Professionals

Lee Weintraub – Board Certified Construction attorney and Vice Chair of the Firm’s all-Board Certified Construction Law Group. He lectures on PPP legislation and opportunities for construction companies. He helped found the Florida Council for Public Private Partnerships

George Burgess – Former Miami Dade County Manager and current firm Chief Operating Officer (COO). He helped lead several PPP and infrastructure projects in Miami Dade County including the Port Miami Tunnel, Miami Marlins Baseball Stadium.

Jennifer Bales Drake – Chair, Real Estate Practice Group. She has 25+ years of commercial real estate experience including representing developers in multi-party, and public-private transactions.


Alan Becker – Firm founding shareholder, Chair of the Beacon Council, Miami Dade’s Public Private Economic Development Organization; Board Member, Enterprise Florida; former Florida legislator.

Brian Daughney – Corporate & Securities attorney with Wall Street experience. He represents investors, broker-dealers and financial institutions and serves as an elected Trustee of Garden City, New York.    

William Cea – Lead public procurement attorney and Board Certified Construction attorney. He has extensive experience with the public procurement process in Florida including representing local governments in the development of procurement codes and representing bidders and challengers in bid protests. 

Marcie Oppenheimer Nolan – Certified Land Planner and attorney; former Director of Development Services, Town of Davie. She is experienced in all facets of land planning focusing on large scale infrastructure projects assisting public and private sector clients with regulatory compliance.

Alan Koslow - Former City Attorney, Hollywood. He has helped both public and private sector clients develop dozens of commercial, mixed-use properties throughout South Florida using his insider’s knowledge of government and creative integration of public and private funding sources.

Perry Sofferman – Corporate attorney focusing on intellectual property, licensing and technology. He helps businesses expand by advising on complex transactions, strategic planning and risk avoidance in joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.

Bernie Friedman – Chair of the Firm’s Government Law & Lobbying team. Recognized by the Sun-Sentinel as one of the area’s most influential lawyer-lobbyists, he provides strategic legal, political and business advice to private businesses seeking government contracts.

Victor DiGioia – Chair of the Firm’s Corporate & Securities practice. He advises clients on finance matters including private equity capital investments, angel investments and mergers and acquisitions. He has represented issuers, underwriters and placement agents in over 500 private and public securities offerings.