Fisher, Bendeck & Potter is an American law firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Founding partner Jeffrey Fisher has been named one of the nation's top 10 divorce attorneys by Worth magazine, and the firm has represented clients in the divorces of several CEOs and major sports figures.
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Background
Jeffrey D. Fisher graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 1980. After clerking with United States District Court Judge Eugene P. Spellman, at the United State's Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. In 1996, Fisher opened the Florida office of Boston based law firm Friedman & Atherton, where he was the managing partner and a protege of Boston litigator Joel A. Kozol, the Harvard Law Review editor. Fisher moved into divorce law in 1991, representing Nancy Bernard in her divorce from New York Yankees part-owner Jack Satter.
Odette Bendeck joined the firm in 1996, having previously become the first female partner at Palm Beach County's law firm Gunster.
Zachary Potter, a former corporate litigator at Holland & Knight and a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, joined in 2011. Potter has won awards in the Palm Beach area for his fundraising on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
On January 1, 2018, Fisher, Bendeck, & Potter, PL joined practices with the law office of Benjamin T. Hodas and became Fisher, Potter, & Hodas, PLLC.
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Notable clients
Fisher, Bendeck & Potter has represented clients in several high-profile divorces. Fisher began his career in divorce law by representing Nancy Bernard in her divorce from New York Yankees part-owner Jack Satter; the case was described by one law journal article as "the most high-profile Yankee divorce case". The firm's other clients have included professional golfer Greg Norman, the ex-husband of tennis star Chris Evert; Lisa Leder, ex-wife of Sun Capital founder Marc J. Leder; Angela Koch, ex-wife of America's Cup winner Bill Koch; Brooke Sealey, ex-wife of NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon; Richard Bailey, former CEO of MFS Investment Management; and Susan Markin, ex-wife of Checker Motor Corporation owner David Markin. In 2010, the firm represented the wife of Gulf Keystone Petroleum CEO Todd Kozel in her divorce.
In 2015 and 2016, Fisher, Bendeck & Potter represented Sarah Pursglove in her divorce from Finnish internet entrepreneur Robert Oesterlund.
References
External links
- Fisher, Bendeck & Potter website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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