Holland & Knight issued the following announcement on April 25.
Holland & Knight has been named one of the nation's premier law firms, earning top rankings in multiple practice areas and markets in 2019 from Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The directory lists 143 Holland & Knight attorneys among the nation's preeminent practitioners.
Nationally, the firm ranked No. 1 in the following category:
Transportation – Road (Carriage/Logistics)
The firm earned No. 1 rankings in state practices in the following categories:
California – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
District of Columbia – Real Estate
Florida – Banking & Finance
Florida – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Florida – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Florida – Tax
Illinois – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Northern Virginia – Corporate/M&A
Chambers USA is designed to reflect market opinion through a year's worth of client and lawyer surveys. It is one in a series of Chambers & Partners independent, objective and research-based guides to the legal profession around the world. The attributes assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by clients.
The following Holland & Knight lawyers are named in the 2019 Chambers USA guide:
Nationwide
Philip Baker-Shenk – Native American Law
David Black – Government Contracts
Charles Borden – Political Law
Samuel Brown – Political Law
William Byrne – Transportation: Rail (for Railroads); Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics)
Jennifer Connors – Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
Randal Robert Craft – Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
Phillip Durham – Transportation: Aviation: Finance
Michael Frevola – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)
Richard Gold – Government Relations
Joseph Guay – Leisure & Hospitality
Gary Halbert – Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
Lawrence Hamilton – Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics)
James Hohenstein – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)
Christopher Kelly – Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
Jerome Levine – Native American Law
James Meggesto – Native American Law
Mark Melodia – Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
Anita Mosner – Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory
Judith Nemsick – Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
Michael Newman – Food & Beverages: Alcohol
Christopher Nolan – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)
Jennifer Nowak – Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory
James Paine – Outsourcing
William Piels – Transportation: Aviation: Finance
James Power – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)
John Pritchard – Transportation: Aviation: Finance
Richard Raysman – Outsourcing
Colin Smith – Product Liability & Mass Torts; Product Liability: Automobile
Jeffrey Stern – Leisure & Hospitality
Jovi Tenev – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance
Robert Tompkins – Government Contracts
Alaska
Howard Trickey – Litigation: General Commercial
California
Susan Booth – Real Estate
Danielle Garcia – Banking & Finance
Jennifer Hernandez – Environment; Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Thomas Hill – Labor & Employment
Jerome Levine – Native American Law
Tamsen Plume – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Colorado
Stephen Dietrich – Corporate/M&A
Connecticut
Chris Cerrito – Corporate/M&A
Martin Clarke – Corporate/M&A
John Flaherty – Corporate/M&A
Thomas Freed – Corporate/M&A
Gloria Skigen – Corporate M&A
District of Columbia
Amy Edwards – Environment
Leon Fresco – Immigration
Norman Glasgow Jr. – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
David Kahn – Real Estate
Paul Kilmer – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Whayne Quin – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tara Scanlon – Real Estate
Janis Schiff – Real Estate
Stephen Shapiro – Construction
Christine Shiker – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
David Silver – Real Estate
Florida
Chester Bacheller – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
David Barkus – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Bernard Barton – Tax: State & Local
Stacy Blank – Litigation: Appellate
Noel Boeke – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Sanford Bohrer – Litigation: General Commercial
Ted Brown – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Michael Candes – Construction
Maria Currier – Healthcare
Lawrence Curtin – Environment
Mark Delegal – Insurance
Joe Dewey – Banking & Finance: Transactional
Richard Eckhard – Real Estate
Seth Entin – Tax
James Ervin – Tax: State & Local
Keith Fendrick – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Andres Fernandez – Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Wifredo Ferrer – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Robert Friedman – Tax: Employee Benefits
Leonard Gilbert – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Joseph Goldstein – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Robert Grammig – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
John Halula – Real Estate
Shannon Hartsfield – Healthcare
Jerome Hoffman – Antitrust
Adolfo Jimenez – Litigation: General Commercial
Stewart Kasner – Tax
Latour L.T. Lafferty – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Steven Lear – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Juan Mayol – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tom McAleavey – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Tracy Nichols – Litigation: General Commercial
Debbie Orshefsky – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Ira Rosner – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
James Seay – Real Estate
Lawrence Sellers – Environment
Bill Shepherd – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
William Sherman – Tax
Roger Sims – Environment
José Sirven – Banking & Finance: Transactional
Rodolfo Sorondo Jr. – Litigation: Appellate
Charles Stutts – Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Ben Subin – Construction
Joseph Varner III – Litigation: General Commercial
Edward Vogel III – Banking & Finance: Public Finance
Andrew Weinstein – Tax
Alan Weiss – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Barbara Yadley – Banking & Finance: Transactional
Georgia
Cindy Brazell – Banking & Finance
Laurie Webb Daniel – Litigation: General Commercial
Chris Dillon – Banking & Finance
Kendel Drew – Banking & Finance
J. Allen Maines – Litigation: General Commercial
Illinois
Gregory Brown – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Steven Elrod – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
David Fischer – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Peter Friedman – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Robert Labate – Media & Entertainment: Transactional
Elias Matsakis – Healthcare
Massachusetts
Robert Kaler – Litigation: General Commercial
Joshua Krumholz – Intellectual Property
Philip Lapatin – Real Estate
Miriam McKendall – Labor & Employment
Jeffrey Mittleman – Healthcare
John Monaghan – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Lynne Xerras – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
New York
Frederick Braid – Labor & Employment
Kenneth Lowenstein – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Richard Raysman – Technology & Outsourcing
Frederick Rohn – Construction
Stuart Saft – Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Michael Starr – Labor & Employment
North Carolina
Christopher Kupec – Banking & Finance
Jeffrey Lee – Real Estate: Finance
Timothy Ryan – Banking & Finance
Northern Virginia
Adam August – Corporate/M&A
Michael Mannix – Corporate/M&A
Stuart Mendelsohn – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Eric Wechselblatt – Corporate/M&A
Oregon
J. Matthew Donohue – Litigation: General Commercial
Mark von Bergen – Corporate/M&A
Pennsylvania
Sara Begley – Labor & Employment
Leonard Bernstein – Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
Paul Jaskot – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
John Martini – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Carolyn Short – Litigation: General Commercial
David Surbeck – Banking & Finance
Texas
John Riley – Environment
Paul Sarahan – Environment
Original source can be found here.