Carlton Fields CEO and leadership

Gary Sasso is an Attorney at Carlton Fields and President/CEO at Carlton Fields. He has worked as Law Clerk at United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Law Clerk at Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, and Attorney at Bredhoff & Kaiser. Gary works or has worked as TRUSTEE at Henry B. Plant Museum; MEMBER at Barney Masterson Inn of Court, Pinellas County; and MEMBER at Florida Supreme Court Historical Society. He studied at University of Pennsylvania Law School and The Wharton School.

Decisive, service oriented, technology visionary, able to design and implement large scale initiatives involving discordant groups with diverse opinions and goals. Charismatic facilitator skilled in forming consensuses, unifying teams and managing stakeholder expectations.

Anastasia C. Hiotis is a Chief Operating Officer at Carlton Fields and is based in Carlton, Fields, United States.

Elizabeth Bergen Zabak is a Dir:Attorney Recruitment&Training at Carlton Fields and Chief Marketing Officer at Carlton Fields and is based in Florida. She has worked as Dir:Marketing & Client Dev at Carlton Fields and Special Education Teacher at Hillsborough County School Board. Elizabeth works or has worked as MEMBER at UC Hastings Leadership Academy for Women, MEMBER at Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Inc, and BOARD MEMBER at Duke Club of Tampa/St. Petersburg. She attended UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA between 1977 and 1978 and Duke University between 1972 and 1976.

As Carlton Fields’ Chief Operating Officer, I oversee the core business functions of the firm, including financial management and administrative functions.

My overall management responsibilities include providing leadership and direction to the firm’s office administrators and department managers in eight areas: marketing and client development, finance, information systems, conflicts & business intake, legal talent management, human resources, legal project and practice management, and office administration. I am an active member of management and administrative committees.

I have more than 25 years of executive legal management experience, previously serving as chief operating officer, executive director, chief financial officer, and combinations of those roles with medium- to large-sized law firms in the Miami and Washington D.C./Baltimore areas. I have been recognized as the top COO in Miami-Dade by South Florida Business & Wealth.

I am a “distinguished” member of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), a worldwide professional organization that provides support to professionals involved in the management of law firms, corporate legal departments, and government legal agencies, and I have held various leadership positions within the organization. I am also a member of the Large Firm Principal Administrators (LFA) Caucus of ALA, and currently serve as chair of the Steering Committee. LFA Caucus membership comprises COOs and executive director-level positions of large law firms with 100 lawyers or more.

In addition, I serve as chair of the Florida COO Networking Group comprised of COOs and executive directors of Florida’s large law firms. I often present on various matters related to legal administrative and financial operations.

Specialties: Management expertise in Legal Operations, Administration, Finance/Accounting, Technology, Human Resources/Benefits, Lateral Partner Recruiting, Marketing/Branding, Knowledge Management, Office Services, Records, Conflicts, Docketing, and Facilities.

Nancy Faggianelli is a Chief Diversity Officer at Carlton Fields. She works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Federal Bar Association, MEMBER at AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, and CHAIRMAN at Equality Florida. Nancy attended University of Florida and Levin College of Law.