Syprett Meshad attorneys named to Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists

July 16, 2013 / Sarasota, FL – Syprett Meshad president Michael L. Resnick and partner Teresa D. Jones have been selected to the 2013 Super Lawyers list in Florida; managing partner Nancy E. Cason has been selected as a 2013 “Rising Star." Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected for Super Lawyer honor; less than 2.5 percent are selected for the Rising Stars distinction, which is reserved for those lawyers aged 40 or younger.  Mr. Resnick was selected in the category of Family Law; Ms. Jones in Personal Injury, and Ms. Cason in Real Estate. They are all listed in the June issue of Super Lawyers Magazine.

Lawyers selected to the independently-researched Super Lawyers and Rising Star lists have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The selection process includes a statewide survey of lawyers and peer reviews by practice areas.

A founding partner and current president of Sarasota-based Syprett Meshad, Michael L. Resnick has been recognized by his peers with selection to the Super Lawyers list every year since 2007. His marital and family law practice of more than 40 years involves high profile marital dissolution and post-dissolution cases involving substantial marital assets, complex property division issues, custody, alimony, child support, visitation, and modification of marital settlement agreements.  He is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida, the United States District Court of Florida and the United States Supreme Court; he is the current Vice Chairman of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee.

Teresa D. Jones is a partner with Syprett Meshad and has been honored with the Super Lawyer selection every year since the annual listing began in 2006. Board-certified in Civil Trial Law, her practice involves cases of personal injury, wrongful death, insurance claims, premises liability, real property disputes, and general litigation, and appeals. She is admitted to practice in state courts in Alabama (special membership) and Florida, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Nancy E. Cason is a Managing Partner of Syprett Meshad. Her practice areas focus on all aspects of real estate law both transactional and litigation. Her transactional practice ranges from business, commercial and residential contracts, leases, and closings to foreclosure prevention (short sales, deeds in lieu of foreclosure and loan modifications), title insurance, commercial and private lending, general business law/corporate formation and land use law. She is also a member of the Firm’s litigation department, practicing in the areas of general real estate litigation, foreclosure defense, general commercial litigation, landlord/tenant law, estate/probate/trust litigation and appellate advocacy. She is admitted to practice in the State of Florida and in federal court before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Sarasota County Bar Association, and volunteers with the Twelfth Judicial Circuit’s as a pro bono foreclosure defense attorney.

The law firm of Syprett Meshad has been serving the greater Sarasota community for 46 years. The firm's 13 attorneys provide expert legal representation in the practice areas of real estate, personal injury, marital and family law, commercial litigation, criminal defense, bankruptcy, estate planning and probate.

For more information about Super Lawyers, visit superlawyers.com. To learn more about Syprett Meshad, visit smrl.com, or call 941-365-7171.