Press, Accolades, Our Attorneys

We are pleased to announce that 15 of our attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 list for outstanding attorneys. For The Best Lawyers in America© 2019, 7.8 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 60,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. 

Managing Shareholder Christopher E. Knight has been recognized by Best Lawyers® as one of the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” award recipients. He has received this accolade for his work in Medical Malpractice-Defendants in Miami, Florida. Each year only one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan region is honored by The Best Lawyers in America© with a “Lawyer of the Year” award.

The following Fowler White lawyers were listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 in the listed practiced areas:

• Gil O. Acevedo, Real Estate Law
• James D. DeChurch, Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants
• Brian D. Elias, Commercial Litigation
• Joseph R. Englander, Trademark Law
• John H. Friedhoff, Corporate Law
• Esther E. Galicia, Appellate Practice
• June G. Hoffman, Appellate Practice
• James N. Hurley, Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation Law
• Elizabeth Pryor Johnson, Employment Law–Management
• Allan R. Kelley, Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Christopher E. Knight
  o Lawyer of the Year in Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants, Miami, Florida;
  o Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  o Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• J. Michael Pennekamp, Insurance Law
• Alice K. Sum, Commercial Litigation
• Norman I. Weil, Real Estate Law
• Richard A. Wood, Real Estate Law