MIAMI – August 15, 2024 – South Florida’s preeminent litigation firm Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine is pleased to announce that 18 of the Firm’s attorneys have once again been recognized by The Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Twelve of the Firm’s attorneys were recognized in the 2025 Edition for Best Lawyers, and six attorneys were recognized for the Best Lawyers ‘Ones to Watch’ category.  

For more than four decades, recognition by Best Lawyers has been widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by their peers. The publication’s lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If votes for a lawyer are positive enough for recognition, that lawyer then must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain in each edition, according to the Best Lawyers website. 

The Best Lawyers Ones to Watch award recognizes extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States and is also based entirely on peer review. 

The Firm’s attorneys who were recognized by the 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in the specified areas of practice are as follows: 

2025 BEST LAWYERS 

Marko Cerenko

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Real Estate Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Litigation

Deborah S. Chames

• Family Law 

Ronald Dresnick

• Arbitration
• Commercial Litigation
• Mediation 

Abbey L. Kaplan 

• Litigation – Trusts and Estates Commercial
• Commercial Litigation
• Family Law
• Family Law Mediation
• Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
• Litigation – Real Estate 

Bruce A. Katzen 

• Litigation – Securities 

Alan J. Kluger 

• Commercial Litigation
• Family Law
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Litigation – Real Estate 

Todd A. Levine 

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Real Estate 

Philippe Lieberman 

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Real Estate 

Jason R. Marks 

• Commercial Litigation
• Family Law
• Family Law Arbitration
• Family Law Mediation 

Michael S. Perse 

• Commercial Litigation 

Josh M. Rubens (Recognized for the first time in 2025 edition of Best Lawyers) 

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates 

Steve I. Silverman 

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Real Estate 

2025 BEST LAWYERS: ONES TO WATCH 

Ryan Bollman 

• Commercial Litigation 

Melissa S. Chames (Recognized for the first time in 2025 edition of Ones to Watch) 

• Family Law 

Lauren Fallick 

• Commercial Litigation 

Ashley Frankel 

• Commercial Litigation
• Family Law 

Elsa Van Gorp Rene 

• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Trusts and Estates 

Bernadette Vazquez 

• Commercial Litigation