Eight Marshall Dennehey Attorneys Selected to the 2025 Florida Super Lawyers & Florida Rising Stars Lists
Eight attorneys from the Florida offices of Marshall Dennehey have been selected to the 2025 edition of Florida Super Lawyers magazine. A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in each state are selected by Super Lawyers and less than three percent are selected for the Florida Rising Stars list. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. A description of the selection methodology can be found at http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.
Marshall Dennehey lawyers selected to the 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list include:
Michael J. Bradford, Civil Litigation Defense. Bradford, a Shareholder in the Tampa office and co-chair of the Maritime Litigation Practice Group, is a board certified civil trial lawyer. He focuses his practice on admiralty and maritime claims, insurance coverage, property and casualty defense, construction negligence, and commercial litigation. He has significant experience defending the nation's leading insurance companies and Fortune 500 corporations.
Elizabeth B. Ferguson, Construction Litigation. Ferguson, a Shareholder in the Jacksonville office, has been board certified in construction law by The Florida Bar since 2009. She defends clients against claims of liability, breach of contract, construction defect, design defect, delay, liens/bonds, insurance coverage issues, and licensure issues. She also provides transactional support for her construction clients.
Alan C. “A.C.” Nash, Civil Litigation Defense. Nash, a Shareholder in the Fort Lauderdale office and co-chair of the firm’s Premises and Retail Liability Practice Group, focuses his practice on the defense of claims made and suits brought against businesses, municipalities, and insureds in public entity and civil rights litigation, professional liability, premises liability, product liability, commercial litigation, and construction liability matters. Additionally, he serves as the Casualty Supervisor of the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office.
Marshall Dennehey lawyers selected to the 2025 Florida Rising Stars list include:
Taylor A. Naughton, Construction Litigation. Naughton, an Associate in the firm’s Jacksonville office, represents and defends contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, developers and design professionals when claims are made against them. He is also experienced in representing Florida automotive dealerships in general liability matters and business disputes.
Sophia E. D. Philor, Civil Litigation Defense. Philor, an Associate in the Fort Lauderdale office, focuses her practice on representing businesses, directors and officers, design professionals, contractors and homeowners' associations in commercial, professional liability, construction defect, architectural, engineering, and employment disputes.
Sean J. Reeves, Personal Injury General Defense. Reeves, a Shareholder in the Jacksonville office and co-chair of the firm’s Aviation and Complex Litigation Practice Group, represents clients in a wide range of aviation and complex casualty litigation matters. He also has experience representing clients in the food and beverage industry.
Amara Benitez Rodriguez, Personal Injury - General, Construction Litigation, General Litigation. Rodriguez, an Associate in the Tampa office, represents defendants in third-party insurance defense matters concerning negligence, automobile liability, premises liability, construction defect, personal injury, and defamation/ libel.
Tiffany T. Oshiro, Personal Injury General Defense. Oshiro, an associate in the Tampa office, represents some of the largest insurance carriers and their insureds in matters involving premises liability, negligent security, motor vehicle negligence, amusement, sports and recreation, general liability, product liability and contract disputes.