa Singh Johannes (2025)
David O. Markus (2023)
Liana Matthews (2025)
Sabrina Puglisi (2023)
Sam Rabin (2025)
Alex John Saiz (2025)
Michelle Renee Suskauer (2023)
Abbie D. Waxman (2024)
Barry M. Wax (2025)
Jayne Weinstraub (2024)
Entertainment, Arts and Sports
Alan David Barson (2025)
Danielle Garno (2024)
Richard Charles Wolfe (2023)
Leslie Jose Zigel (2023)
Environmental and Land Use
Kerri L. Barsh (2025)
Jeffrey Bercow (2024)
Dennis A. Kerbel (2025)
Angela Morrison (2024)
Alexander I. Tachmes (2025)
Family Law
Robin S. Buckner (2023)
Dori Foster-Morales (2024)
Stephanie Grosman (2025)
Amber Kornreich (2023)
Paul Leinoff (2023)
Veronica Lopez-Calleja (2024)
Scott Merl (2023)
Monique K. Pope (2025)
Jeffrey Rynor (2024)
Nydia N. Streets (2025)
Barry M. Wayne (2023)
Trinette Zarran (2025)
General Counsel/In-House Counsel
Lara Bueso Bach (2025)
Brendalyn V.A. Edwards (2025)
Effie D. Silva (2025)
Mark Sustana (2025)
Government Relations / Non Profit
Jeffrey S. Bass (2023)
Angela Benjamin (2024)
Mitchell A. Bierman (2025)
Brittany Bonner (2024)
Pedro Gassant (2025)
Neisen O. Kasdin (2023)
Karen Ladis (2024)
Altanese Phenelus (2024)
Melissa Tapanes Llahues (2023)
Melissa Roca Shaw (2025)
Raychelle Tasher (2024)
Anthony De Yurre (2023)
Health Law
Ellen Sue Block (2025)
Ira J. Coleman (2023)
Lewis Fishman (2023)
Cynthia Hibnick (2025)
George M. Karavetsos (2024)
Dagmar Llaudy (2025)
Craig H. Smith (2023)
Steven R. Weinstein (2025)
Immigration Law
Christine J. Alden (2025)
Daniel Casamayor (2023)
Tammy Fox-Isicoff (2023)
Deidre Nero (2024)
Michaèl’s Déborah Saint-Vil (2025)
Elina Santana (2025)
Insurance Law
Andrea DeField (2024)
Stacy Mateu Emas (2023)
Jessica Gopiao (2024)
Michael Higer (2025)
Melissa V. Jordon (2024)
Hugh Lumpkin (2025)
Ravika R. Marcadis (2025)
Stephen A. Marino, Jr. (2025)
Michal Meiler (2024)
Charise Morgan-Joseph (2023)
Michelle Muskus (2023)
S. Alice Weeks (2023)
Rochelle N. Wimbush (2023)
Intellectual Property
Leslie Lott (2024)
Jennie Sue Malloy (2024)
Eric Ostroff (2025)
Augusto Perera, Esq. (2025)
Drew Schulte (2025)
International Law
Alvin F. Lindsay (2025)
Harout Jack Samra (2025)
Labor and Employment Law
Zascha Blanco Abbott (2023)
Erika Agosto (2024)
Porpoise Evans (2023)
Giselle Gutierrez (2024)
Clayton Hugh Chin Quee, Jr. (2025)
René Gonzalez-Llorens (2025)
Carol C. Lumpkin (2025)
Diane P. Perez (2024)
Brittney I. Polo (2025)
Marlene Quintana (2023)
Mergers and Acquisitions
Taylor J. Berman (2025)
Daniel Kahan (2025)
Nicholas Rodriguez (2024)
Personal Injury
Alex Arteaga-Gomez (2025)
Charles Baumberger (2025)
Dax Bello (2025)
Edward Robert Blumberg (2023)
Cosme Caballero (2024)
Manuel L. Dobrinsky (2025)
Todd R. Ehrenreich (2025)
Adam Finkel (2024)
Gary Devenow Fox (2023)
Rachel Wagner Furst (2025)
Michael Haggard (2023)
Sarah A. Lobel (2025)
Patrick Montoya (2023)
Maria Papasakelariou (2024)
Stuart Ratzan (2024)
Brett Rosen (2024)
Judd Rosen (2025)
Suzette Russomanno (2024)
Herman Russomanno (2023)
Rachel Wagner Furst (2025)
Randy M. Weber (2025)
Stuart Jay Weissman (2023)
Probate and Guardianship
Luis Barreto (2025)
Bart H. Chepenik (2024)
Stephanie A. Cruz (2024)
Monique Lavender Greenberg (2024)
Elizabeth Hughes (2023)
Glenn Marks (2025)
Liz C. Messianu (2023)
William T. Muir (2025)
Louis Nostro (2025)
Bradley H. Trushin (2023)
Irama Valdes (2025)
Real Property
Louis Paul Archambault (2023)
Brian L. Bilzin (2023)
Giacomo Bossa (2024)
Tammi A. Calarco (2024)
Carol L. Schoffel Faber (2025)
Scott D. Kravetz (2025)
Adam Lustig (2025)
Kal Mehta (2025)
Mark Steven Meland (2023)
Michael Pardo (2024)
David T. Podein (2023)
Estrellita Sibila (2025)
Securities Litigation
Melanie Emmons Damian (2023)
Jeff Kaplan (2024)
Brian Levin (2024)
Brian P. Miller (2023)
Mahesh H. Nanwani (2025)
Daniel Newman (2025)
Mark F. Raymond (2023)
Alice Sum (2025)
Tax Law
Michael J. Bruno (2025)
Heather Cooper (2024)
Dennis Kainen (2024)
Michael Kosnitzky (2023)
Ricardo J. Souto (2023)
Alan L. Weisberg (2023)
Transportation / Maritime Law
Lisa C. Goodman (2025)
John H. (Jack) Hickey (2024)
James N. Hurley (2025)
Allan R. Kelley (2023)
Curtis Mase (2025)
Rodrigo Palomino (2023)
The Miami-Dade Bar Circle of Excellence Awards are open to all attorneys who practice in Miami-Dade County. Award recipients are selected by their peers and are not required to be a member of the Miami-Dade Bar. Winners are not eligible to re-apply until three years after their award.
