Marcus, Andrea C Aty

In 1975, William Gary opened the first black law firm in Martin County in a storefront in Stuart, Fla. Still located in Stuart, the firm is now Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson, & Sperando and is headquartered in the Waterside Professional Plaza, a historic art-deco landmark on the St. Lucie River. The firm is a nationally-active practice with a staff of more than 130, including attorneys, doctors, nurses, paralegals, investigators, legal secretaries, an administrator, Certified Public Accountant, public relations director, full-time investigators and a jet airplane captain and co-pilot. The company also has an office in Fort Pierce, Fla., on the Intercoastal Waterway.