36 Lawyers From Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP Recognized In Best Lawyers In America® 2020 – Three Recognized As “Lawyer Of The Year” In Their Respective Practice Area

TAMPA – Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, is pleased to announce that three partners, Guy M. Burns, Susan W. Carlson and Scott C. Ilgenfritz, have been named “Lawyer of the Year” for 2020 in their respective practice area.  Guy M. Burns is Best Lawyers® 2020 Tampa Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement “Lawyer of the Year”, Susan W. Carlson is Best Lawyers® 2020 St. Petersburg Tax “Lawyer of the Year” and Scott C. Ilgenfritz is Best Lawyers® 2020 Tampa Litigation – Securities “Lawyer of the Year”.  Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.

The firm is also pleased to announce that

Mark S. Bentley, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Land Use and Zoning Law

Brandon D. Bellew, Litigation – Trusts and Estates

Bruce H. Bokor, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

Joel D. Bronstein, Tax Law, Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates

Charles A. Buford, Commercial Litigation

Guy M. Burns, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation – Securities, Securities / Capital Markets Law

Susan W. Carlson, Tax Law

William T. Conroy, Real Estate Law

Joseph P. Covelli, Real Estate Law

Colleen M. Flynn, Litigation – Labor and Employment

Jeffrey M. Gad, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

Joseph W. Gaynor, Real Estate Law, Real Estate Law

Holger Gleim, Trusts and Estates

Alberto F. Gomez, Jr., Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Vitauts M. Gulbis, Tax Law

Thomas J. Hunt, Real Estate Law

Scott C. Ilgenfritz, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities

Frank R. Jakes, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property,

Michael G. Little, Trusts and Estates

Michael C. Markham, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Cynthia A. Mikos, Health Care Law

Michael J. Nolan, II, Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates

F. Wallace Pope, Jr., Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation and Controversy – Tax

Robert Potter Jr., Commercial Litigation

Darryl R. Richards, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Real Estate

Peter A. Rivellini, Tax Law 

Joseph W. N. Rugg, Health Care Law

Charles A. Samarkos, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Commercial Litigation

Philip Shasteen, Securities Regulation

Thomas B. Smith, Health Care Law

Joan M. Vecchioli, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment

Gary Walker, Health Care Law

Joseph J. Weissman, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Trademark Law

Rachael Wood, Litigation – Labor and Employment

Steven Williamson, Real Estate Law

The Best Lawyers in America® is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.  Lawyers on the Best Lawyers list are divided by geographic region and practice areas.  They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP is a regional, full-service law firm with offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater.