Akerman LLP

Areas of Practice (179)

  • ADA Public Access Compliance & Claims
  • Affordable & Workforce Housing
  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation
  • Appellate
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Lending & Structured Finance
  • Bankruptcy & Reorganization
  • Bankruptcy Trustees
  • Broker-Dealer
  • Brownfields Redevelopment
  • Business Disputes
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Buyers of Bankruptcy Assets
  • Chapter 11 Debtors
  • Charitable Planning & Charitable Trusts
  • Class Action Defense
  • Commercial Landlord-Tenant Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Landlord-Tenant Litigation
  • Commercial Mortgage Foreclosures & Receiverships
  • Construction
  • Construction Contract Formation & Administration
  • Construction Liens
  • Surety Bonds
  • Performance Guarantees & Insurance Coverage
  • Construction Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Consumer Finance Litigation & Compliance
  • Consumer Protection Class Actions
  • Copyrights
  • Corporate
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Restructuring
  • Corporate Taxation
  • Creditors Committees
  • Cuba
  • Debtor-in-Possession Financing
  • Defective Chinese Drywall Defense
  • Disability
  • Medical & Other Leaves
  • Dissolution of Marriage
  • Distressed Property
  • Drug & Alcohol Testing
  • EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
  • Economic Development & Incentives
  • E-Discovery & Information Management
  • Eminent Domain & Property Rights
  • Employee Benefits & ERISA Litigation
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Employee Handbooks
  • Policies & Forms
  • Employment & Consulting Contracts
  • Employment Counseling & Workplace Claims Prevention
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Harassment & Retaliation
  • Employment Investigations & Audits
  • Employment Litigation
  • Energy Project Development & Finance
  • Entertainment
  • Environment & Natural Resources
  • Environment & Natural Resources Policy and Regulation
  • Environmental Litigation
  • ERISA Litigation
  • Estate & Family Wealth Planning
  • Executory Contracts
  • Family
  • Marital & Elder Law
  • Federal Appropriations & Government Funding
  • Federal Disability Policy
  • Federal Tax Litigation & Controversy
  • Fiduciary Advisory Services
  • Financial Institutions Commercial Litigation
  • Florida Land Use & Entitlements
  • Florida Legislative & Executive Lobbying
  • Forest Resources
  • Foundations & Other Tax Exempt Organizations
  • Franchise & Licensing
  • Fund Formation
  • Government Affairs & Public Policy
  • Government Agency Litigation
  • Government Contracts
  • Government
  • Military & Institutional Construction
  • Green & Sustainable Development
  • Green Energy & Climate Change
  • Health Insurers & Managed Care Organizations
  • Healthcare
  • Healthcare Fraud & Abuse
  • Healthcare Legislation & Government Affairs
  • Healthcare Licensure & Regulatory Compliance
  • Healthcare M&A and Joint Ventures
  • Higher Education Policy & Regulation
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Hospitals & Health Systems
  • Immigration Planning & Compliance
  • Independent Contractor Issues
  • Industrial Leasing & Development
  • Insurance Litigation
  • Insurance Regulation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property Licensing
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Intellectual Property Transactions & Due Diligence
  • International
  • International Litigation & Arbitration
  • International Taxation
  • International Trade & Customs
  • Internet Law
  • Interstate Land Sales Act
  • Labor & Employment
  • Labor & Employment Training in the Workplace
  • Labor Relations
  • Land Use & Development
  • Land Use Litigation
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Advocacy
  • Lodging & Lifestyle
  • Medical Office Buildings
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid & Third Party Reimbursement
  • Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
  • Mortgage Warehouse Financing Workouts
  • Native American Affairs & Tribal Governments Regulation
  • New York Land Use & Entitlements
  • Non-Competes & Trade Secrets
  • Office Leasing & Development
  • Pass-Through Taxation
  • Patents
  • Drugs & Medical Devices
  • Physician Transactions & Health Ventures
  • Planning for Asset Protection
  • Power Generation
  • Petrochemical & Process Construction
  • Preference & Fraudulent Transfers Litigation Defense
  • Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
  • Private Equity Litigation
  • Public Finance
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Real Estate
  • Real Estate Acquisitions & Sales
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Real Property Tax Planning & Appeals
  • Reductions-in-Force & WARN Act
  • Residential & Multifamily Development
  • Retail Leasing & DevelopmentResidential & Multifamily Development
  • SEC Receiverships
  • Secured Creditors
  • Secured Financing Litigation
  • Securities
  • Securities Litigation
  • Senior Living Facilities
  • Sports
  • State & Local Tax Consulting
  • State & Local Tax Litigation and Controversy
  • State Court Liquidations
  • Tax Accounting
  • Tax Credit Projects in Bankruptcy
  • Tax Legislation
  • Taxation
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Trade Secrets
  • Trademarks
  • Transportation & Public Infrastructure
  • Transportation Regulation & Policy
  • Travel & Tourism Policy and Regulation
  • Trusts
  • Estates & Family Services
  • Estates & Guardianship Administration
  • Estates
  • Guardianship & Other Fiduciary Litigation
  • Venture Capital
  • Wage & Hour Issues
  • Whistleblower & Retaliation Claims
  • White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
  • Wills & Trusts
  • Workouts & Restructuring
  • Workplace Privacy Rights
  • Workplace Safety & OSHA

Peer Reviews

4.8/5.0 (712 reviews)
  • Legal Knowledge

    4.8/5.0
  • Analytical Capability

    4.8/5.0
  • Judgment

    4.8/5.0
  • Communication

    4.8/5.0
  • Legal Experience

    4.8/5.0
  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Michael Williams by a Of Counsel on 02/26/12 in Bond Finance

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Mr. James Trainor III by a Partner on 02/23/12 in Appellate Practice

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Matthew Steinberg by a General Counsel on 02/14/12 in Employment Litigation

    Mr. Steinberg's advice was spot-on. His preparation was thorough as was his command of the law and facts related to the lawsuit. In addition, he was responsive and available to client which is not often the case in multi-year litigation proceedings... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Mr. James Trainor III by a Managing Partner on 02/07/12 in Government Affairs

    Mr. Trainor has successfully served as chief counsel to a state legislative committee, general counsel to a key state legislator, and as General Counsel to the chief elections officer (Texas Secretary of State). During recent years, in private pract... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Mr. James Trainor III by a Managing Partner on 02/07/12 in Election, Campaign and Political Law

    During the past several years, Mr. Trainor has consistently demonstrated superb service delivery for his clients. His work includes prior service as the General Counsel to the chief elections officer (Texas Secretary of State) and a current private... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Mr. James Trainor III by a Associate on 02/07/12 in Election Law

    in 2011-12 Trey played a key role in redistricting cases in Texas and in litigation challenging the constitutionality of ballot access laws in Virginia in connection with the Virginia Rupublican Party Primary

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Cindy Laquidara by a Partner on 01/03/12 in Government

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Kathy Klock by a Managing Partner on 12/18/11 in Securities Arbitration

    Kathy Kock is one of the finest lawyers I have ever known in 26 years practicing law. If anyone deserves to be AV-rated, Ms. Klock does.

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Theresa McLaughlin by a Partner on 12/16/11 in Commercial Real Estate

    Excellent lawyer

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for Mr. James McNeil Jr. by a Partner on 12/16/11 in Real Estate Development

    Jim is an excellent attorney and an expert in real estate development

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