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SRQ DAILY MONDAY BUSINESS EDITION<\/p>\n
MONDAY JUL 27, 2026 |<\/p>\n
BY MALLORY EVANS<\/p>\n
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Pictured: Nine attorneys from Norton Hammersley Lopez & Skokos are joining Trenam Law. Photo by The Gallery Studios & Embrazza.<\/p>\n
On June 1, Sarasota law firm Norton Hammersley Lopez & Skokos officially joined the Tampa-based Trenam Law, bringing in nine attorneys spanning business, real estate, litigation and private client services. Peter Skokos, a partner at Norton Hammersley, is among the attorneys joining Trenam and says cultivating client relationships has been a priority of both firms during this transition.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe put an importance on developing long-term relationships with clients and providing them with good service,\u201d Skokos says.<\/p>\n
Norton Hammersley has over 35 years of law practice experience in Sarasota. Trenam expanded into Sarasota in mid-2024, and Skokos says this partnership will help Trenam grow even more in the Sarasota market.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been independent for almost 40 years and have enjoyed the freedom that comes along with that,\u201d he explains. \u201cTrenam reached out to us a couple of years ago\u2013we\u2019ve worked with several of their attorneys over the years and have a great relationship with them\u2013and as time went on, we needed to think more seriously about joining forces with a firm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the last 5-10 years, Skokos says Norton Hammersley experienced an administrative burden and challenges of growing the firm through hiring, making it difficult to focus solely on the practice of law.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe looked at Trenam as being the perfect partner to solve all of those problems,\u201d he says. \u201cThey have a wealth of resources and staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three attorneys from Sarasota\u2019s Trenam office will be transitioning to the Norton Hammersley office. Skokos says the client-focused approach of both Trenam and Norton Hammersley will help provide additional resources and more attorneys to represent clients.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t overstate the cultural aspect of it\u2013the two cultures are very closely related, if not identical,\u201d he says. \u201cEveryone at Trenam has been very welcoming, and it has been a pretty seamless transition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norton Hammersley Lopez & Skokos, 1819 Main St., Sarasota, 941-954-4691<\/p>\n
Pictured: Nine attorneys from Norton Hammersley Lopez & Skokos are joining Trenam Law. Photo by The Gallery Studios & Embrazza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Business SRQ DAILY MONDAY BUSINESS EDITION MONDAY JUL 27, 2026 | BY MALLORY EVANS Pictured: Nine attorneys from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-353324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}