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CSI Leasing, Inc. (CSI)
recently announced that Jeff
Rousseau, J.D. ’97, has been
promoted to executive vice
president of global business
development. Previously
senior vice president, Jeff will
continue to spearhead CSI’s
global efforts and oversee its
merger and acquisition team.
He joined CSI in 2000 as a
corporate attorney and has
served in a management role
within CSI’s international
group since 2007.
Todd S. Aidman, J.D./MBA
’99, has been elected to the
FordHarrison LLP’s Executive
Committee, the firm’s highest
governing body.
2000s
Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, J.D.
’02, from Pinellas County,
Fla. is the recipient of the 2019
Ferris E. Lucas Sheriff of the
Year award from the National
Sheriffs’ Association (NSA).
James Byrne, J.D. ’95, has
been confirmed as deputy
secretary at the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Lee-Ann Perkins, J.D. ’96,
was recently installed as
President-Elect of the South
Palm Beach County Bar
Association during its 58th
annual Installation Gala on
May 18. Ms. Perkins has served
on the Board of Directors of
the South Palm Beach County
Bar Association for more than
9 years. She is founding partner
of Perkins Pershes, PLLC’s.
Angela Cottrell, J.D. ’96, has
joined Kilpatrick Townsend
& Stockton Raleigh, N.C.,
office. She is a member
of Kilpatrick Townsend’s
nationally recognized Mergers
& Acquisitions Team.
Ryan N. Singleton, J.D.
’05, has joined Amanda
O. Singleton, J.D. ’05, at
Singleton Legal PLLC in
St. Petersburg, Fla. The firm
focuses on Estate Planning,
Probate, Bankruptcy, and
Consumer Rights.
Sass Law Firm, an employee
rights law firm in Tampa, is
proud to announce that Yvette
D. Everhart, BBA ’03, J.D.
’06, has made Partner.
Faegre Baker Daniels is proud
to announce that Traci McKee,
J.D. ’07, has joined the firm’s
product liability practice as
counsel. McKee earned her law
degree, summa cum laude, from
Stetson University College of
Law, and a bachelor’s from the
University of North Florida.
C L A S S N OT E S
Matthew Bachman, J.D.
’07, was awarded the Impact
Award from the State of
Florida Guardian Ad Litem
Program and Heartfelt Child
Advocacy. This award is
given for the Attorney of the
Year who has demonstrated
exemplary legal advocacy and
innovative thinking that has
greatly impacted Florida’s most
vulnerable children.
Kelley Kronenberg has
added Stetson Law graduate
Katherine L. Koener, J.D.
’08, to the firm’s Tampa office
as Partner.
2010s
Patrick Causey, J.D. ’10,
has been appointed to the St.
Petersburg Bar Foundation
Board of Trustees.
Chase Florin, J.D. ’12,
became board certified in
Civil Trial by The Florida Bar
Association last spring, making
him the youngest attorney in
Florida to have earned that
distinction.