The Legal 500 U.S. 2023 Guide Recognizes Holland & Knight Among Top Law Firms

MIAMI (June 9, 2023) – Holland & Knight has earned top rankings in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 24 practice categories, and 87 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category. Additionally, three attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," nine attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," five attorneys are recognized as "Next Generation Lawyers" 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
• Government Relations
• Healthcare – Health Insurers
• Healthcare: Service Providers
• International Trade – CFIUS
• Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation
• 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)
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
• Real Estate
• Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
• Real Estate – Real Estate Finance
• 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:

• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz – Real Estate
• Phillip Durham - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Richard Furey - 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

The following attorneys are named Next Generation Lawyers:

• 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

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

Energy Renewable/Alternative Power

• Juan Alcalá
• Joshua Belcher
• Justin Boose
• Graham Coates
• George Humphrey
• Mark Kalpin
• Amish Shah
• Ram Sunkara
• Madeleine Tan
• Kyle Wamstad

Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas

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

Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

• Seth Belzley
• Andrew Derman
• Robert Dougherty
• Jeremiah Mayfield

Healthcare: Service Providers

• Maria Currier
• Shannon Hartsfield
• John Kern
• Mia McKown
• Brian Platton

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

• David Barkus
• Stephen Dietrich
• Paul Jaskot
• Tammy Knight
• Chauncey Lane
• George Mencio

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)

• Paul Bond
• Mark Francis
• Elizabeth Hinson
• Bart Huffman
• Rachel Marmor
• Mark Melodia

Real Estate

• Christopher Camarra
• Daniel Faust
• Joseph Guay
• Stuart Saft
• Tara Scanlon
• Noah Shapiro

Real Estate – Finance

• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
• Joseph Guay
• John Halula
• William O'Connor
• Mark Weibel
• Gavin Williams

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

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

Tax – International Tax

• Joshua Odintz
• Kevin Packman
• William Sharp
• William Sherman

Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious

• Andrea Darling de Cortés
• James Dawson
• Abbey Garber
• Amish Shah
• William Sharp

Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious

• Roger Aksamit
• Nicole Elliott
• Todd Keator
• John Martini
• Mark Melton
• Joshua Odintz
• William Sherman

Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance

• William Coleman
• Brian Daigle
• Danielle Santucci
• Audrey Sung

Transport: Shipping – Finance

• Richard Furey
• Gerald Morrissey III

Published for more than 30 years, The Legal 500 provides comprehensive worldwide coverage on legal services providers in 150 jurisdictions. Research is based on feedback from more than 300,000 corporate counsel worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have extensive experience in the legal market.