News & Events

Neil Ambekar, a partner in the firm’s Orlando office, has been appointed as Chair of the Workers' Compensation Rules Advisory Committee effective July 1, 2024. The Committee's goal is to provide assistance to the DOAH and OJCC in drafting workers’ compensation procedural rules. The Committee is composed of experienced workers’ compensation practitioners and judges. The Committee is also responsible for monitoring rule changes proposed by the DOAH and OJCC. 

Conroy Simberg is pleased to announce Hinda Klein, a partner in Hollywood and chair of the firm’s appellate practice group, and Jayne Pittman, managing partner in Orlando and chair of the firm's construction practice were selected to the 2024 Florida Super Lawyers list.

Additionally, the following attorneys were selected as 2024 Florida Rising Stars:

• Neil A. Ambekar (Orlando)
• William M. Mitchell, Sr. (Tampa)
• Elliott Tubbs III (Fort Myers)
• Noelia C. Vaccaro (Hollywood)

Matthew J. Troy, a partner in Conroy Simberg’s Orlando office, will be a co-presenter on a webinar presented by The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Workers’ Compensation Section on July 10, 2024. Titled “The Art of the Deposition, Perspectives from Both Sides,” the webinar will cover the preparation, taking, and defending of depositions in workers' compensation cases, as well as how to prepare depositions for use at final hearing.

Miles A. McGrane, IV, a partner in our Hollywood office, has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He has also been inducted into the Order of Veritas, one of LCA’s honorary trial orders.  

Miles A. McGrane, IV a partner in our Hollywood Office, was recently sworn in as an Executive Board Member and Secretary of the Fort Lauderdale Chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”). ABOTA is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges that are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the right to a civil jury trial-a right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ABOTA membership is by invitation only and is comprised of Defense lawyers, Plaintiff’s lawyers and judges who focus on civil trial practice. Since its founding in 1958 ABOTA has worked tirelessly to uphold the jury system and to elevate the standards of professionalism, integrity and civility in the legal profession.