Frank J. “Sandy” Rief, III Joins The Firm as a Shareholder

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Allen Dell proudly welcomes Frank J. “Sandy” Rief, III to the firm as a shareholder. Rief is a member of the American Law Institute, and a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estates Counsel and the American College of Tax Counsel. Rief practices in the areas of tax, trusts and estates, business planning and tax-exempt organizations. Rief is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers from 2007 to 2013, named in The Best Lawyers in America since 2009 in Trusts and Estates, and received the University of South Florida 2014 Alumni Award, Class of ’56 Award. Prior to joining Allen Dell, Rief was Of Counsel at Akerman LLP, Tampa.

Best Lawyers®

The Best Lawyers In America© Announces Their 2015 Best Lawyers®

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The Best Lawyers In America© recently announced their 2015 Best Lawyers® and named David D. Ferrentino, Tabatha A. Liebert, Donna L. Longhouse, Marian P. McCulloch, Cynthia A. Mikos and Gary Walker as recipients of this outstanding recognition.

For multiple years, Ferrentino, Longhouse, McCulloch, Mikos and Walker have all received this designation and Liebert has been selected for the first time to Best Lawyers®.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. The 21st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (2015) includes over 52,000 leading attorneys casting more than 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers® is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers® “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice (Bestlawyers.com).”

The attorneys at Allen Dell congratulate these honorees on this significant achievement.

Florida Trend Magazine Aannounces its 2014 Florida Legal Elite

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Florida Trend magazine recently announced its 2014 Florida Legal Elite, and named Cynthia A. Mikos, Amy D. Singer and Donna L. Longhouse recipients of this outstanding recognition.

Nationwide, 1,165 attorneys were honored to be included in the 2014 selection. These three Allen Dell attorneys have all been recognized by Legal Elite in previous years, and they practice at Allen Dell in the following areas of law:

Cynthia Mikos, Health care and Administrative Law

Amy Singer, Marital and Family Law

Donna Longhouse, Tax, Trust and Estates

In the press release from Florida Trend, Publisher Andrew P. Corty wrote: “Florida Trend’s 250,000 readers are executives who rely on the legal community for a multitude of corporate assignments. When we first published Florida Legal Elite in 2004, our goal was to provide a valuable resource for our readers.” He continued: “Florida Legal Elite is a guide to selecting a trusted legal partner to handle delicate business concerns.”

Congratulations to these distinguished attorneys.

Super Lawyers & Rising Star Selections

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Super Lawyers has selected David D. Ferrentino, Donna L. Longhouse, Marian P. McCulloch, Cynthia A. Mikos, Amy D. Singer and Gary Walker for its 2014 designation as Super Lawyers. Michelle G. Hutt was name “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, and McCulloch was named one of the “Top 50 Women Lawyers” in Florida.

For multiple years, Ferrentino, Longhouse, McCulloch, Mikos and Walker have all received this designation. In the past three years, Singer was named as “Rising Star,” and in 2014 was named to Super Lawyers.

Robert Mora, who joined Allen Dell in 1975, commented “I am extremely honored to work with so many highly distinguished partners. It is a pleasure to work daily with these individuals who have achieved recognition for the high degree of confidence from their peers and for their legal expertise.”

Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a “patented-multiphase process.” Attorneys are nominated by their peers, subjected to third-party research, and evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement (SuperLawyer.com). In 2013, the selection process received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office which demonstrates the credibility of the impartial third-party rating system.

Congratulations to these distinguished attorneys.