Statewide law firm Broad and Cassel today announced the addition of associate Samuel Bookhardt IV to the Miami office as a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group.

Prior to joining the firm, Bookhardt was a law clerk for Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo and a Kellogg’s Law Fellow for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Baltimore. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Central Florida and earned his juris doctor from the University of Miami School of Law. While there, he was staff editor for the Race & Social Justice Law Review.

News of Bookhardt’s hire is the latest in a series of announcements tied to Broad and Cassel’s growth across the state. Recently, the firm announced the additions of Associate Gabriel Itskovich in Boca Raton; Associate Francisco Armada in Miami; Associates Jennings Brian Cooksey IV, John David Lind, Andrea Morgan, Heather Purdy, Lawrence Raab and Timothy Wombles in Orlando; and Associate Joshua Stratton in Tallahassee.

Broad and Cassel established its founding office in Miami in 1946. The firm’s Miami attorneys focus their practices primarily in the following areas of law: Complex Commercial Litigation, including Real Estate and Securities Litigation, White Collar Defense and Compliance, Corporate and Securities both domestic and international, Real Estate and Eminent Domain, Bankruptcy, Health Law, Intellectual Property Litigation and Labor and Employment Law. Broad and Cassel has more than 170 lawyers and 200 support personnel located in nine offices throughout the state of Florida. The firm has extensive experience in a wide variety of corporate practice areas and industries. For more information, please visit us online at http://www.BroadandCassel.com or on Twitter and Facebook.