Media Coverage

Read "Lawyers needed to assist in Hague Abduction Convention cases," on how Holland & Knight attorneys Brett Barfield and Robert Watson are continuing to reunite left-behind parents with their abducted children, The Florida Bar News, May 1, 2010.
Read the Jacksonville Daily Record article, "Northeast Florida Medical Legal Partnership Announces free CLE training webinars," on the Northeast Florida Medical Legal Partnership in which Holland & Knight helps recruit pro bono attorneys to take part in the medical-legal teams, April 5, 2010.
Read "New Orleans juvenile detention center's lawsuit receives class action status" on the lawsuit filed by Holland & Knight and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana on behalf of juveniles awaiting trial at the New Orleans juvenile detention center, The Times-Picayune, February 4, 2009.
Read the Miami Herald editorial, "Sick policy: Gassing mentally ill inmates," stating the opinion that the State of Florida should stop the "cruel and unusual punishment" of gassing its mentally ill inmates, February 2, 2009.
Read "Tallahassee attorney helps Iraqi doctor seek political asylum in the U.S." on Holland & Knight Tallahassee attorney Nate Adams' success in securing asylum for an Iraqi doctor through The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Tallahassee Democrat, January 31, 2009.
Watch the January 15, 2009 Miami CBS News affiliate report, "Judge Denounces Gassing Of Mentally Ill," on the landmark win in the Butler case protecting the rights of mentally ill prisoners in Florida's prison system.
Read "A judge rules that it qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment" on the U.S. District for the Middle District of Florida Order awarding injunctive relief to two Florida Department of Corrections’ inmates with “long documented histories of serious mental illnesses,” Florida Times-Union, January 14, 2009.
Read the article, "You cannot turn your back," on Tina Raad*, an Iraqi national and former U.S. Agency for International Development employee, now Holland & Knight coordinator for The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Baltimore Sun, December 29, 2008. *Name changed to protect identity
Click here for the listing of significant media coverage of the Norfolk Four legal team's unprecedented press conference in Richmond, Virginia, on November 10, 2008, with 30 former agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who took up the cause of the four sailors.
Read "Languishing in Syria," an article on a Holland & Knight pro bono client's quest to flee prosecution based on his homosexuality, Gay City News, October 30, 2008.
Listen to NPR's "All Things Considered" three-part series, "Doubts Arise About 1972 Angola Prison Murder," " Favors, Inconsistencies Taint Angola Murder Case," and "Why Did Key Angola Witness Go To The 'Dog Pen'?," featuring Holland & Knight pro bono clients Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace of the "Angola Three," who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, October 27-29, 2008.
Read the article, "Parchman Farm Blues: Pushing for Prison Reform at Mississippi State Penitentiary," by Margaret Winter of the ACLU-National Prison Project and Community Services Team partner Steve Hanlon on their eight-year effort in several lawsuits involving unconstitutional conditions of confinement at Mississippi's infamous Parchman Farm Prison, Litigation Magazine, Fall 2008.
Read the article, "US Urged to Admit More Iraqi Refugees," and watch the accompanying video, "Iraq Refugee Resettlement, Pt. 1," on the unprecedented The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Voice of America News, October 8, 2008.
Read The New York Times article, "Persecuted in Africa, Finding Refuge in New York," featuring Holland & Knight pro bono client Pape Mbaye, a gay Senegalese entertainer persecuted for his sexuality, discovering solace in New York, October 6, 2008.
Read the article, "Appeals court grants new hearings for death-row inmate," on pro bono client Herbert Williams' success in securing new hearings in his quest for habeas relief, The Press-Register, September 18, 2008.
Read the article, "Trial begins on gassing mentally ill inmates," featuring the Holland & Knight pro bono case of Florida prisoners seeking damages from prison officials for harmful use of pepper spray as form of punishment represented by Community Services Team partner Buddy Schulz, The Florida Times-Union, September 3, 2008.
Read "La. Judge Overturns Ex-Black Panther's Conviction," the July 8, 2008 Washington Post article reporting that the conviction of Holland & Knight pro bono client Albert Woodfox, who was confined in solitary confinement for over 30 years, was overturned.
Read the article, "‘Eliot Ness of Iraq’ Wins Asylum," on Holland & Knight pro bono client The Honorable Judge Radhi Hamza al-Radhi's triumph in obtaining asylum for him and his family in the United States, ABA Journal, July 7, 2008.
Read the ABA Journal's July 2008 cover story, "The Forgotten," featuring Holland & Knight's pro bono work for Iraqi allies and The Honorable Judge Radhi Hamza al-Radhi.
Read the June 23, 2008 New York Law Journal article, "Circuit Faults Immigration Judge for Homosexual Stereotypes," reporting on the removal of an Immigration Judge in the Holland & Knight pro bono asylum case Ali v. Mukasey.
Read the June 16, 2008 Washington Post article, "Iraqis Who Worked for U.S. Find Resettlement Aid Slow in Coming," on The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies (thelistproject.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to resettling Iraqis who are in danger due to their working relationship with the United States.
Read "Saving St Brigid's" in the June 13, 2008 New York Law Journal on Holland & Knight New York partner Marissa Marinelli's efforts in rescuing the historic Roman Catholic church from demolition.
Watch the 13-minute 60 Minutes segment, "The List: A Mission To Save Iraqi Lives" highlighting the pro bono work of Holland & Knight, Mayer Brown, and Proskauer Rose on behalf of Iraqi refugees seeking asylum in the United States through The List Project, May 16, 2008.
Read the Washington Post article, "Group Home Residents Said to Face 'Serious Risk'," on the Holland & Knight pro bono case Evans v. Fenty, in the representation of a class of mentally ill and developmentally disabled people against the Department of Disability Services in the District of Columbia, May 13, 2008.
Read the article, "Tribesman tells of risks he took as a translator in Darfur," on Holland & Knight pro bono client Daoud Hari and his European book tour promoting his autobiography, The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur, The Sunday Times, April 27, 2008.
Read the article, "NY Lawyers Working on Public Interest Projects," on The Pro Bono Clinic, partnership with Brooklyn Law School and Holland & Knight, New York Law Journal, April 25, 2008.
Watch the 12-minute 60 Minutes segment, "State Of Corruption," featuring Holland & Knight pro bono client The Honorable Judge Radhi Hamza al-Radhi, former commissioner for the Commission on Public Integrity for the Republic of Iraq, and his mission to expose the corruption in the Iraqi government, April 11, 2008.
Watch the March 28, 2008 Canadian Broadcast Company (CBC) 11-minute feature on pro bono client Daoud Hari's amazing story.
Watch the March 16, 2008 NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams report, "Cruel and Unusual- How long is too long in solitary confinement?" on pro bono clients, The Angola 3: Robert King Wilkerson, Herman Wallace, and Albert Woodfox, which depicts their crusade to end unreasonably confinement in near isolation in 6 x 9 ft. cells for roughly 28, 32 and 36 years.
Read The Richmond Times-Dispatch article, "Former sailors get help in case: Ex-attorneys general join four who claim innocence in a 1997 rape, murder," on combined efforts to prove a factual innocence case for Joseph Dick and three other sailors wrongly convicted of rape and murder near the naval base in Norfolk, Virginia, January 12, 2008.
Read the North Country Gazette article, "DNA Exonerates Chad Heins of 1994 Jacksonville Murder," on Holland & Knight pro bono client Chad Heins' 12-year quest for exoneration, December 6, 2007.
Read the Anti-Defamation League's December 3, 2007 press release, "ADL Welcomes Appeals Court Ruling Against Iowa Faith-Based Prison Program," on the amicus curiae brief written for the ADL by Holland & Knight Chicago partner Steven Varick and associate Hart Passman arguing that the prison's program receives funding by the state government for the converting or recruiting its prisoners.
Watch the November 19, 2007 Miami CBS News affiliate report, "Gassed Behind Closed Doors," of pro bono case Butler v. Crosby, severely mentally ill prisoners incarcerated at the Florida State Prison (FSP) in Starke, Florida, who are routinely gassed as “discipline” for exhibiting unavoidable manifestations of their mental illnesses such as yelling or banging on their cell door.
Read the November 3, 2007 Epoch Times article, "Death Penalty Under Scrutiny," on the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project's, chaired by CST partner Steve Hanlon, press conference on data from its three-year study on state death penalty systems and call for a nationwide moratorium on executions, "Death without Justice: A Guide for Examining the Administration of the Death Penalty in the United States."
Read the Time Magazine article, "Clearing the Way for Iraqi Refugees," on the United States Senate bill sponsored by Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy featuring pro bono client "Mohammed," October 1, 2007.
Read the article, "Aussie back home on U.S. soil," on pro bono efforts to reunite a couple through expedited immigration process, The Rapid City Journal, August 16, 2007.
Read the interview featured in the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel article, "Taking On The Tough Cases: Holland & Knight's Community Services Team ," on the CST and work defending the rights of immigrants, August 2007.
Read the Miami New Times article, "Ruano Roulette," on a successful attempt to secure asylum for a pro bono client, June 6, 2007.
Read the compelling story of a courageous refugee from Darfur in the article entitled, "The Common Good: D.C. Firm Lobbies for Survival," Legal Times, April 30, 2007.
Read the article, "The Coming Wave," featuring Chesterfield Smith Fellow Harmony Loube on her experience in the Chesterfield Smith Fellowship, The Harvard Law Bulletin, Fall 2006.
Read the article "From The Pro Bono Trenches: A Spectator’s Guide To The Chesterfield Smith Fellowship At Holland & Knight," on the Chesterfield Smith Fellowship, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, September 2006.
Watch “What Happens When I Go to Immigration Court?”, a groundbreaking video released by the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children to help unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children seeking safety and protection in the United States understand immigration court proceedings.
Read the article on our international pro bono case in Guatemala, "Mayan Struggle For Accountability Compels Holland & Knight To Put Business Negotiation Skills To Work For Villages In Guatemala," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2005.
Read the article about our award-winning pro bono work for vulnerable gay and lesbian asylum-seekers.
Read the interview with Community Services Team partner Steve Hanlon appearing in the article entitled "Pro Bono: An obligation that derives from our concept of justice," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, September 2005.
Watch the Holland & Knight Reception with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie as she announces the New National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children.
Read the interview with Community Services Team senior counsel George Kendall appearing in the article "Holland & Knight’s George Kendall On Access To Justice For Everyone," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August 2004.

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