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JOSEPH D. HUNT
HARRIS & HUNT, P.A.
100 South Ashley Drive
Suite 300
Tampa, FL 33602
Tel: 813-223-5421
Fax: 813-223-6127
joe@harrishuntpa.com
www.harrishuntpa.com
Joe Hunt is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law and is a Fellow
in the AAML. His firm focuses on complex family law matters with the
traditional litigation-based approach or the collaborative method.
Mr. Hunt frequently speaks on family law topics; presented to over
1500 attendees at the 2015 and 2016 AAML Marital and Family Law
Review Course; was awarded the 2012 Ted Millison Professionalism
Award by the Family Law Inn of Tampa; serves on the Florida Bar
Family Law Section Executive Council and Legislation Committee,
The Florida Bar Marital and Family Law Certification Committee,
has served on a Florida Bar Grievance Committee; Past Chair of the
HCBA’s Family Law Section; and has provided testimony on behalf of
The Florida Bar to the House Judiciary Committee, Feb. 2016.
K. DEAN KANTARAS
K. DEAN KANTARAS, P.A.
3531 Alternate 19
Palm Harbor, FL 34683
Tel: 727-781-0000
Fax: 727-938-3939
kdk@kantaraslaw.com
www.kantaraslaw.com
K. Dean Kantaras is one of only 278 attorneys in Florida who is Board
Certified in Marital and Family Law. Dean started is Marital and
Family Law sole proprietorship in 1993 and has office locations in
Palm Harbor and in Largo, Florida. Dean is admitted to the Florida
Bar, the United States District Court-Middle District of Florida, United
States Court of Appeals- Eleventh Circuit, and the United States
Supreme Court. In Dean’s 24 years of practice, he has achieved an
AV Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell for his legal skills
and professional ethics. He is a published author of a Marital and
Family Law article in Tampa Bay Magazine. Dean has also authored
the chapter Adapting to New Practices and Trends in Florida Family
Law in the 2012 Edition of Strategies for Family Law in Florida.
JAMES L. MAGAZINE
LUCAS|MAGAZINE
8606 Government Drive
New Port Richey, FL 34654
Tel: 727-849-5353
Fax: 727-845-7949
jim@lucasmagazine.com
www.lucasmagazine.com
James L. Magazine has been licensed to practice law in the State
of Florida since 1990. He is admitted to practice before the United
States Middle and Southern District Courts in Florida, the Eleventh
Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
Jim is the litigation partner at Lucas ǀ Magazine. He is Board
Certified in Civil Trial by the State of Florida and the National Board
of Trial Advocacy. He specializes in personal injury and wrongful
death throughout the State of Florida. Jim is a member of the Million
Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, the National
Trial Lawyers’ top 100, the Distinguished Counsel, and Elite Lawyers
of America.
CAROLINE BLACK
SIKORSKE
SESSUMS BLACK CABALLERO
FICARROTTA
307 South Magnolia Avenue
Tampa, FL 33606
Tel: 813-251-9200
caroline@sbcf-famlaw.com
www.sbcf-famlaw.com
Caroline Black Sikorske is a shareholder and managing partner
of Sessums Black Caballero Ficarrotta P.A., a marital and family
law firm located in Tampa, Florida. Caroline received her J.D. from
Stetson University College of Law in 1984 and has focused solely
on family-law-related matters since 1989. Caroline is a Board
Certified Marital and Family Law Specialist, is a past Chair of The
Florida Bar Family Law Section, a fellow in the American Academy
of Matrimonial Lawyers, a member of the American College of
Family Trial Lawyers, and is a past president of the Hillsborough
County Bar Association. She is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell
and has frequently lectured on family law topics on behalf of other
professional organizations as well.
MICHAEL J.
TRENTALANGE
TRENTALANGE & KELLEY PA
218 North Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, FL 33609
Tel: 813-280-0026
Fax: 813-226-1081
mjt@trentalange.com
www.trentalange.com
Mike Trentalange has represented people and families injured by
careless physicians and hospitals for 27 years. Mike is Board Certified
in Civil Trial Law by the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial
Advocacy. Mr. Trentalange is rated AV Preeminent, by Martindale-
Hubbell, and is a member of both the Florida Bar and the District
of Columbia Bar. He is admitted to practice before the United States
Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court, the US Eleventh Circuit
Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces,
and the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle
Districts of Florida. Mike obtained one of the nation’s top 50 jury
verdicts in both 2013 ($15,310,042) and 2014 ($13,014,000).
GEORGE A. VAKA
VAKA LAW GROUP P.L.
777 South Harbour Island Boulevard
Suite 300
Tampa, FL 33602
Tel: 813-549-1799
gvaka@vakalaw.com
www.vakalaw.com
Mr. Vaka is a skilled trial and Board Certified appellate lawyer
with more than 30 years of experience in personal injury and
insurance practice. Mr. Vaka has a diverse practice, having
represented clients in matters ranging from auto accidents, medical
malpractice, aviation disasters, defective products, and mass
torts to Engle tobacco cases. He has extensive experience in the
litigation of insurance matters involving personal, professional,
business, and commercial insurance, and insurance company
misconduct and bad faith. Mr. Vaka was named a Fellow of the
American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.
He regularly appears before the Florida District Courts of
Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court and represents clients
in the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.
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