FLORIDA 2020 / TAMPA BAY
RISING STARS
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF
PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAINTIFF
PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS: PLAINTIFF
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
REAL ESTATE
FAMILY LAW
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
JULY/AUGUST 2020 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 63
BRETT BERGER
MANEY | GORDON
TRIAL LAWYERS
101 East Kennedy Boulevard
Suite 1700
Tampa, FL 33602
Tel: 813-221-1366
Fax: 813-223-5920
b.berger@maneygordon.com
www.FightNegligence.com
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF
PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAINTIFF
Brett Berger represents individuals who have been injured due to
the negligence of someone or something else. Brett has always
had a passion for helping others and began his legal career as an
assistant public defender helping the indigent defend themselves
from criminal charges. Brett left the public defender’s office and
defended the insurance companies and their individual insureds
in negligence cases. After gaining incredible insight as to how
insurance companies evaluate claims, Brett felt a higher calling
to help those who were injured, as opposed to working for the
insurance companies. Brett now focuses his practice on automobile
negligence; medical malpractice; trips, slips, and falls; wrongful
death; and negligent security.
CORY BRANDFON
HARRIS, HUNT & DERR, P.A.
100 South Ashley Drive
Suite 300
Tampa, FL 33602
Tel: 813-223-5421
Fax: 813-223-6127
cory@harrishuntderr.com
www.harrishuntderr.com
FAMILY LAW
Cory A. Brandfon is an attorney at Harris, Hunt & Derr, P.A.
in Tampa. Since his admission to The Florida Bar in 2014, Mr.
Brandfon has focused his practice primarily on marital and family
law, including dissolution of marriage litigation and collaborative
cases, establishment of paternity, enforcement and modification
actions, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and injunctions
for protection against domestic violence. Mr. Brandfon is admitted
to practice in all Florida state courts and the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Florida. This is his first year as a
Florida Rising Stars honoree.
ADAM J. FERNANDEZ
MANEY | GORDON
TRIAL LAWYERS
101 East Kennedy Boulevard
Suite 1700
Tampa, FL 33602
Tel: 813-221-1366
Fax: 813-223-5920
a.fernandez@maneygordon.com
www.FightNegligence.com
Adam J. Fernandez is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses his
practice on representing clients injured in accidents as a result
of motor and commercial vehicles, trucking accidents, medical
malpractice, nursing home and assisted living facility negligence,
and trip and slip hazards. Adam devotes a large portion of his
practice to litigating first party insurance claims against insurance
carriers that have wrongfully denied insurance coverage. Adam
previously worked as a criminal prosecutor with the state attorney’s
office for the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County. During
his career as a prosecutor in Tampa, he gained significant jury
trial experience and successfully prosecuted well over a thousand
misdemeanor and felony cases, many of which involved serious
injury to the victim.
ANDREW F. FORD
FORD & FORD, PA
100 Second Avenue South
Suite 900
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Tel: 727-894-2907
drew.ford@fordpa.com
www.fordpa.com
Drew Ford is a partner in Ford & Ford’s business and corporate
and commercial real estate practices. Mr. Ford serves as outside
general counsel to small and closely held entities, providing the
full range of corporate advice. He handles entity formation, drafting
of organizational documents, negotiation of buy-sell agreements
among shareholders, issuance of exempt private offerings
of securities, and entity acquisitions and sales. Mr. Ford also
represents developers and investors in all aspects of commercial
real estate transactions – from acquisitions and dispositions to
financing, development and leasing. A fourth generation graduate
of St. Petersburg High School, Mr. Ford holds a B.A. from Columbia
University, magna cum laude, and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University
Law School.
TRACI KOSTER
NELSON KOSTER
Park Tower
400 North Tampa Street
Suite 2200
Tampa, FL 33602
Tel: 813-350-7890
Fax: 813-350-7891
traci@nelsonkoster.com
www.NelsonKoster.com
A partner at the law firm Nelson Koster, Traci Koster focuses
her practice exclusively on family law matters. Traci is rated AV
Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, has been selected to Florida
Rising Stars every year since 2014, and has been recognized as a
Legal Elite Up & Comer by Florida Trend magazine. She has also
received recognition by Tampa Bay Magazine’s list of Top Attorneys:
Tampa Bay’s Outstanding Young Lawyers since 2014. Admitted to
practice before all Florida state courts, Ms. Koster is also admitted to
practice before the U.S. District Courts for the middle and northern
districts of Florida. Traci is always prepared to litigate a case, but she
believes most favorable outcomes come through negotiation and
alternative dispute resolution.
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