Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that 795 of the firm's attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America guide for 2025. Among those attorneys, 29 were named as "Lawyers of the Year." The total recognitions include 185 attorneys who were named "Ones to Watch" in their respective practice areas. For 2025, only the top 6 percent of all practicing lawyers in the U.S. were selected by their peers for inclusion in the guide.
Attorneys on The Best Lawyers in America list are grouped by geographic region and practice area. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to ensure that they are in current practice and in good standing.
Additional recognitions are also awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region in a Best Lawyers edition. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location.
The Holland & Knight attorneys named "Lawyers of the Year" are:
Chester E. Bacheller (Tampa): Securities Regulation
William L. Banowsky (Dallas/Ft. Worth): Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
David A. Barkus (Miami): Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jason H. Baruch (Tampa): Litigation – Banking and Finance
Cindy A. Brazell (Atlanta): Commercial Finance Law
Ivan A. Colao (Jacksonville): Securities/Capital Markets Law
Louis T. M. Conti (Tampa): Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Wifredo A. Ferrer (Miami): Corporate Compliance Law
Leonard H. Gilbert (Tampa): Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Joseph G. Goldstein (Miami): Land Use and Zoning Law
Robert J. Grammig (Tampa): Corporate Governance Law
Robb S. Harvey (Nashville): Media Law
Bryan Howard III (Nashville): Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Joshua E. Husbands (Portland): Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Trusts and Estates
Bradford D. Kimbro (Tampa): Bet-the-Company Litigation
Shannon Goff Kukulka (Nashville): Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Roger A. Lane (Boston): Corporate Compliance Law
William R. Lane Jr. (Tampa): Nonprofit/Charities Law; Trusts and Estates
Robert W. Lang (Tampa): Elder Law
Rebecca Leon (Miami): International Trade and Finance Law
Mary A. McNulty (Dallas/Ft. Worth): Litigation and Controversy – Tax
George Mencio Jr. (Miami): Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Jamie Billotte Moses (Orlando): Appellate Practice
Daniel C. Neustadt (Washington, D.C.): Trademark Law
Norberto E. Quintana (Miami): Banking and Finance Law
Ira N. Rosner (Miami): Securities/Capital Markets Law
Lawrence E. Sellers Jr. (Tallahassee): Environmental Law; Water Law
William N. Shepherd (West Palm Beach): Litigation – Banking and Finance
Woodrow W. Vaughan III (Atlanta): Public Finance Law
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