Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC

08/28/2026

Join us in welcoming David Chappell to our Tallahassee office!

Read more here: https://flvoicenews.com/former-florida-education-official-david-chappell-joins-lawson-huck-gonzalez-law-firm/

07/17/2026

Join us in welcoming Aaron Holman to our Orlando office!

Read more here: https://flvoicenews.com/lawson-huck-gonzalez-strengthens-litigation-practice-with-addition-of-aaron-holman/

07/10/2026

Congratulations to Matthew Casbarro on his elevation to Shareholder! Matthew’s dedication, talent, and leadership continue to make a lasting impact on the firm and our clients.

To read more: https://flvoicenews.com/matthew-casbarro-elevated-to-shareholder-at-lawson-huck-gonzalez-law-firm/

06/20/2026

MICHELLE MONTANARO NAMED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Michelle Montanaro has been promoted after successfully implementing aggressive cost savings measures our Management Committee requested. Thanks to her work our annual overhead per attorney has dropped to only $91,000 and we are debt free.

To put that number in perspective, statewide and regional Am Law 200 law firms like my last firm have per attorney overhead of $180,000 to $220,000 depending on the year. Larger national and international Am Law 100 firms typically have per attorney overhead of $300,000 to $350,000 or more because of the cost of maintaining offices and staff in extremely expensive places like NYC, L.A., London, etc.

Michelle’s efficient management of our operations means lower hourly rates for our clients and higher pay for our lawyers, paralegals and legal assistants. It has become a major factor driving our growth from 0 to 42 lawyers in less than three and half years.

As explained in the article at the link, usually one-third of law firm revenue is eaten up by overhead.

https://www.leanlaw.co/blog/the-rule-of-thirds-a-simple-framework-for-allocating-law-firm-revenue/

It’s known as the rule of thirds. One-third of revenue to salaries, one-third to overhead, and one-third is profits.

We blew up the conventional law firm financial model with careful outsourcing of back office operations and some other things I’ll be keeping secret. Our $91,000 overhead per attorney is less than 9.5% of our $962,600 revenue per attorney, destroying the rule of thirds at the law firms with a bloated bureaucracy. 90.5% of Lawson revenue will end up in our attorneys’ pockets this year compared to only 50-55% of revenue going to attorney compensation at the other firms.

Congratulations Michelle! www.lawsonhuckgonzalez.com

06/16/2026

Congratulations to Raymond and Tessa Cordova on the birth of their daughter this morning and Raymond’s election to Shareholder this afternoon.

06/15/2026

We’re pleased to announce the elevation of Carlos Haag to Shareholder, recognizing his outstanding contributions to our clients, colleagues, and firm.

To Read More: https://flvoicenews.com/carlos-haag-elevated-to-shareholder-at-lawson-huck-gonzalez-law-firm/

02/19/2026

Welcome new Shareholder Angela C. de Céspedes!

www.LawsonHuckGonzalez.com

Veteran litigator Angela C. de Céspedes has joined Lawson Huck & Gonzalez PLLC as a partner, strengthening the firm’s rapidly expanding complex litigation practice.

02/18/2026

We are very excited to announce that Angela C. de Céspedes has joined Lawson Huck Gonzalez as a Shareholder. Twelve of us at Lawson worked with Angie at a prior law firm and had hoped to one day reunite with her. Angie has a diverse litigation practice and has sucessfully represented high profile professional sports franchises, and has previously collaborated with our Orlando Shareholder Alex Fumagali who represents the Miami Dolphins and other franchises including the Tampa Bay Bucaneers. Angie and Alex will lead a powerhouse sports law practice at the firm. Welcome Angie! www.lawsonhuckgonzalez.com

01/31/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Caitlin Emling on her elevation to Shareholder at Lawson Huck Gonzalez! A well-earned milestone and a testament to her excellence and leadership.

12/17/2025

Congratulations to Bob Minchin on Being Named Shareholder!