Congratulations to
Anthony A. Garganese
And Usher Brown

This special report honors the achievements of local lawyers, whether they represent corporate clients or individuals, in civil or criminal cases, inside companies, government agencies or in private firms.

This year, local lawyers made more than 720 nominations, many of which contained warm comments and appreciation for the great legal talent in our community.

The nomination rules were designed to ensure that those listed in the report had broad support. Nominations were only accepted from Florida licensed attorneys, so the result truly is a group of folks being honored by their legal peers.

Anthony A. Garganese
Firm: Brown, Garganese, Weiss & D'Agresta P.A.

Areas of practice: City, county and local government law; land use and zoning; commercial real estate; corporate law; First Amendment Law school: Nova Southeastern University

My greatest achievement as an attorney: Being fortunate to serve the public as the city attorney of four municipalities and as special counsel to other municipalities, and in that capacity, working on complex governmental cases that are precedent-setting and important to the public's interest.

Law school: University of Florida

My greatest achievement as an attorney: Successfully representing the Osceola County School Board since 1992, during which time the district grew from 18,000 students to more than 53,000 students.