National litigation firm Manion Gaynor & Manning has opened an office in Miami and has hired K&L Gates partner Rebecca Kibbe as partner-in-charge.

Kibbe, who was the head of K&L Gates’ Florida asbestos litigation practice, will oversee the new office, which is located in Miami’s Brickell World Plaza building. She joins a growing number of women who have taken on managerial roles in the last year following significant discussion in Florida about the lack of women in management.