Two Jones Walker Miami Attorneys Selected to Appear in Florida Super Lawyers
Press Release
MIAMI—The firm is pleased to announce that partner Thomas F. Morante and special counsel Yvonne G. Grassie have been selected to appear in the 2008 edition of Florida Super Lawyers. Only five percent of Florida attorneys are included in the publication, which will be seen by more than 667,000 readers across Florida in publications such as The Miami Herald and Florida Super Lawyers magazine.
Mr. Morante is head of Jones Walker’s Washington, D.C., and Miami offices, and he serves as co-chair of the firm’s Insurance, Banking & Financial Services Industry Group as well as its International Practice. His practice focuses on international financial services matters, with emphasis on finance, trade, securities, and insurance law. Mr. Morante was also named to Florida Super Lawyers in 2006 and 2007, and has been named one of the top attorneys in South Florida by South Florida Legal Guide (listed annually since 2004).
Ms. Grassie is the chair of the firm’s Health Care Industry Group, and her practice includes representation of a broad range of healthcare entities, including home health agencies, independent diagnostic testing facilities, medical staffing companies, medical billing companies, physician groups, and individual health care providers, to name a few. Ms. Grassie acts as outside counsel for her clients, handling a variety of transactional work, as well as health care compliance, and regulatory analysis. In addition to being named to Florida Super Lawyers in 2007, Ms. Grassie was also named to Florida Trend’s Legal EliteTM in 2006 and 2007.
Florida Super Lawyers is an annual publication produced by Law & Politics magazine and serves to identify attorneys reaching high levels of peer recognition and professional achievement. Attorneys in Florida Super Lawyers are selected through a multi-step selection process that begins with a statewide survey of attorneys.
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. provides a comprehensive range of legal services to a national and international corporate client base through offices in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
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