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Two McGlinchey Attorneys Named 2024 Super Lawyers Florida Rising Stars
Read Time: 2 minsMcGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that two attorneys in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office have been named to the 2024 Super Lawyers Florida Rising Stars list.
- Joseph A. Apatov (Member, Fort Lauderdale) – 2024 Florida Rising Stars, Consumer Law
- Charles E. Stoecker (Member, Fort Lauderdale) – 2024 Florida Rising Stars, Employment & Labor
Joe Apatov is a skilled litigator who defends clients in class actions and complex litigation nationwide. Joe has over a decade of experience defending banks, FinTechs, automobile finance companies, mortgage lenders and servicers, online lenders, and private-label card issuers in high-stakes individual and class action litigation. Joe is particularly adept at handling litigation arising under federal and state consumer protection statutes, and specializes in cases arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Joe has a knack for understanding unique issues faced by FinTechs and auto lenders in litigation. He has been recognized in Florida Rising Stars since 2018.
Chase Stoecker is a versatile attorney whose practice spans labor and employment, litigation counsel, and financial services with a particular focus on the cannabis industry. In his employment practice, Chase drafts and advises on documentation such as employee handbooks, compensation, and non-compete agreements. In his broad commercial litigation practice, Chase works with clients in business disputes, from breach of contract actions to property management and premises liability. He also represents financial institutions in contested mortgage foreclosure actions (both commercial and residential), and defends actions involving consumer protection statutes. He has been recognized in Florida Rising Stars since 2018.
The 2024 Florida Rising Stars list recognizes the top 2.5% of lawyers in the state who are 40 years old or younger or have been in practice 10 years or fewer. Since its founding in 1991, Super Lawyers has named outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. To be included in a state publication, lawyers are subject to nomination, a peer-review survey by practice area, and independent research on candidates. No more than the top 5% of attorneys in each state, as nominated by their peers, are then reviewed by an independent research team that focuses on professional accomplishments, peer recognition, and community involvement.
For more information about Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service, and its selection process, please visit the Super Lawyers website.