Attorney Profiles

Prior to Mackey Law Group, Peter worked for a large law firm practicing litigation. Upon graduation from law school, he joined Hancock & Estabrook in Syracuse, New York, then Peter joined Holland & Knight in its Bradenton, Florida office. Peter was born in Syracuse, New York; but spent most of his youth in Setauket, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. He attended Allegheny Coll...
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Catherine Zoller Mackey is a fourth generation Bradenton native. She was a “Hall of Fame” graduate from Manatee High School in 1979, and graduated from Florida State University in 1983. Cathie received her law degree from the University of Miami in 1986. Cathie started her legal career in Tampa. After marrying Peter Mackey in 1988, they moved to Bradenton where she initially worked for a loc...
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Partner Kyle Stalnaker graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006 and received his law degree from Stetson University College of Law in December of 2010. Since joining the firm in 2012, Kyle has evidenced that he is not an office lawyer, he aggressively handles his cases in court from beginning to end. Kyle Stalnaker is one of the premier litigators in this area of Florida...
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Do you need an excellent, responsive, and experienced transactional attorney? Do you want a real estate attorney who won’t pass you off to a paralegal? If so, Mackey Law Group partner T.R. Smith is your guy. T.R. is a graduate of Florida State University College of Business, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance in May of 2009. He stayed-on at Florida State and earned his law d...
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Jorge is one of our younger litigators. He has already gotten into the courtroom and is off and running. In-line with the firm’s litigators, Jorge has attained judgments and is already defending an appeal as to one of those judgments he procured for our client. Jorge attended Brevard Community College, now known as Eastern Florida State College. He then got his undergraduate degree from Edis...
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Jose is a 17 year lawyer who practices primarily in the areas of family law and civil litigation.  Jose has successfully tried cases, as the lead attorney, concerning alimony, business evaluations, equitable distribution and child time-sharing matters. His civil litigation practice has also encompassed personal injury cases and commercial/residential real estate disputes.  Jose fits right into ...
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Cory is a Bradenton native, graduating from Southeast High School in 2007. Following High School, Cory received his Bachelor of Arts from The Florida State University (he’s the 3rd Seminole here at the firm), where he focused on English Literature and Philosophy. Cory then attended Penn State Law in University Park, PA, where he received his law degree. While at Penn State, Cory was awarded the...
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