Tahany M. Alsabahi

Tahany M. Alsabahi is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Chicago office and a member of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Ms. Alsabahi focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts, including representations and warranties insurance (RWI), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) transactions and purported class actions. Ms. Alsabahi has extensive experience representing clients in RWI claims investigations, breach of fiduciary duty actions, including ERISA- and ESOP-related litigation, and breach of contract claims.

In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Alsabahi serves as the vice chair of the firm's Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) Affinity Group, as well as a member of the associates committee and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) committee for the Chicago office.

Before joining Holland & Knight as an attorney, Ms. Alsabahi was a summer associate with the firm and gained experience in bankruptcy, shareholder disputes, professional responsibility and antitrust matters.

During law school, Ms. Alsabahi mediated employment and housing discrimination cases before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). Ms. Alsabahi also served as the senior articles editor of the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, co-president of the Womxn of Color Collective and professional development chair of the Barbara F. Bice Public Interest Law Foundation. In addition, she was a founding member and inaugural vice president of the Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association (MENALSA).

Prior to joining the legal profession, Ms. Alsabahi worked in higher education, specializing in inter- and intra-group dialogue and conflict resolution.