The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Jackie Hodes has joined the Firm’s global M&A Practice as a partner, and will be based in its Miami Office. Ms. Hodes arrives from the Miami office of DLA Piper. More >>

The Miami office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Michael P. Levinson, M.D., J.D., as a partner in the health care practice. Levinson joins K&L Gates from Hogan Lovells. More >>

Cozen O’Connor expanded its Real Estate Department in South Florida with the hiring of Christian Bruno as a member in the firm’s Miami office. Bruno is a transactional attorney who handles all aspects of commercial real estate and finance transactions, including acquisitions, leasing, development, joint ventures, loan issuances and restructurings, note purchases, workouts, and fund formations in Florida and throughout the United States. More >>

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has expanded its Miami office with the addition of Jennifer A. Schwartz as a shareholder. Schwartz joins Littler from Jackson Lewis, where she served as a principal for the past five years and where she has worked for more than a decade. More >>

Holland & Knight won a $3.25 million jury verdict on behalf of client and plaintiff Quantum Capital against Banco de los Trabajadores de Guatemala (BANTRAB) on April 8 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. More >>

Joseph Mamounas has joined Holland & Knight’s Miami office as a partner in its litigation practice group focusing on international arbitration matters, as well as complex business disputes and corporate fraud and compliance issues. Mr. Mamounas began his practice at Baker & McKenzie LLP and, more recently, was a partner at Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP. More >>

Holland & Knight today announced the addition of 10 corporate lawyers from Greenberg Traurig’s Miami office. The group includes Partners David Barkus, Ira Rosner, Aaron Slavens, Jordan Taylor and Marc Druckman and Associates Henry Roque, Jordan Schneider, Kyle Hershey, Danica Malloy and George Pita. More >>

Rebecca Leon has joined Holland & Knight’s Financial Services practice group in Miami as a partner. Previously, Ms. Leon was a principal with Bressler Amery Ross, where she co-chaired the firm’s broker-dealer regulation and compliance practice and led the firm’s international financial services regulation and investment management practices. More >>

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that nationally recognized and board certified labor and employment attorneys Susan Eisenberg and Jennifer Williams have joined the firm as members, resident in the Miami office. Previously with Akerman, both are part of the Labor & Employment Department. More >>