Cole Browndorf

Associate
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Overview

Cole W. Browndorf is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Dallas office and a member of the firm's Litigation Section. Mr. Browndorf focuses his practice on a variety of litigation and dispute resolution matters.

Mr. Browndorf's recent representative experience includes:

  • represented an international transportation company in a dispute with a municipality over crime prevention measures
  • represented a school in litigation relating to negligent hiring and supervision and unlawful retaliation allegations
  • represented American investors in international arbitration brought under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) investment treaties
  • represented an oil and gas company in litigation relating to breach of contract and defective work allegations
  • represented an industrial safety equipment distributor in litigation surrounding mass product recall and breach of warranty allegations
  • represented an oil and gas company in alleged fraudulent transfer action
  • tried a case to jury relating to breach of leasing agreement for a pro bono client

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Browndorf served as a law clerk to the Honorable S. Maurice Hicks Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

While in law school, Mr. Browndorf interned for the Nashville Resident Office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), served as the senior symposium editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, and was a member of the Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic.

Credentials

Education
  • Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D.
  • Texas Christian University, B.S., Political Science, summa cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
Memberships
  • Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Associate, 2024-2025
  • Harry Phillips American Inn of Court, Pupil, 2019-2020
Honors & Awards
  • Outstanding Services Award, American Bar Association (ABA) Military Pro Bono Project, 2023
  • Attorney for Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, Access to Justice Commission, 2022-2023

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