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Berger Singerman Recognized by Chambers USA for Twenty-Second Consecutive Year
June 5, 2025
Berger Singerman, Florida's business law firm, has again been ranked among the top Florida law firms in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for the 22nd consecutive year. The 2025 Guide recognizes 24 of the firm’s attorneys and 10 of its practice groups: Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Corporate/M&A & Private Equity; Energy & Natural Resources; Environment; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Litigation: General Commercial; Real Estate; and Tax.
Firm co-chair, Paul Steven Singerman, continues to be ranked in Chambers’ guides for Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Florida, USA Nationwide, and Globally. For five consecutive years, he has been the only lawyer in Florida to receive Chambers’ “Star Individual” distinction in both Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy/Restructuring.
The Chambers USA guide, published annually by London-based Chambers and Partners, is one of the most respected legal directories in the industry. Rankings are based on extensive research, including client and peer interviews, and reflect a firm's technical legal ability, client service, results obtained for clients, commercial vision, and professional conduct.
Over the past four decades, Berger Singerman has earned numerous accolades that underscore its reputation as Florida’s business law firm. The firm has been recognized as a “Regional Powerhouse: Florida” by Law360, honored as “Litigation Department of the Year” in the Bankruptcy category by the Daily Business Review, and consistently named to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Law Firms” list. Berger Singerman was also a finalist for the South Florida Business Journal’s 2023 “Best Places to Work.”
The following Berger Singerman attorneys are ranked in the Chambers USA 2025 guide:
| Name | Practice Area(s) |
| James L. Berger | Real Estate |
| Mitchell W. Berger | Litigation: General Commercial (The Elite) |
| David K. Black | Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
| Samuel J. Capuano | Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Up and Coming) |
| James D. Gassenheimer | Bankruptcy Litigation; Litigation: General Commercial (The Elite) |
| Mitchell W. Goldberg | Tax |
| Jordi Guso | Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Michael J. Higer | Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
| Ilyse M. Homer | Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Brooke Humphrey | Energy & Natural Resources |
| Christopher A. Jarvinen | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Michael P. Levinson | Healthcare |
| Geoffrey Lottenberg | Intellectual Property |
| Dawn M. Meyers | Environment |
| Michael J. Niles | Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Up and Coming) |
| Edward J. Peterson | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Brian G. Rich | Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Bankruptcy Litigation |
| Leonard K. Samuels | Litigation: General Commercial |
| Floyd R. Self | Energy & Natural Resources |
| Marc S. Shuster | Real Estate |
| Paul Steven Singerman | Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
| Heidi Howard Tandy | Intellectual Property |
| Daniel H. Thompson | Environment |
| Nicolette Corso Vilmos | Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
