Time to vote for your favorite Southwest Florida businesses!

Vote for your favorite Southwest Florida Businesses!
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. is honored to have served the legal needs throughout Southwest Florida since 1924. With numerous attorneys practicing in the all of the “Best in Legal” categories, we would be honored to be considered for your vote in Gulfshore Business Magazine’s “2021 Best in Business” Awards. The deadline to cast your vote is April 30, 2021.
Corporate & Business Law Firm

• Erin Houck-Toll (Department Chair; Florida Bar Board Certified in Health and Tax Law; LL.M. in Taxation)
• Matthew Brust (LL.M. in Taxation)
• Thomas Clark (Florida Bar Board Certified in Health and Tax Law Attorney; LL.M. in Taxation)
• David Ledermann (LL.M. in Taxation)
• Mark Nieds (Intellectual Property Group Chair)
• Guy Whitesman (Florida Bar Board Certified in Tax Law; LL.M. in Taxation)

Commercial Real Estate Firm

• Amanda Barritt (Department Chair; Florida Bar Board Certified in Condominium & Planned Development Law; Chair, Condominium and Homeowners’ Associations Practice Group)
• Edward Canterbury (Florida Bar Board Certified in Real Estate Law)
• Thomas Gunderson (Florida Bar Board Certified in Real Estate Law)
• Alessandro Secino (Member, Condominium and Homeowners’ Association Practice Group)
• John Spear (Florida Bar Board Certified in Real Estate Law)
• Donald Thomson (Managing Bonita Springs Office Attorney)
• Kaylee Tuck (Member, Florida House of Representatives)
• Sharon Zuccaro (Member, Humane Society of Naples Board of Directors)

Intellectual Property Law Firm

• Mark Nieds (Practice Group Chair)
• Michael Corso (Copyright/Trademark Infringement Litigation)
• Luca Hickman (Registered Patent Attorney)
• Carlos Kelly (Trade Secret Litigation)
• Edward Livingston, Esq. (Florida Bar Board Certified in Intellectual Property Law)
• Douglas Szabo (Trade Secret Litigation)

Labor & Employment Law Firm

• Scott Atwood (Practice Group Chair; Chair-Elect, Florida Bar Labor & Employment Section)
• Richard Akin (Employment and Tort & Insurance Litigation)
• Katherine (“Kati”) Cook (Member, Lee County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors)
• Kyle Dudek (Adjunct Professor, Ave Maria School of Law)
• John Marra (Member, Florida Defense Lawyers Association)
• Geraldo (“Jerry”) Olivo (Florida Supreme Court Certified County Civil, Circuit Civil, and Family Law Mediator)
• Robert Shearman (Department Chair; Florida Bar Board Certified in Civil Trial; Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator)

Land Use & Zoning Law Firm

• Jeff Wright (Department Chair; Florida Bar Board Certified in City, County & Local Government Law)
• Richard Akin (Administrative, Land Use & Environmental Law)
• Dudley Goodlette (Chair, Naples Ethics Commission)
• Russell Schropp (Managing Attorney; Master of Science, Urban & Regional Planning)
• Kaylee Tuck (Member, Florida House of Representatives

Litigation Law Firm

• Robert Shearman (Department Chair; Florida Bar Board Certified in Civil Trial; Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator)
• Douglas Szabo (Department Chair, Business Litigation Department; Managing Attorney-Elect)
• Richard Akin (Employment and Tort & Insurance Litigation)
• Scott Beatty (Naples Office Managing Attorney; Fellow, Construction Lawyers Society of America)
• Matthew Belcastro (Florida Bar Board Certified in Construction Law)
• William (“Bill”) Boltrek (Tort & Insurance Litigation)
• Katherine (“Kati”) Cook (Employment and Business Litigation)
• Michael Corso (Florida Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Business Litigation; Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by National Board of Trial Advocacy)
• Kyle Dudek (Employment and Tort & Insurance Litigation)
• Heath Gelman (Tort & Insurance Litigation)
• Luca Hickman (Registered Patent Attorney)
• Carlos Kelly (Business Litigation, Eminent Domain/Condemnation)
• John Marra (Tort & Insurance Litigation)
• John Noland (former Florida Bar Board of Governors, past president of The Florida Bar Foundation)
• Geraldo (“Jerry”) Olivo (Florida Supreme Court Certified County Civil, Circuit Civil, and Family Law Mediator)
• Shannon Puopolo (Chair, Hiring Committee; Vice President, Lee County Bar Association Foundation Board of Directors)
• Amanda Sharkey Ross (Member, Stetson University Alumni Board; Member, Technology Committee)
• Monica Schmucker (Chair, Fort Myers Beach Nuisance Abatement Board; President, Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club; Member, Friends of Lovers Key Board of Directors)
• Madison Tanner (Member, The SKY Family YMCA Advisory Board)

Tax Law Firm

• Erin Houck-Toll (Department Chair; Florida Bar Board Certified in Health and Tax Law; LL.M. in Taxation)
• Matthew Brust (LL.M. in Taxation)
• Thomas Clark (Florida Bar Board Certified in Health and Tax Law Attorney; LL.M. in Taxation)
• Eric Gurgold (LL.M in Taxation)
• David Ledermann (LL.M. in Taxation)
• Guy Whitesman (Florida Bar Board Certified in Tax Law; LL.M. in Taxation)

Trust & Estate Law Firm

• Eric Gurgold (Department Chair, Estate Planning and Administration Department; Florida Bar Board Certified in Wills, Trusts & Estates; LL.M. in Taxation)
• Anthony Cetrangelo (Named Best Lawyers in America “One to Watch” in 2021)
• Ronald Eisenberg (Florida Bar Board Certified in Wills, Trusts & Estates, 2009—2019)
• Gregory Herman-Giddens (North Carolina Bar Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law; LL.M. in Estate Planning; Certified Financial Planner)
• Ernest Hatch (Florida Bar Board Certified in Wills, Trusts & Estates)
• James E. Kerr (Member, Planned Giving Advisory Committee for Florida Gulf Coast University)

Thank you!