Fort Myers attorneys Christopher J. Smith and Eve T.K. Volkmann, partners at Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith, have each been named to prestigious 2025 lists for lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Smith was named to the Florida Super Lawyers list. Each year, the research team.
Attorney Andrea Pleimling Smith has been named as co-managing partner of Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith, sharing the law firm’s leadership role with her husband, Christopher J. Smith. Managing partners focus on short-term and long-term strategy, client relationships, fiscal and organizational management, business development and compliance issues. Smith, a Wisconsin native, graduated.
The National Trial Lawyers has named Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith Managing Partner Christopher J. Smith to the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers Civil Plaintiff” list and Partner Eve T.K. Volkmann to the “Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyers Civil Plaintiff” list. The Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40 distinctions are bestowed.
Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz has become Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith, a new name reflecting the next generation of leaders for the 62-year-old Southwest Florida law firm. Christopher J. Smith, managing partner, along with his wife, firm partner Andrea Smith, have been the face of the firm for the past.