The Legal 500 U.S. 2022 Guide Recognizes Holland & Knight Among Top Law Firms

Holland & Knight has earned top rankings in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recommended in 24 practice categories, and 101 individual attorneys are recognized in the guide, some in more than one category. Additionally, three attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," eight attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," five attorneys are recognized as "Next Generation Partners," and one attorney is recognized as a "Rising Star."

Holland & Knight received Tier 1 recommendations in the following practice categories:

• Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
• Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance

The firm is also recognized in the following practice categories:

• Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Environment: Regulatory
• Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Government Relations
• Healthcare – Health Insurers
• Healthcare: Service Providers
• Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation
• Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
• Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• M&A Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M)
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Real Estate
• Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
• Tax – International Tax
• Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
• Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - Litigation and Regulation
• Transport: Rail and Road - Litigation and Regulation
• Transport: Shipping - Finance
• Transport: Shipping - Litigation and Regulation

The following attorneys are listed in the Hall of Fame:

• Joseph Goldstein - Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
• John Pritchard - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - Finance
• Stephen Shapiro - Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)

The following attorneys are recognized as Leading Lawyers:

• Phillip Durham - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - Finance
• Robert Grammig - M&A Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M)
• Craig Haynes - Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Mary McNulty - Tax - U.S. Taxes: Contentious
• Anita Mosner - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - Litigation and Regulation
• Christopher Nolan - Transport: Shipping - Litigation and Regulation
• Jovi Tenev - Transport: Shipping - Finance
• Todd Wozniak - Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation

The following attorneys are named Next Generation Partners:

• Margot Mendelson Hammond - Real Estate
• Nathan Leavitt - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - Finance
• Lee Meyercord - Tax - U.S. Taxes: Contentious
• Adam Paterno - Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
• Jameson Rice - Transport: Rail and Road - Litigation and Regulation

The following attorney is named a Rising Star:

• Laura Lewis - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - Finance

Eighty-four other Holland & Knight attorneys are recognized in their respective practice categories, some in more than one, within the guide. They include:

Energy Renewable/Alternative Power

• Juan Alcalá
• Stephen Humes
• George Humphrey
• Mark Kalpin
• Timothy Moran

Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas

• Juan Alcalá
• Gregory Binns
• Gregory Curry
• Marisa Marinelli
• Timothy Moran

Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

• Juan Alcalá
• Andrew Derman
• Robert Dougherty
• Timothy Moran
• Gabriel Ruiz
• Tim Samson

Government Relations

• Rich Gold
• Robert Highsmith
• Kathryn Lehman
• Charles Naftalin
• Joel Roberson

Healthcare: Service Providers

• Maria Currier
• John Kern
• Mia McKown
• Jeffrey Mittleman
• Brian Platton

Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

• Robert J. Friedman
• John Martini

Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation

• Lindsey Camp
• Lynn Calkins

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub $500M)

• Adam August
• David Barkus
• Matthew Bielen
• Paul Jaskot
• Steven Lear
• George Mencio
• Eric Wechselblatt

Real Estate

• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
• Joseph Guay
• Stuart Saft 

Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)

• Robert Bernstein
• Michael Candes
• Jen Lowndes
• Gregory Meeder
• Monte Starr
• Ben Subin

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
• Pedro Gassant
• Norman Glasgow Jr.
• Daniel Golub
• Joseph Guay
• Jennifer Hernandez
• Kenneth Lowenstein
• Chelsea MacLean
• Juan Mayol Jr.
• David Schneider
• Christine Shiker  

Tax – International Tax

• Kevin Packman
• William Sherman

Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious

• Abbey Garber
• Joshua Odintz
• William Sharp

Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious

• Andrea Darling de Cortes
• Nicole Elliott
• Mark Melton
• William Sharp
• William Sherman
• Sean Tevel

Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - Finance

• William Coleman
• Brian Daigle
• Richard Furey
• Audrey Sung

Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - Litigation and Regulation

• Gary Halbert
• Christopher Kelly
• Judy Nemsick
• Sarah Passeri
• Steven Raffaele
• Ben Slocum

Transport: Rail and Road - Litigation and Regulation

• Linda Auerbach Allderdice
• William Byrne
• Lawrence Hamilton II
• Charles Shewmake

Transport: Shipping - Finance

• Richard Furey
• Gerald Morrissey III

Transport: Shipping - Litigation and Regulation

• Michael Cavanaugh
• Robert Denig
• Vincent Foley
• Michael Frevola
• Julia Haines
• Marie Larsen
• James Power
• Sean Pribyl
• Matthew Vafidis

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