Dana Somerstein is a partner with Greenspoon Marder’s Real Estate and Banking & Finance practice groups, representing clients in a wide range of real estate transactions, including counseling developers and lenders on the acquisition, sale, financing and leasing of both commercial and residential properties. She has experience working throughout the United States closing transactions involving retail, mixed-use, multi-family, hotel, office, warehouse, condominium, automobile dealership and self-storage.
Before joining the firm, Ms. Somerstein gained legal experience during a clerkship with Sandler, Reiff, Young & Lamb P.C., in Washington D.C. where she advised federal, state and local political committees and candidates, state and national parties and 527 nonprofit organizations and for profit corporations on complying with state and federal campaign finance and election laws and lobbying and ethics compliance. She also served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Susan Lebow of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court.
Ms. Somerstein enjoys taking an active role in shaping her community. As a Broward County native, she mentors at-risk high school students at Fort Lauderdale High School through Women of Tomorrow, serves on the Six Pillars Emerging Leaders Council with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, and completed Leadership Broward. Ms. Somerstein serves as the Vice Chair and on the Board of Directors for 2-1-1 Broward. 2-1-1 Broward is a comprehensive hotline, providing crisis, health and human services support. As a proud double Gator, she enjoys serving as Vice President of her sorority’s Housing Board and as a member of the Alumni Advisory Board for Florida Blue Key, the University of Florida’s oldest honorary organization.
Ms. Somerstein was given the ‘30-in-30’ recognition from Volunteer Florida in 2018; named a finalist as an “Up & Comer” in 2016 and 2017 by South Florida Business & Wealth magazine; and was an Honoree at the 211 Broward “Making Real Connections Breakfast” in 2016. Before graduating from UF Levin College of Law in 2013, Ms. Somerstein was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame.
Bar Admissions
- Florida
Education
- J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2013
- Trial Team, Chair
- Florida Blue Key, President
- University of Florida, Hall of Fame, Inductee
- Yale University, Women’s Campaign School, 2013
- B.A., Business Administration, University of Florida, 2010
Professional and Community Involvement
- CREW Fort Lauderdale/Boca Raton, Member
- Leadership Florida, Class of 2020
- Leadership Florida, Gold Coast Region Council, Member
- 211 Broward
- Chair, 2022-2023
- Vice Chair, 2021-2022
- Board of Directors
- City of Fort Lauderdale, Complete Count Advisory Committee, Vice Chair
- City of Fort Lauderdale, Community Services Board, Member
- The Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Division, Member
- Andrew Gillum for Governor, Director of Special Projects and Director of Trips and Advance
- Leadership Broward Class XXXVI
- Florida Blue Key, Alumni Advisory Board Member
- Jewish Federation of Broward County, Partnership Committee and Government Relations Committee
- Horizons Young Leadership Class, 2013-2014
- Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Tau Housing Corporation, Vice President
- Women of Tomorrow, Mentor
- Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, Six Pillars Emerging Leaders, Council Member
- Innocence Project of Florida, “Stand Up For Innocence,” Host Committee
- 100 Women Who Care, Broward Chapter
Speaking Engagements
- Presenter, Broward Health Awards Announcement Event for the 12th Annual Community Care Plan Non-Profit Awards benefitting 211 Broward, January 10, 2023
- Speaker & U.S. Representative, “Global Real Estate” Panel, International Bar Association’s Annual Conference, November 3, 2022
Recognitions
- South Florida Business & Wealth magazine, Nominee, “Prestigious Women’s Awards,” Rising Stars, 2023
- Daily Business Review, “Florida Trailblazer,” 2020
- South Florida Legal Guide, “Top Up & Comer Lawyer Under 40,” 2020-2021
- Florida Trend, “Legal Elite,” 2020
- Super Lawyers magazine, “Florida Rising Stars,” Banking, 2019-2022
- University of Florida, “40 Gators Under 40, Outstanding Young Alumni Award,” 2019
- Volunteer Florida, “30-in-30” Recipient, 2018
- South Florida Business & Wealth magazine, Nominee, “Up & Comers,” 2016 & 2017
- 211 Broward Making Real Connections, Honoree, 2016
- University of Florida, Hall of Fame Inductee, 2013
- Florida Blue Key Jason Cherner Award, 2011
In the News
- Featured, “Steve Warrington Alumni Named to Inaugural 40 Under 40,” Warrington Newsroom, April 11, 2019
- Mentioned, “Palm Beach Gardens Attorneys Net $10.4M Loan for Storage Building,” Daily Business Review, December 21, 2018
- Featured, “No Glass Ceilings at Greenspoon Marder,” Profile Magazine, August 13, 2018
- Mentioned, “2-1-1 Broward’s Club 2-1-1 Hosted Meatballs and Martinis at Anthony’s Runway 84,” Sun Sentinel, August 8, 2015
News
- Oct 27, 2022 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Appointed Board Chair Of 211 Broward
- Oct 14, 2022 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Appointed to UF’s Law Alumni Council
- Jun 28, 2022 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Recognized in Florida Trend’s 2022 “Legal Elite Up and Comers”
- Jun 24, 2022 Nine Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Recognized As 2022 Florida “Rising Stars”
- Jul 30, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Appointed to the Gold Coast Region Council of Leadership Florida
- Jun 24, 2021 11 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Recognized As 2021 Florida “Rising Stars”
- Apr 9, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Recognized By The South Florida Legal Guide As “Top Lawyers” And “Top Up & Comers” For 2021
- Sep 8, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Partners Barry Somerstein And Dana Somerstein Named To The Daily Business Review’s 2020 Florida Trailblazers
- Jun 22, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Recognized In Florida Trend’s 2020 “Legal Elite”
- Jun 4, 2020 Super Lawyers Recognizes 14 Attorneys At Greenspoon Marder As “Rising Stars” In Florida
- Mar 30, 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act Includes Two Small Business Loan Programs: Which to Choose?
- Feb 28, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Supports 2-1-1 Broward’s 10th Annual Non-Profit Awards
- Feb 22, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Supports Stand Up For Innocence: A Night Of Comedy Benefitting The Innocence Project of Florida
- Feb 11, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Re-Appointed To The City Of Fort Lauderdale’s Complete Count Advisory Committee
- Jan 21, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Supports 2-1-1 Broward’s VIP Announcement Party
- Oct 25, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Supports The 18th Annual Signature Grand Ghoul Benefitting 2-1-1 Broward
- Sep 26, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Appointed To The City Of Fort Lauderdale’s Community Services Board
- Jul 11, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Selected To Leadership Florida Connect Class 10
- Apr 15, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Named A University of Florida “40 Gators Under 40” For 2019
- Mar 12, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Partner Dana Somerstein Appointed To The City Of Fort Lauderdale’s Complete Count Advisory Committee
- Feb 22, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Supports the 2-1-1 Broward 9th Annual Non-Profit Awards
- Jan 28, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Promotes Dana Somerstein and Kathleen Hipps to Partners
- Aug 29, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Supports The Signature Grand Ghoul Kick-Off Party Benefitting 2-1-1 Broward
- Aug 13, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Featured In Profile Magazine
- May 11, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Honored at 2-1-1 Broward’s Making Real Connections Breakfast
- Feb 23, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Supports 2-1-1 Broward Non-Profit Awards
- Jan 22, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Supports 2-1-1 Broward VIP Announcement For The 8th Annual Non-Profit Awards
- Nov 3, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Supports the Signature Grand Ghoul Benefiting 2-1-1 Broward
- Sep 26, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Hosts The 2017 Florida Blue Key South Florida Homecoming Kick-Off Party
- Aug 11, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Attorney Dana Somerstein Selected to Leadership Broward’s Class XXXVI
- Jun 23, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Attorney Dana Somerstein and CMO Michelle Martinez Reyes Recognized As 2017 “Up and Comers” By South Florida Business & Wealth
- May 12, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Attorney Dana Somerstein Appointed To 2-1-1 Broward Board of Directors
- May 9, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Supports the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Great Strides Fort Lauderdale Walk
- Sep 28, 2016 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Give Back to the Community at the 100+ Women Who Care Broward Chapter Meeting
- Aug 26, 2013 Greenspoon Marder Hires Four First Year Associates to its Growing Litigation, Wills, Trusts and Estates and Real Estate Practice Groups