Denise A. Welter was born and raised in Broward County, Florida – making her a very rare native Floridian. She obtained both her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree, majoring in Legal Studies (1999) and her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Nova Southeastern University (2002), all while being married and raising two sons. She has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2002. After raising her family in southeast Florida, she moved to Tampa in 2014, to be closer to one of her sons and his family. After moving to Tampa, she had the incredible opportunity to practice law with her oldest son. In 2018, when her son took another position, she began practicing in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Denise enjoys serving the community in and around Wesley Chapel and the entire Tampa Bay area. Mrs. Welter is a member of The Florida Bar and concentrates her practice in the areas of Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts and Probate. She is also a member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys. Mrs. Welter has handled many complicated cases and has always acted as a dedicated and knowledgeable advocate for her clients. She understands the difficult times families face during family illness and after the loss of a loved one. Her passion is to help families prepare their estates in order to leave the legacy they desire and to assist families when facing challenging times of illness and death of a loved one. When she isn’t practicing law, Mrs. Welter is involved with the local community. She volunteers for an international non-profit marriage ministry and, in a variety of ways, at her church. She enjoys days at the beach, traveling and, especially, spending time with her three beautiful granddaughters. Having practiced for many years in the area of Elder Law, Mrs. Welter has an understanding of aging and the law – and the legal interactions that may affect the elderly. Passion for the law and compassion for her clients is what drives Denise to make every client a priority.

Mark Wenzel joined Bradley, Drendel & Jeanney in March 2005. He came to the firm after eight years of trial experience in a law firm where he worked primarily as defense counsel in bad faith cases and personal injury cases. He also brings special expertise to matters involving complex insurance coverage issues. His background and experience makes Mark a valuable resource to our clients, as he provides a unique perspective and understanding of the insurance industry and the manner in which they evaluate, investigate, and litigate personal injury claims. Mark now devotes his practice strictly to personal injury cases, including automobile and trucking cases, product liability, premises liability and insurance bad faith. After graduating from Gonzaga Law School in 1995, Mark worked for two years as a law clerk in the Nevada Supreme Court prior to focusing his practice in civil law. He is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and received his undergraduate degree from DePaul University in 1990.

Area of Practice: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ESOPs Zachary Wertheimer is a member of the Corporate, Tax, Benefits and Estate Planning group at Buchalter LLP. His practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation, including the design and implementation of qualified retirement plans, a wide range of incentive compensation arrangements, nonqualified deferred compensation programs, executive employment agreements, and fiduciary compliance matters, with particular experience advising on Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A and 280G. Mr. Wertheimer regularly counsels clients on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), including transactional matters and ongoing plan compliance, and advises on benefits-related issues arising in mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to forming Wesierski and Zurek LLP, Mr. Wesierski was the managing senior partner at the Orange County office of a large defense firm. He also served on the executive management committee for that firm. Mr. Wesierski attended California State University at Long Beach, where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975. He studied law at the University of San Diego and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1978. Mr. Wesierski was admitted to the California State Bar in 1979. Mr. Wesierski has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal court in such diverse areas of law as wrongful termination, medical malpractice, premises liability, insurance coverage bad faith, products liability, defamation, breach of contract, sexual harassment, 17200 claims, agent malpractice, malicious prosecution, appraiser malpractice, and auto liability. Mr. Wesierski has also arbitrated numerous cases to a successful conclusion. He has achieved the highest status in ABOTA with over 100 trials to verdict.

Area of Practice: Zoning and Land Use & Energy Development Thomas West, founder and managing partner of The West Firm, PLLC, is recognized for his distinguished accomplishments in the environmental field by the Best Lawyers in America®, Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Top Lawyers, and Strathmore's Who's Who. He is rated AV, Preeminent, by Martindale Hubbell. Tom has an extensive environmental and commercial litigation practice, representing a broad variety of clients on environmental issues involving counseling, civil litigation, administrative practice, and criminal defense. He also represents clients concerning contaminated media under federal state Superfund programs, is frequently involved in the representation of clients concerning liability allocation issues concerning contaminated sites, and represents clients concerning the development of sites under the Brownfield Cleanup Program in New York. He represented industry groups in litigation successfully challenging overzealous regulations relative to the State Superfund and pesticide programs in New York State. Tom is best known for his ability to handle controversial projects, including major energy projects. In that context, he has extensive experience assisting clients in obtaining permits in all of the regulatory programs, including air quality, water quality, water quantity, solid waste, hazardous waste and low-level radioactive waste. He also regularly assists clients with environmental issues associated with real property transactions. In the oil and gas arena, Tom represents clients on a broad variety of issues involving legislation, compulsory integration, administrative adjudication, civil litigation, and investigations by the New York Attorney General's office. In his more than 30 years of practice, Tom has represented the oil and gas industry on many issues. He was one of the principal authors of the spacing and compulsory integration legislation that overhauled New York's oil and gas program in 2005. He was also at the forefront of the 2008 amendments to New York law to accommodate the development of the shale resources in New York State. He has litigated cases involving oil and gas issues in New York and Pennsylvania. Tom has also represented clients on a variety of pipeline certification and construction issues. He was active in the legislation streamlining the pipeline certification process before the New York State Public Service Commission and regularly counsels clients concerning midstream strategies and transactions associated with midstream development. Also, he has represented major interstate pipelines on environmental issues and has worked with a large interstate pipeline company to help streamline the review process before the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Those projects include representation of clients before the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and the Delaware River Basin Commission. Tom also represents pipeline companies in construction contract litigation.