WWHGD Attorneys Selected to 2013 Florida Super Lawyers and Florida Rising Stars Lists

MIAMI (June 13, 2013)—Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial proudly announces that three of its attorneys were selected to the 2013 Florida Super Lawyers list and to the 2013 Florida Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

Lawrence Burkhalter was selected to the 2013 Florida Super Lawyers list in the area of Personal Injury Defense: General. Burkhalter was previously selected to the 2009 and 2011 Florida Rising Stars lists. He has litigated cases involving traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, severe burns and wrongful death. Burkhalter received his B.A. from James Madison College at Michigan State University and his J.D. from the University of Miami.

Steve Gonzalez was selected to the 2013 Florida Rising Stars list in Real Estate. His practice focuses on real estate, commercial litigation and construction pertaining to project administration and litigation. Gonzalez received his B.A. from the University of Miami and his J.D. from the New England School of Law. 

Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multi-phase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area.