Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 23 Dean Mead Attorneys in 2021 Edition

ORLANDO, Fla. – Twenty-three Dean Mead attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021, and four attorneys have been named “Lawyer of the Year.” The attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year” are listed below, followed by all attorneys recognized in the 2021 list.

The Best Lawyers in America: Lawyer of the Year

• David J. Akins
  • Trusts and Estates
• Marc D. Chapman
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Denise D. Dell-Powell
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Robert W. Mead, Jr.
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

The complete lists of attorneys who are recognized in their fields of practice are as follows:

ORLANDO

• David J. Akins
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates
• David P. Barker
  • Real Estate Law
• Vicki L. Berman
  • Real Estate Law
• Darryl M. Bloodworth
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
• Stephen J. Bozarth
  • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Real Estate Law
• Jane Dunlap Callahan
  • Nonprofit / Charities Law
  • Tax Law
• Marc D. Chapman
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Denise D. Dell-Powell
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Lauren Y. Detzel
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates
• Charles H. Egerton
  • Tax Law
• Michael J. Furbush
  • Commercial Litigation
• Joseph Van Heyde II
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Litigation – ERISA
• Gregory K. Lawrence
  • Real Estate Law
• Stephen R. Looney
  • Tax Law
• Brian M. Malec
  • Trusts and Estates
• Robert W. Mead, Jr.
  • Corporate Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Thomas P. Wert
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction

TALLAHASSEE

• Marc W. Dunbar
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Gaming Law
• Martha Edenfield
  • Government Relations Practice
• Robert S. Goldman
  • Litigation and Controversy – Tax
  • Tax Law
• Mark E. Holcomb
  • Corporate Law
  • Litigation and Controversy – Tax

FORT PIERCE

• Michael D. Minton
  • Agriculture Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates

VIERA

• R. Mason Blake
  • Real Estate Law

The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2021

ORLANDO

• Michael S. Dawkins
  • Real Estate Law

VIERA

• Joseph K. Naberhaus
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates

About The Best Lawyers in America^©

Recognition in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, our publications have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere.

Our lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for a lawyer are positive enough for recognition in Best Lawyers, that lawyer must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain in each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers.

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About Dean Mead

Dean Mead is a business law firm providing full-service legal representation, government relations and lobbying throughout Florida. The firm has five offices with 54 attorneys and three government relations professionals in multiple practice areas including: federal tax, state and local tax, estate and succession planning, business litigation, corporate law, labor and employment, government relations and lobbying, regulatory compliance, employee benefits, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, commercial real estate, leasing, construction law, lending, environmental, land use, water law, utilities law, and eminent domain.