Florida’s 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Recognizes 17 Phelps Attorneys

TAMPA, Fla. — June 24, 2022 — Seventeen attorneys from Phelps’ Tampa office earned a spot on Super Lawyers’ 2022 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Chosen attorneys ranked within the top 5% of nominated lawyers throughout the state.

Super Lawyers ranks attorneys from more than 70 practice areas and weighs them on 12 different factors. Then their peers vote for them based on their professional achievements.

Eleven Phelps attorneys made the 2022 Florida Super Lawyers list:

• • A. Brian Albritton – Criminal defense: white collar
  • Karl J. Brandes – General litigation
  • Bret M. Feldman – Construction litigation
  • Michael S. Hooker – Business litigation
  • Dennis M. McClelland – Employment litigation: defense
  • Patricia A. McLean – Insurance coverage
  • John D. Mullen – Employment and labor
  • John E. Phillips – Employment and labor
  • William J. Podolsky III – Real estate
  • Reed L. Russell – Employment and labor
  • Seth M. Schimmel – Construction litigation

Lawyers on the Rising Stars list must meet Super Lawyers requirements and either have 10 years or less in practice or be 40 years old or younger. Phelps lawyers on the 2022 Florida Rising Stars list include:

• • Charles C. Davis III – Real estate
  • Robert H. Gidel Jr. – Real estate
  • Raquel Ramirez Jefferson – Civil litigation: defense
  • Michael A. McGriskin – Insurance coverage
  • Jason A. Pill – Employment and labor
  • Sarah J. Smith – Business litigation

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