Greenspoon Marder Growth Spurt Spurs New Lines of Business

Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 18, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Greenspoon Marder, a full-service business law firm, has opened two new practice areas and expanded three others, with the recent hiring of five new attorneys. The Florida-based firm now offers International Tax services, to complement its domestic practice, and Public Insurance Adjusting, to address insurance claims on behalf of home and business owners. Greenspoon Marder also bolstered its Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Regulatory groups.

Lazaro J. Mur, Esq. joins Greenspoon Marder as a senior partner, focusing on International Tax, Estate Planning and Administration, as well as Sports and Entertainment Law. Mur has been nationally recognized by the Wall Street Journal for his expertise on global tax strategies, and he has lectured with the National Business Institute throughout Central and South America and as a visiting professor at Oxford University. Mur has been awarded the American Jurisprudence Award for outstanding achievement in the studies of taxation of foreign income and foreign persons. He serves as an advisor to numerous companies and on their boards of directors. He is president of the Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which represents over 70,000 Hispanic-owned businesses. Mur earned his Juris Doctor and Masters of Law in Taxation from the University of Miami School of Law.

New associate Robert A. Reynolds, Esq. brings another new practice area to Greenspoon Marder, as a Public Insurance Adjuster representing home and business owners. Reynolds is a member of the Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, the Windstorm Insurance Network and the Trial Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar Association. Previously, he worked with Congressman Patrick Kennedy in Washington, D.C. Reynolds earned his Juris Doctor from Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I.

Further bolstering Greenspoon Marder’s well-established Tax, Trusts, Estates and Guardianship practice group is new associate Adam Schucher, Esq. Schucher is an active member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, serves on the Board of Directors of the Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami, and is involved with the Professional Advisory Committee of the Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law and his Masters of Law in Taxation from the Graduate Tax Program at the University of Florida College of Law.

Associate Erica Franqui, Esq. concentrates in the firm’s growing practice areas of general corporate law and regulatory and compliance law for debt management, debt settlement, telemarketing and money transmitting businesses, as well as licensing for other state and federally regulated businesses. Franqui is a Certified Associate in Anti-Money Laundering/BSA Compliance and has experience with restaurant franchising and agreements, city and county permitting, zoning and variance processes and hearings, plan approvals and the purchase and sale of liquor licenses. She received her Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law, where she was a member of the Peter Fay Inn of Courts and served as a Senator of the Student Bar Association.

Franklin S. Homer, associate, will further strengthen the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice, which remains extremely active. Homer received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, where he served as editor for the Inter-American Law Review, Chief Presiding Officer of the Honor Council and a member of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity. He interned with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) in Boca Raton and with the Honorable Kenneth A. Marra, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida.

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Established in 1981, Greenspoon Marder, P.A. is a full-service law firm with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Aventura, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Stuart. The firm’s practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial and residential real estate acquisitions and development; timeshare and fractional ownership development; resorts; community association law; zoning and land use; banking and real estate finance; commercial litigation; corporate tax and transactions; international tax; foreclosure and bankruptcy; labor and employment; immigration; tax, estate, probate and elder law; life settlement; disability insurance and insurance policy issues; family law; sports and entertainment; personal injury and malpractice litigation; equine law; regulatory compliance and defense. For more information, visit www.gmlaw.com.