The Legal 500 U.S. 2024 Guide Recognizes Holland & Knight Among Top Law Firms

MIAMI (June 17, 2024) – Holland & Knight has earned top rankings in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 25 practice categories, and 129 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category. Additionally, five attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," 11 attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," five attorneys are recognized as "Next Generation Lawyers," and three attorneys are recognized as "Rising Stars."

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

• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub $500M)
• 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
• Healthcare: Service Providers
• International Trade – CFIUS
• Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation
• Labor and Employment – Immigration
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (up to $500M)
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
• 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 – Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
• 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
• Robert Grammig – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub $500M)
• Mary McNulty – Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
• John Pritchard – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Stephen Shapiro – Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)

The following attorneys are recognized as Leading Lawyers:

• Greg Binns – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• William Byrne – Transport – Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation
• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz – Real Estate
• Phillip Durham – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Michael Frevola – Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
• Richard Furey – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Christopher Kelly – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
• Anita Mosner – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
• Christopher Nolan – Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
• James Paine – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
• Jovi Tenev – Transport: Shipping – Finance

The following attorneys are named Next Generation Lawyers:

• Margot 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 attorneys are named Rising Stars:

• Laura Lewis – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Cynthia Liu – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Danielle Santucci – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance

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

Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas

• Juan Alcalá
• Gregory Curry

Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power

• Justin Boose
• Stephen Humes
• George Humphrey
• Mark Kalpin
• Taite McDonald
• Amish Shah
• Ram Sunkara

Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

• Seth Belzley
• Andrew Derman
• Robert Dougherty
• Ram Sunkara

Healthcare: Service Providers

• Maria Currier
• Shannon Hartsfield
• Jeffrey Mittleman
• Brian Platton
• Jennifer Weaver

Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation

• Lindsey Camp
• Todd Wozniak

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

• Adam August
• David Barkus
• Stephen Dietrich
• Paul Jaskot
• Tammy Knight
• Chauncey Lane
• Alyse Latour
• George Mencio

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (up to $500M)

• Roddy Bailey
• Rick Bange
• David Barkus
• Bryan Gadol
• John Gilson
• Robert Grammig
• George Mencio
• Mike Miller
• Omari Sealy
• Aaron Slavens
• Jordan Taylor
• Rebecca Wilsker

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

• Enrique Conde
• Isaac Newell
• Tim Poydenis
• Danielle Price
• Jeffrey Seul

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

• Paul Bond
• Mark Francis
• Nicholas Hasenfus
• Elizabeth Hinson
• Bart Huffman
• Ieuan Mahony
• Rachel Marmor
• Mark Melodia

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing

• Glynna Christian
• Sarah Parker

Real Estate

• Joseph Guay
• Doug Praw
• Stuart Saft 
• Mark Sloan

Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)

• Mark Bell
• Robert Bernstein
• Monte Starr
• Ben Subin

Real Estate – Finance

• Vivian Arias
• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
• John Decker
• Joseph Guay
• David Iacuzio
• David Packer
• Matthew Swerdlow

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
• Joseph Guay
• Kenneth Lowenstein
• Christine Shiker

Tax – Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)

• Jonathan Blum
• Christina Cahill
• Jon Gaston
• Andrew Grumet
• Jason Havens
• Kelly Hellmuth
• David Rosenberg

Tax – International Tax

• Stewart Kasner
• Mary McNulty
• 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
• John Martini
• Mark Melton
• Joshua Odintz
• Robert Rizzi
• William Sherman

Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance

• William Coleman
• Brian Daigle
• Donald Gray
• Audrey Sung

Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation

• Benjamin Allen
• Sarah Korapaty
• Judy Nemsick
• Steven Raffaele

Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation

• Linda Auerbach Allderdice
• Charles Shewmake

Transport: Shipping – Finance

• Richard Furey
• Gerald Morrissey III

Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation

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

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.