Rick Eckhard
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Overview
Richard D. Eckhard is a real estate attorney whose practice focuses on office and retail real estate development, leasing, acquisition and disposition. He represents national and regional landlords and tenants in connection with office buildings, shopping centers and mixed-use properties. He also handles synthetic and leveraged leases. Mr. Eckhard is the former practice group leader of the Tampa Real Estate Group.
Mr. Eckhard is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and former chair of The Florida Bar Real Property Leasing Committee. Since 2007, he has served as a member of the faculty of Georgetown University Law Center's Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute (now ACREL's Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute) and frequently lectures on real estate transaction topics. Mr. Eckhard is Board Certified in Real Estate Law in Florida.
Credentials
- Boston University School of Law, J.D.
- Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, M.A., Government
- University of Virginia, B.A., cum laude
- Florida
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Member
- American Bar Association, Probate & Real Property Section
- International Council of Shopping Centers
- The Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Landlord Tenant Committee
- American Bar Association Subcommittee on Real Estate Transactions, Young Lawyers Division, Chairman, 1988-1990
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Real Estate Law, 2005-2025
- Chambers USA – America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Real Estate (North & Central) (Band 1), 2007-2024
- Influencer in Retail Real Estate – Holland & Knight's Retail Development and Leasing Team, GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, 2023
- Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-2022
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021
- Who's Who Legal Florida: Real Estate, 2020
- Who's Who Legal: Real Estate: Global Leader, 2019
- Best Real Estate Attorney, NAIOP Tampa Bay, 2014
- Who's Who Legal 100: Real Estate, 2014
- Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend magazine, 2013
- Who's Who Legal, 2011, 2012
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
