Best Law Firms in Florida for Litigation - Banking and Finance

Since 1973, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns has served businesses and individuals throughout the Tampa Bay region from offices in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Tampa. The firm provides legal counsel and business guidance to help clients address legal issues, evaluate options, and plan for the future.

Our attorneys advise clients across a range of practice areas, assisting with business formation and development, daily operations, transactions, disputes, and long‑term planning. By learning about each client’s objectives and circumstances, we focus on delivering practical guidance and responsive service aligned with their needs.

The firm represents a diverse group of clients, from local entrepreneurs to established regional and national companies. Clients include real estate developers, healthcare providers, accounting and engineering firms, commercial lenders, private equity funds, local governments, special districts, and individuals throughout Florida and beyond.

With six offices and more than 250 lawyers, Rivkin Radler provides practical, efficient legal services tailored to our clients’ needs. We follow internal best practices that exceed standard professional and ethical requirements. Our work is clear, responsive, and delivered on schedule, allowing clients to move forward with clarity and confidence.

We focus on strong advocacy and long-term client relationships. Many clients have worked with our firm for decades, reflecting our ongoing commitment to responsiveness, communication, and thoughtful counsel.

We advise successful individuals, middle-market businesses, and large corporations across a wide range of industries. For clients who prefer to communicate in their native language, our attorneys and staff offer services in French, Haitian Creole, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Panjabi, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Urdu.

Our firm represents clients across 23 practice areas: Appeals; Banking; Bankruptcy; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Complex Torts & Product Liability; Construction; Corporate; Directors & Officers Liability; Employment & Labor; General Liability; Health Services; Immigration; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Fraud & Recovery; Intellectual Property; Medical Malpractice Defense; Privacy, Data & Cyber Law; Professional Liability; Real Estate; Surety; Trusts & Estates; and Tax.

The firm’s work has been recognized by respected industry organizations:

• Chambers USA ranked our Insurance Coverage Practice Group in the Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer category
• Chambers USA ranked our Health Services Practice Group in the Healthcare category
• The Legal 500 listed our Insurance Coverage Practice Group in the “Industry Focus – Insurance – Advice to Insurers” category

Rivkin Radler is committed to fostering diversity within an inclusive environment that values individuals, encourages different perspectives, and supports thoughtful collaboration.

We employ professionals with a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences, creating a culture that supports professional growth and thoughtful problem-solving. Our attorneys are active in professional organizations, support nonprofit initiatives that serve the public interest, and contribute to legal scholarship.

For client convenience, the firm maintains six office locations: Albany, N.Y.; Hackensack, N.J.; Jacksonville, Fla.; New York City, N.Y.; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; and Uniondale, N.Y.

Smith Hulsey & Busey is a long-established, full-service Florida business law firm. We have a proven track record of sound counsel, innovative problem solving and successful dispute resolution.

Our clients with national and international operations provide us experience in major transactions and dispute resolution throughout the world. As a result, we offer a depth of experience and expertise unparalleled in North Florida. Our clients value being able to obtain the very best legal services from us, with an efficiency not typical in larger firms.