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As one of the area’s fastest-growing women’s professional organizations, WCC provides businesswomen of all races and nationalities a platform to build momentum, share their thoughts, and promote women’s professional growth through networking events, mentorship programs, and other resources.

Chanae represents developers and governmental entities in land use, zoning, and general government matters. She counsels municipal clients on compliance with public records, sunshine law and ethics, and matters dealing with comprehensive planning, general municipal, procurement, utilities, administrative, and constitutional law.

Learn more here: https://www.wccmiami.online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

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Super Lawyers recognizes distinguished attorneys who have undergone a rigorous screening process and who are ultimately selected for inclusion in their annual list of exceptional legal professionals. Published by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service of attorneys from more than 70 practice areas and determines its rankings through independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Only the top 5 percent of outstanding lawyers in Florida are rated by Super Lawyers, while no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers under 40 years old or who have practiced for fewer than 10 years are selected as Rising Stars.

The Firm’s recognized attorneys are listed below.

Miami

Recognized as Super Lawyers

• Mitchell A. Bierman
• Alan K. Fertel
• Edward G. Guedes
• Joseph H. Serota

Recognized as Rising Star

• Justin D. Luger
• Richard Rosengarten

Fort Lauderdale

Recognized as Super Lawyers

• Mitchell J. Burnstein
• Jamie A. Cole
• Susan Trevarthen
• Peter D. Waldman

Recognized as Rising Stars

• Candice Balmori
• Anne Reilly Flanigan
• Alicia Gonzalez
• Chanae L. Wood

Boca Raton

Recognized as Super Lawyers

• Howard D. DuBosar
• Alen H. Hsu
• Brett J. Schneider

Recognized as Rising Stars

• Harrison R. DuBosar

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WHEN:  SATURDAY, March 27th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Chanae is a part of the firm’s Land Use and Zoning Group and Sam is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation Division.

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The Firm was proud to sponsor and attend the 6th Annual Black Heritage Festival.  The event was hosted by Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara J. Jordan and City of Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Miami Carol City Park.  Pictured is firm attorney, Chanae Wood, accepting a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of the Firm for its sponsorship.

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A big congratulations to firm attorney Chanae L. Wood for being honored with the “Gator Greats Gator First Award” by the University of Florida Association of Black Alumni South Florida Chapter.  This award celebrates community leadership.

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Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman is pleased to announce that three new attorneys have joined the firm as associates: Richard Rosengarten, who served as law clerk to the Honorable James Lawrence King of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida; Eric Kay, who served as law clerk to Judge D. Michael Fisher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then as law clerk to Judge James I. Cohn of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida; and Chanae Wood, who interned for the Honorable Marcia G. Cooke of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida.  Richard and Eric are both part of the Litigation Division and Appellate Practice Group, focusing on municipal and commercial litigation and appeals. Chanae is working with the firm’s Public Land Use Practice Group.

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Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman was proud to sponsor the Broward County Bar Association’s first ever South Florida Legal Mentoring Picnic on October 27, 2018 at C.B. Smith Park.  Firm attorneys Milton Collins, Alicia Gonzalez, Chris Saunders, Ashley Daniels, Chanae Wood, and Lindsey Ryder attended the event.

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