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BFRBriefings from the Rotunda 42 | INFLUENCE SUMMER/FALL 2016 Greenberg Traurig’s Tallahassee Attorneys Receive Recognition Five Greenberg Traurig attorneys in Tallahassee have been “recognized as being among the top attorneys in their practice areas in the state for 2016,” the firm tells INFLUENCE. Barry Richards, Fred Karlinsky and Michael Cherniga were noted in the latest Chambers USA Guide, a London based lawyer evaluation service. And Fred Baggett and Michael Moody won spots in Florida Super Lawyers, a rating service owned by Thomson Reuters. Richards is perhaps the best known, having successfully represented then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the Florida litigation over the contested 2000 presidential election. These days, he represents the Seminole Tribe of Florida in the fight against the state to keep offering blackjack at its casinos. Karlinsky, who has close ties to Gov. Rick Scott, co-chairs the firm’s Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice. He’s well-known around the Capitol, with more than 20 years of experience. Cherniga, co-chair of the firm’s Health & FDA Business Practice, has long represented health care organizations and professionals. Baggett, the Tallahassee office’s managing shareholder, has 30-plus years of experience in a range of business and government cases, and statutory creation. Finally, Moody focuses his practice on complex business litigation in state and federal courts and in bankruptcy courts throughout the Southeast. PHOTOS: Courtesy Greenberg Traurig and Foley & Larnder Jesse Panuccio goes to Foley & Lardner JESSE PANUCCIO, FORMER HEAD OF THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (DEO), joined the Foley & Lardner law firm this spring. He’ll be based in South Florida and work out of Foley’s Miami and Washington, D.C. offices. Panuccio, a magna cum laude Harvard Law grad, is now a partner and has a regulatory and appellate practice consisting of high-stakes litigation. “My departure (from DEO) was about my career,” Panuccio told INFLUENCE, saying he had “achieved much of what I wanted to do” at the agency. “I’m excited to return to the private sector,” he added. “That was the plan all the time, but the governor kept giving me great opportunities, and I kept taking them … Now I’m going to apply everything I learned about government and our economy in Florida to help clients with difficult issues.” Panuccio was picked by Gov. Rick Scott in 2013 to run Florida’s jobs agency. He also has served as Scott’s general counsel. (Clockwise from top left): Barry Richards, Fred Karlinsky, Michael Cherniga, Michael Moody and Fred Baggett


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