Meland Budwick partner Utibe I. Ikpe was named among Florida Trend Legal Elite Notable Women Leaders in Law.
According to the publication, the list of Legal Elite Notable Women Leaders in Law is becoming even more distinctive and difficult for inclusion. In 2023 more than one-quarter (28%) of all law firm partners in Florida were women, according to the 2023 National Association of Law Placement Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms.
The Florida Trend editorial review team vetted and selected practicing attorneys who qualified for inclusion by meeting and exceeding specific methodology and criteria parameters that were put in place for this highly competitive nomination process. Honorees of the Legal Elite Notable Women Leaders are lawyers who have shown the ability to bring about change in their roles or practice areas, serve as role models, and have assumed leadership positions in professional or civic organizations during their 15-plus years of practicing law.
Ikpe focuses her practice on commercial litigation. She has experience representing large and small businesses in complicated litigation disputes, including, among others, shareholder disputes, data privacy matters, and trade secret litigation. Ikpe provides invaluable strategic guidance to business clients, and she has wide-ranging experience, having litigated matters in state court, federal court, and arbitration.
Click here for the complete list of Legal Elite Notable Women Leaders in Law by Florida Trend.
About Meland Budwick
Meland Budwick is a Miami-based law firm that provides real estate and developer representation, receiverships and assignments, corporate bankruptcy and reorganization, financial frauds and Ponzi schemes litigation, trade secrets, creditors’ rights, labor and employment, alternative dispute resolution and mediation, and complex commercial litigation services to a broad array of corporate, fiduciary and individual clients. The firm was co-founded in 1993 by entrepreneurial, business-minded attorneys with a vision to create a results-focused, diverse firm that provides high-quality legal counsel along with a personalized, client-centric approach. As part of the firm’s culture of community service, its attorneys are actively involved at high levels with the local bar associations and serve on the boards of numerous community organizations. Its attorneys are recognized by Chambers and Partners and rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. For more information, visit www.melandbudwick.com.
