TRIPP NAMED AS ONE OF FLORIDA’S “LEGAL ELITE™” Theodore L. Tripp, Jr., a partner in the firm of Garvin & Tripp, P.A. in Fort Myers, has earned recognition as one of the top 1.6% of lawyers practicing in Florida in 2004. Florida Trend Magazine surveyed all Florida Bar members, and selected those attorneys who have earned the trust and confidence of those who know their work the best. Attorneys were asked to name lawyers whom they hold in the highest regard, with whom they have personally worked, or would recommend to others. Only 846 lawyers practicing in the State of Florida, representing the top 1.6% of the 5,135 Florida Bar members who practice in the state were selected. Mr. Tripp is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Business Litigation. He is also Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Appellate Practice and Civil Trial Practice. He is nationally certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and serves as a Certified Circuit Court Mediator.

GARVIN NAMED AS ONE OF "BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA" Jeffrey R. Garvin, a partner in the firm of Garvin & Tripp, P.A. in Fort Myers, has been named among "The Best Lawyers in America" as published in Woodward/White, Inc.'s Best Lawyers in America 2003-2004. The Best Lawyers lists, representing 30 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, DC, are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 10th edition of Best Lawyers (2003-2004), is based on more than 350,000 detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.