Seven Bryant Miller Olive attorneys named as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2016
TAMPA — Bryant Miller Olive is pleased to announce that seven attorneys have been named in the 2016 edition of Florida Super Lawyers, including Ken Artin, Randy Clement, Jim Crosland, Duane Draper, David Miller, and Alan Zimmet, along with Ellie Neiberger as a Rising Star.
Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process, as peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
Rising Stars recognizes top up-and-coming attorneys that are 40 years old or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less. Super Lawyers publishes no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers as Rising Stars, while no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in a state are named to Super Lawyers.
Ken Artin was recognized for his work in the Government Finance practice area. He has actively practiced public finance law since 1986. He has represented municipalities, counties, special taxing districts, and public and private universities as disclosure counsel, bond counsel and special tax counsel. He is active in the Public Private Partnership practice area representing a number of State universities with several social infrastructure projects. Artin is also part of the firm’s team of lawyers representing the US Department of Transportation TIFIA loan program. Artin has been named among the state’s Legal Elite by Florida Trend magazine and is also active at the national level through his involvement with the National Association of Bond Lawyers, currently serving as President of the organization. Artin has also served as the Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Orlando office.
Randy Clement was recognized for his work in the Government Finance practice area. Clement is the Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Orlando office, and has extensive experience in state and local government revenue bond financings in the State of Florida. He has particular expertise in airport, hospital, multi-family and single-family housing, electric and water and sewer utility financings, as well as various special tax and enterprise fund financings. Serving in the capacity of bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and disclosure counsel, Clement’s experience includes fixed rate, variable rate and auction rate financings, commercial paper programs, various derivative products and credit and liquidity enhanced transactions. He is also extensively involved in matters pertaining to Florida’s P3 statute. Clement has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, and is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell.
Jim Crosland was recognized for his work in the Employment and Labor Law Practice Area. Crosland has represented management exclusively in the practice of labor and employment law for over 40 years. He has advised clients in both the private and public sectors in numerous successful election campaigns, which resulted in the defeat of union organizing attempts. He also has extensive experience in advising clients how to maintain a union-free workplace environment. Crosland has been named in The Best Lawyers in America list for three consecutive years. He has also been listed in Florida Trend’s Legal Elite.
Duane Draper was recognized for his work in the Government Finance practice area. Draper currently co-chairs Bryant Miller Olive’s Public Finance practice area and has been in public finance either as an attorney or investment banker since 1989. He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the Local Government Section of The Florida Bar. Additionally, Draper is a graduate of Leadership Tampa 2003 and Leadership Florida 2006. His practice is focused primarily on bond counsel and disclosure counsel representations. Draper has been listed in both The Best Lawyers in America list and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite.
David Miller was recognized for his work in the Employment and Labor Law Practice Area. Miller is Board-Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Florida Bar, which designates him as an expert in the field. He represents management exclusively. His primary focus is in three areas: Dealing with labor unions — bargaining, grievances, arbitrations, and litigation; Employment litigation — discrimination, whistleblower, wage/hour, retaliation and other causes of action before federal and state courts and administrative agencies; and human resources counseling — helping managers deal with day-to-day issues, training, compliance, policies and procedures, drafting ordinances, public records, and Sunshine Law. Before entering the practice of law, Miller was a journalist at several newspapers including the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) and the Sarasota Herald Tribune. He currently serves as the Risk Management Shareholder for Bryant Miller Olive. He has been listed numerous times in Florida Trend’s Legal Elite.
Alan S. Zimmet was recognized for his work in State, Local & Municipal Government practice areas. Zimmet has more than 30 years of legal experience, and is board certified by The Florida Bar in the area of City, County and Local Government Law. Zimmet specializes in local government law. Throughout his career, he has represented cities, counties, and special districts. He is also a certified circuit court mediator and a trained arbitrator. He has been designated as a Super Lawyer in 2014, 2015 and now in 2016 and has been awarded the designation of IMLA Local Government Fellow. He is also rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
Ellie Neiberger was recognized as a Rising Star for her work in the Appellate Practice Area. She practices appellate advocacy and litigation, with an emphasis on representing Florida governments in high profile and complex cases and cases of first impression. She represents clients in appeals, original proceedings for extraordinary writs, and trial and administrative-level litigation. Neiberger first joined Bryant Miller Olive as a law clerk in 2008, and joined the firm as an attorney upon admission to The Florida Bar. She received her Juris Doctorate with highest honors from the Florida State University College of Law in May 2009, where she graduated first in her class. After graduating and passing the bar, Neiberger was elected to the Florida State University Chapter of the Order of the Coif and recognized by the Florida Supreme Court for high performance on the July 2009 bar examination. Florida Trend magazine has named her a member of the “Legal Elite” for the past six years.
About Bryant Miller Olive
With a distinguished 45-year history of serving its clients’ needs, Bryant Miller Olive represents governments, businesses and agencies in legal matters relating to public finance, state and local government law, complex transactions, project finance, and litigation. The firm has served as Bond Counsel on more deals than any other firm in the Southeast over the past five years, and more than any other firm in Florida over the past decade. Members of the firm are often called upon to handle some of the most complex legal issues in the boardroom and in the courtroom. The firm has offices in Tampa, Tallahassee, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit https://www.bmolaw.com.
