Robb S. Harvey

Robb Harvey is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office. Mr. Harvey has nearly 40 years of trial and appellate court experience, representing clients in dozens of states across the country. His practice focuses on complex intellectual property and commercial disputes, franchise litigation, and entertainment and media matters involving content providers across a wide spectrum including legacy and new media, movies and music. Clients rely on Mr. Harvey's abilities as a strategist, problem-solver and tenacious advocate. He has established a reputation among clients and peers as the professional to turn to for expedited results, especially when the stakes are high and involve pressing issues such as a threat to interfere with business operations or the launch of a product, a demand for a prior restraint on publication or continuing operation by a terminated franchisee.

Mr. Harvey is recognized in Chambers USA (Media and Entertainment-Band One) and The Best Lawyers in America (fifteen categories, including several Lawyer of the Year recognitions in multiple areas). Chambers USA's more recent release quotes one client as follows:

"He is very aware of business considerations, effective, efficient and focused on getting the best results for the client."

Mr. Harvey's practice areas include franchise disputes; publication torts (including defamation, privacy and right of publicity) and pre-publication reviews; copyrights (including music, movies, broadcasts and software); trademarks (including TTAB proceedings); data breaches and ransomware; computer fraud and abuse; trade secrets; First Amendment and public records disputes and reporter's shield laws; counterfeiting; internet disputes; patents; and software disputes and technology licensing. In addition, he has experience in complex commercial disputes involving contracts and business torts; civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO); non-competition; unfair trade practices and product disparagement/advertising; and MDL proceedings.

Several of his engagements have resulted in ongoing, long-term relationships, in some cases for over three decades. He thrives on helping companies address the daily challenges their businesses encounter. 

Mr. Harvey is active in the community, serving as counsel for Middle Tennessee Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America; multiple religious entities; and a government transparency group. He formed and served as president of the Tennesseans for Public Participation Inc., a nonprofit which successfully lobbied for the passage of a robust anti-SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) statute in Tennessee.  He also is active in bar activities, currently serving as the chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on Communications Law (2022-2024) and as a member of the Forum on Franchising and Intellectual Property (IP) Section. He served as chair of the Tennessee Bar's Communications Law Section and a leader in the Media Law Resource Center-Defense Counsel Section.