Rogers Towers Announces New Shareholders

Rogers Towers is pleased to announce that Robert E. Pinder and J. Ellsworth Summers have become shareholders in the firm. Both attorneys are members of  Rogers Towers’ Litigation Department.

Pinder’s practice is concentrated in the areas of complex commercial litigation and civil trial practice, including contract litigation, insurance defense, construction tort litigation, and administrative bid protests. He is a former federal prosecutor and previously served as the chief legal officer for all United States Marine Corps Forces in the Western United States, Asia and the Middle East. In 2004, he retired from the Marine Corps after 21 years of service, most recently serving  abroad during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Summers’ practice is concentrated in commercial litigation including mostly representation of creditors prior to, and in, bankruptcy cases. Prior to joining Rogers Towers he was associated with the law firm of Kaufman & Canoles in Virginia where he practiced in their bankruptcy and creditors’ rights group for five years. Prior to that, Summers clerked for the Honorable Stephen C. St. John, Bankruptcy Judge in Virginia.

Rogers Towers, P.A., founded in Jacksonville in 1905, is Northeast Florida’s largest law firm with offices in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Amelia Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.  The firm provides counseling and legal services in the areas of:  Construction; Corporate; Labor and Employment; Environmental; Eminent Domain; Elder Law; Family Law; Health; Immigration; Intellectual Property; Land Use; Litigation; Real Estate; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; and Wills.