Law

Fred E. Karlinsky

Shareholder & Global Co-Chair/ Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig, Fort Lauderdale/Tallahassee

Founded in Miami in 1967, Greenberg Traurig has more than 2,750 attorneys in 47 locations worldwide, including six offices across Florida. Karlinsky has served on the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission since 2014, including serving as chair since 2022, and has participated in the selection of eight justices, five of whom still sit on the court.

EDUCATION: University of Miami (BS), Florida State University (JD)

IF I WERE GOVERNOR: I’d focus on property insurance. ... There is still more work to be done in this area.

MENTOR: As an undergraduate at the University of Miami, I worked with legendary football coach Jimmy Johnson on his weekly TV show and adopted his philosophy on determination and mental toughness.

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has had a great influence in shaping my management style, and how I balance work and family.

BRYAN AYLSTOCK

Aylstock Witkin Kreis & Overholtz

Dean Cannon

GrayRobinson

CHARLES S. CAULKINS

FISHER PHILLIPS

Jamie Alan Cole

Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman

Lisa Colon

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

DEAN COLSON

Colson, Hicks, Eidson

Jaret L. Davis

Greenberg Traurig

Leticia Diaz

Barry University School of Law

ALBERT E. DOTSON JR.

BILZIN SUMBERG

Barbara Fernandez

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Michelle Gervais

Blank Rome

Robert J. Grammig

Holland & Knight

Donald J. Hayden

Mark Migdal & Hayden

YOLANDA CASH JACKSON

Becker & Poliakoff

Fred Karlinsky

Greenberg Traurig

LORI KILLINGER

LEWIS, LONGMAN & WALKER

BRAD KIMBRO

Holland & Knight

ALAN KLUGER

KLUGER, KAPLAN, SILVERMAN, KATZEN & LEVINE

Gary Lesser

Lesser Lesser Landy & Smith

Laird Lile

Laird A. Lile

Sigrid McCawley

Boies Schiller Flexner

Patricia Mendez-Cambo

Softbank Group International

Michael Minton

Dean Mead

Harvey E. Oyer III

Shutts & Bowen

MIKE PAPANTONIO

Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Wayne Pathman

Pathman Schermer Tandy

Bill Perry

Gunster

Eugene Pettis

Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm

Sean Pittman

Pittman Law Group

Edward Pozzuoli

Tripp Scott

Peter Prieto

Podhurst Orseck

Rocky Rodriguez

BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY

Gary L. Sasso

Carlton Fields

JILL S. SCHWARTZ

JILL S. SCHWARTZ AND ASSOCIATES

Adele Stone

Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney

EVERETT WILSON

Polsinelli

Jéan E. Wilson

Greenberg Traurig

Gregory C. Yadley

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick