Greenberg Traurig lures Rose M. La Femina from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
The international law firm of Greenberg Traurig has announced that Rose M. La Femina has joined as a shareholder in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office.
La Femina is[private] a Florida Bar board certified wills, trusts and estates attorney who focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration, probate and trust litigation, and tax. She represents business owners, corporate executives, wealthy individuals and professionals and their families with a wide range of estate planning issues.
La Femina has experience with complicated tax planning available after a decedent’s death, settling will and trust disputes and resolving controversies with the Internal Revenue Service. She is skilled as a liaison between personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys and their clients in establishing special needs trusts for the supplemental needs of individuals while simultaneously preserving their public benefits eligibility. She also advises non-traditional couples and families challenged by legal complications associated with living together, adoption and separation.
“With her breadth of experience and knowledge of our local community, Rose will be able to meet our clients’ unique needs in our competitive marketplace,” said Francis B. Brogan, Jr., Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Tax Group and Co-Managing Shareholder of the Fort Lauderdale office.
Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, La Femina was a shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. She holds a J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Miami School of Law and a B.S., summa cum laude, from Northeastern University.
La Femina has achieved an AV® Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest available rating of legal ability and ethics. She was listed in Florida Super Lawyers® Magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008. La Femina participates in numerous professional and charitable organizations including The Florida Bar, Women of Tomorrow and the Children’s Home Society of Florida.[/private]
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with more than 1,800 attorneys and governmental affairs professionals in the United States, Europe and Asia. The firm was selected as the 2007 USA Law Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners.
Greenberg Traurig serves clients from offices in: Albany, NY; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; Morristown, NJ; New York, NY; Orange County, CA; Orlando, FL; Palm Beach County, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Sacramento, CA; Shanghai, China; Silicon Valley, CA; Tallahassee, FL; Tampa, FL; Tokyo, Japan; Tysons Corner, VA; Washington, D.C.; White Plains, NY; Wilmington, DE; and Zurich, Switzerland. Additionally, the firm has strategic alliances with the following independent law firms: Olswang, London, Brussels and Berlin; and Studio Santa Maria, Milan and Rome.