Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
20 Attorneys From Dean Mead Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America© 2016
Orlando, Fla. – Dean Mead recently announced that 20 of its lawyers representing 14 legal fields were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016© (Copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, South Carolina). The specific fields of practice and attorneys are as follows:
| Area of Practice | Attorney Name |
| Bet-the-Company Litigation | Darryl M. Bloodworth |
| Commercial Litigation | Darryl M. Bloodworth |
| Corporate Law | Robert W. Mead, Jr. |
| Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar | Robert S. Griscti |
| Criminal Defense: White-Collar | Robert S. Griscti |
| Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law | Robert W. Mead, Jr. Joseph “Jay” Van Heyde II |
| Land Use and Zoning Law | Cari L. Roth |
| Litigation – ERISA | Joseph “Jay” Van Heyde II |
| Litigation – Real Estate | Stephen J. Bozarth |
| Litigation – Trusts and Estates | Marc D. Chapman Lauren Y. Detzel |
| Non-profit / Charities Law | Jane D. Callahan |
| Real Estate Law | Vicki L. Berman R. Mason Blake Stephen J. Bozarth Gregory K. Lawrence |
| Tax Law | Jane D. Callahan Albert D. Capouano Lauren Y. Detzel Charles H. Egerton Steven C. Lee Stephen R. Looney Michael D. Minton William D. Townsend |
| Trusts and Estates | David J. Akins Lauren Y. Detzel |
About Best Lawyers:
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and we have received more than 12 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 6.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. 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.”
About Dean Mead:
Dean Mead is a corporate law firm that provides full-service legal representation to businesses and individuals throughout Florida. The firm has 48 attorneys in multiple practice areas including: tax, estate and succession planning, business law, general commercial litigation, appellate law, professional licensing, government investigations, white collar litigation, government relations and lobbying, regulatory compliance, employee benefits, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and health law. For more information, please visit deanmead.deme.dev.
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