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Dr. MELISSA KOPPELMAN, DO has been practicing at Thornville Family Medical Center since August 2020 delivering quality health care to patients from Perry, Licking, Fairfield, Muskingum and other surrounding counties on-site or through Telehealth services. Her goal has always been to supply excellent medical care and prevention of diseases for the entire family or individual- no matter…

Avishai Baynash is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Baynash primarily focuses his practice on Commercial Trucking, Motor Vehicle Accidents, and Premises Liability. Mr. Baynash attended law school at Hofstra University in New York where he cultivated a keen interest in tort law and personal injury practice. He earned the book award in…

Klyde Bedford is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Bedford’s primary focus is in the area of First Party Property. Mr. Bedford was born in Cherry Point, North Carolina, but spent a majority of his childhood living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where his parents were born and where most of his family still resides.…

Samuel E. Basch is a partner in the firm’s Miami office. He practices in the areas of First Party Property, General Civil Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Catastrophic Bodily Injury, Liquor Liability Defense, Security Negligence, Trucking Accident Defense, Premises Liability, Federal Practice, Marine/Admiralty, and Covid-19 Defense Team. Mr. Basch received his Juris Doctorate from Florida International…

Michelle Bartels is a partner in Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.’s Tampa office and a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Ms. Bartels’ practice focuses in the areas of catastrophic and personal injury, general civil litigation, premises liability, trucking defense, professional malpractice, security negligence, vehicle negligence, significant wrongful death, defective products, foster care lead agency and…

Joshua Barrows is partner in the firm’s Pensacola office. He practices in the area of general defense litigation, with an emphasis on complex litigation involving first-party property claims, insurance coverage disputes, general liability claims, workers’ compensation defense, landlord/tenant litigation, commercial and residential foreclosures, creditors’ rights, and all aspects of real estate litigation.

Gabriel A. Barraza is an associate at Cole, Scott, & Kissane, P.A.’s Fort Lauderdale East office, where he primarily focuses on first-party property insurance defense, premises liability, and general liability. Mr. Barraza was raised in South Florida and graduated from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Science degree. Later, he attended the University of…

Christine Barned is a partner in the Jacksonville office who handles a wide-range of transactional matters for the Corporate & General Counsel Services Group. Her current practice areas include Banking and Financial, Corporate, General Counsel Services, Real Estate and Title Insurance Transactions, Directors and Officers, Employment and Labor, Corporate Compliance, Business/Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Real…

Danielle M. Balczon is a partner in the firm’s Ft. Myers office.  She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology.  She subsequently obtained her Juris Doctor Degree from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. While in law school, Balczon studied abroad at…

Brian J. Aull is a partner in the Jacksonville office. He practices in all phases of civil litigation, including personal injury litigation, construction litigation, employment and labor, insurance coverage and carrier representation, trucking/transportation and professional liability litigation. Prior to joining Cole, Scott & Kissane, Mr. Aull practiced as an Assistant State Attorney, in the Fourth…