Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that former Business Litigation shareholder Nathan W. Hill has been appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Florida, where he will serve an eight-year term. Hill’s appointment to the federal bench marks the first for the firm, in its centennial year.
Prior to his appointment, Hill co-led Gunster's White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations practice and served as vice-chair of the firm's Business Litigation practice. He was also recently appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. Hill has extensive federal litigation experience as both a former Assistant United States Attorney and federal judicial clerk in Orlando. He began his legal career at Gunster as a summer associate in 2010 and returned to the firm in 2019 after his time at the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Nate is a first-rate lawyer. In every sense of the word, he embodies what it means to be a great litigator and is the hallmark of professionalism, so it was not a surprise to any of us when he was entrusted with this judicial honor,” said CEO and Managing Shareholder Bill Perry.
Hill’s investiture ceremony took place on Sept. 12, with many of his former Gunster colleagues in attendance, including Perry and Jonathan Osborne, who gave remarks.
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Gunster, Florida’s law firm for business, provides full-service legal counsel to leading organizations and individuals from its 13 offices statewide. Established in 1925, the firm has expanded, diversified and evolved, but always with a singular focus: Florida and its clients’ stake in it. A magnet for business-savvy attorneys who embrace collaboration for the greatest advantage of clients, Gunster’s growth has not been at the expense of personalized service but because of it. The firm serves clients from its offices in Boca Raton, Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Naples, Orlando, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, Vero Beach, and its headquarters in West Palm Beach. With more than 320 attorneys and consultants, and 300 committed professional staff, Gunster is ranked among the top 200 largest law firms by the National Law Journal and has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Diverse Law Firms by Law360. More information about its practices, industries, offices and news is available at www.gunster.com.
