Holland & Knight issued the following announcement on May 21.
Holland & Knight has been named one of the nation's premier law firms, earning top rankings in multiple practice areas and markets in 2021 from Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The directory lists 162 Holland & Knight attorneys among the nation's preeminent practitioners.
Nationally, the firm ranked No. 1 in the following categories:
- Healthcare
- Privacy & Data Security
- Transportation – Aviation: Regulatory
- Transportation – Road (Carriage/Logistics)
- California – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
- District of Columbia – Real Estate
- Florida – Banking & Finance
- Florida – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (North & Central)
- Florida – Energy & Natural Resources
- Florida – General Commercial
- Florida – Litigation: Appellate
- Florida – Real Estate (North & Central)
- Florida – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (South Florida)
- Florida – Tax
- Massachusetts – Construction
- Massachusetts – Energy & Natural Resources
- New York – Labor & Employment
The following Holland & Knight lawyers are named in the 2021 Chambers USA guide:
Nationwide
Christopher Armstrong – Government Relations: Congressional Investigations
Philip Baker-Shenk – Native American Law
David Black – Government Contracts
Charles Borden – Political Law
Samuel Brown – Political Law
Christopher DeLacy - Political Law
William Byrne – Transportation: Rail (for Railroads); Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics)
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
Nathan Leavitt – Transportation: Aviation: Finance
Allison McCarthy – Leisure & Hospitality
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)
James Paine – Outsourcing
Kenneth Parsons – Native American Law
William Piels – Transportation: Aviation: Finance
John Pritchard – Transportation: Aviation: Finance
Steve Raffaele – Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
Jameson Rice – Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics)
Benjamin Slocum – Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory
Jeffrey Stern – Leisure & Hospitality
Jovi Tenev – Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance
Robert Tompkins – Government Contracts
California
Susan Booth – Real Estate (Southern)
Danielle Garcia – Banking & Finance
Daniel Golub – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Jennifer Hernandez – Environment; Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Thomas Hill – Labor & Employment
Tamsen Plume – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Douglas Praw – Real Estate (Southern)
Colorado
Stephen Dietrich – Corporate/M&A
Connecticut
Chris Cerrito – Corporate/M&A
Thomas Freed – Corporate/M&A
Gloria Skigen – Corporate M&A
District of Columbia
Amy Edwards – Environment
Kyrus Freeman – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Leon Fresco – Immigration
Norman Glasgow Jr. – Real Estate: Zoning/Land UseBonni Kaufman – Environment
Paul Kilmer – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Gregory Koger – Construction
Joshua Odintz – Tax
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 (South)
Bernard Barton – Tax: State & Local
Sara Bernard – Real Estate
Noel Boeke – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (North & Central)
Sanford Bohrer – Litigation: General Commercial
Ted Brown – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Gabriel Caballero – Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Michael Candes – Construction
Maria Currier – Healthcare
Lawrence Curtin – Environment
Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz – Real Estate (South)
Joe Dewey – Banking & Finance: Transactional
Richard Eckhard – Real Estate
Seth Entin – Tax
James Ervin – Tax: State & Local
Keith Fendrick – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (North & Central)
Andres Fernandez – Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Wifredo Ferrer – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Robert Friedman – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Joseph Goldstein – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (South)
Robert Grammig – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
John Halula – Real Estate (South)
Shannon Hartsfield – Healthcare
Jerome Hoffman – Antitrust
Adolfo Jimenez – Litigation: General Commercial
Stewart Kasner – Tax
Lawrence Kemm – Tax
Latour L.T. Lafferty – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Steven Lear – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (South)
Bruce May – Energy & Natural Resources
Juan Mayol – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (South)
Tom McAleavey – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Michael Mills – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Tracy Nichols – Litigation: General Commercia
Debbie Orshefsky – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Norberto Quintana – Energy & Natural Resources
Lara Rios – Energy & Natural Resources
Ira Rosner – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (South)
James Seay – Real Estate
Lawrence Sellers – Environment
William Sharp – Tax
Bill Shepherd – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
William Sherman – Tax
Christina Schwing – Energy & Natural Resources
José Sirven – Banking & Finance: Transactional
Aaron Slavens – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (South)
Rodolfo Sorondo Jr. – Litigation: Appellate
Monte Starr – Construction
Charles Stutts – Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Ben Subin – Construction
Melissa Turra – Real Estate
Joseph Varner III – Litigation: General Commercial
Andrew Weinstein – Tax
Michael Wiener –Public Finance
Barbara Yadley – Banking & Finance: Transactional
Georgia
Cindy Brazell – Banking & Finance
Laurie Webb Daniel – Litigation: General Commercial
Chris Dillon – Banking & Finance
Kendel Drew – Banking & Finance
Allen Maines – Litigation: General Commercial
Todd Wozniak – Labor & Employment
Illinois
David Donoghue – Intellectual Property
David Fischer – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Robert Labate – Media & Entertainment: Transactional
Massachusetts
Gina Fonte – Construction
Deborah Griffin – Construction
Robert Kaler – Litigation: General Commercial
Mark Kalpin – Energy & Natural Resources
Joshua Krumholz – Intellectual Property
Philip Lapatin – Real Estate
Diane McDermott – Real Estate
Miriam McKendall – Labor & Employment
Jeffrey Mittleman – Healthcare
John Monaghan – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
John O'Neill – Real Estate
Jeremy Sternberg – Healthcare
Melissa Wong – Healthcare
Lynne Xerras – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
New York
Frederick Braid – Labor & Employment; Labor Relations
Glynna Christian – Technology
Kenneth Lowenstein – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Frederick Rohn – Construction
Stuart Saft – Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Howard Sokol – Labor & Employment
North Carolina
David Iacuzio – Real Estate: Finance
Christopher Kupec – Banking & Finance
Timothy Ryan – Banking & Finance
Oregon
Shannon Armstrong – Litigation: General Commercial
Matthew Donohue – Litigation: General Commercial
Mark von Bergen – Corporate/M&A
Pennsylvania
Sara Begley – Labor & Employment
Leonard Bernstein – Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
Craig Circosta – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Philadelphia & Surrounds)
Paul Jaskot – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Philadelphia & Surrounds)
John Martini – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Carolyn Short – Litigation: General Commercial (Philadelphia & Surrounds)
David Surbeck – Banking & Finance (Philadelphia & Surrounds)
Texas
John Riley – Environment
Virginia
Adam August – Corporate/M&A (Northern)
John Brownlee – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Michelle Rosati – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Northern)
Colin J. Smith – Real Estate (Northern)
Simone Summers – Corporate/M&A (Northern) *Associate to Watch*
Marisa Terrenzi – Corporate/M&A (Northern)
Eric Wechselblatt – Corporate/M&A (Northern)
Original source can be found here.