Tampa Bay area personnel appointments, promotions and announcements

Health care

Dr. Hany Abskhroun has joined the staff at Oak Hill Hospital, Spring Hill. He is board certified in internal and geriatric medicine. He completed his fellowship at Oakwood Hospital, Wayne State University, Dearborn, Mich., and completed his residency in internal medicine at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Legal

Wanda H. Golson has been recognized as a Florida Legal Elite for commercial litigation. Golson is a partner at Golson Legal PA, Tampa.

Chris Knopik has been included in the 2011 edition of the Best Lawyers in America, in the fields of commercial litigation, medical malpractice and person injury litigation. Knopik is founding member of Knopik Deskins Law Group, Tampa.

Vincent Marchetti has joined Greenberg Traurig, PA, Tampa, as a shareholder in the Environmental and Governmental Affairs Practice groups. Marchetti is a former senior assistant Hillsborough County attorney and currently is a member of the Tampa Sports Authority Board.

Rochelle A. Reback has been included in the 2010 edition of the Florida Super Lawyers magazine in the field of criminal defense. She was also named as one of Tampa Bay's Top Lawyers in criminal defense in the July/August 2010 edition of Tampa Bay magazine.

J. Todd Timmerman has been named a Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel edition, in the area of intellectual property. Timmerman is a partner and member of the management committee, and is chairman of the intellectual property practice group at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Tampa.

Phyllis J. Towzey has been named to the 2010 Florida Trend Legal Elite. Towzey is a sole practitioner at the Office of Phyllis J. Towzey, St. Petersburg. Towzey specializes in labor and employment law.

Mike Trentalange has been included in the 2010 edition of Florida Super Lawyers magazine. He was recognized in the area of plaintiff's medical malpractice and is managing shareholder at Trentalange & Kelley PA, Tampa.

Glenn Rasmussen Fogarty & Hooker PA, Tampa, announces that the following attorneys have been included in the 2011 edition of the Best Lawyers in America: Timothy A. Andreu, commercial litigation; Michael B. Colgan, commercial litigation; Robert B. Glenn, banking law, bankruptcy, creditor/debtor rights law, commercial litigation; Mark A. Hanley, alternative dispute resolution, labor and employment law; Michael S. Hooker, commercial litigation; Gregory M. McCoskey, bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights law; Robert C. Rasmussen, corporate governance, compliance law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law; Edwin G. Rice, bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights law; and George E. Spofford IV, construction law.

Nonprofit

David Boyd has been named director of policy outreach at the Collins Center for Public Policy, St. Petersburg. Boyd was director of funding and investor relations at the Tampa Bay Partnership.