Adams and Reese continues its expansion

Adams and Reese has continued its expansion into Florida with the addition of a Tampa office, opening March 1. The new office will add eight lawyers and a certified land planner who were formerly with the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based Ruden McClosky law firm, and is the third Florida acquisition this year. Adams and Reese added 23 attorneys to its roster when it acquired two offices in St. Petersburg and Sarasota on Jan. 1. “The Tampa Bay area has always been on our strategic radar with its growing dynamic market, and this is a natural extension of our firm’s growth,” says Charles Adams, managing partner of Adams and Reese. “We have been looking for the right opportunity to open an office in Tampa, and this addition strengthens our critical mass along the Florida west coast.” Robert Boos, Marilyn Mullen Healy, Donald Mihokovich, Deborah Oliver, Eric Partlow, James Porter, Kimberly Madison, Melissa Rizzo and certified land planner Susan Finch, in addition to their staff, will be temporarily housed in Adams and Reese’s St. Petersburg office while the firm works to find office space in Tampa for permanent operations, Adams said. The addition of the Tampa office will bring the firm to more than 290 lawyers in 13 offices in 12 markets including Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota; Memphis and Nashville, Tenn.; New Orleans and Baton Rouge; Birmingham and Mobile, Ala.; Houston; Jackson, Miss.; and Washington, D.C.