David I. Holtzman
Partner
Overview
David I. Holtzman is an attorney in Holland & Knight's San Francisco office and a member of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and the national Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Team. Mr. Holtzman focuses his practice on general commercial litigation and healthcare litigation.
Mr. Holtzman has extensive experience representing companies, individuals and public entities in a broad array of civil disputes in state and federal courts nationwide, as well as arbitrations and mediations. His experience includes representing clients in bench and jury trials and in appeals.
Mr. Holtzman has broad experience litigating in healthcare, privacy and commercial disputes. He has represented healthcare clients in trade secret, copyright, pricing and privacy disputes. He also counsels clients in connection with healthcare investigations, including under the False Claims Act (FCA). Mr. Holtzman also has experience defending class actions, including those involving claims under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Mr. Holtzman also represents diverse clients in commercial litigation, including in the hospitality, technology, transportation and music industries.
During law school, Mr. Holtzman served on the Georgetown Law Journal as an executive editor for the Annual Review of Criminal Procedure. Prior to law school, he worked at a criminal defense firm.
Representative Experience
- First Amendment: Successfully represented a public entity against a First Amendment challenge to agency action; also successfully defended several cases involving defamation, false light and other First Amendment torts
- Privacy Class Action: Obtained a dismissal in favor of several healthcare organizations in a class action alleging violations of under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) based on the installation of cookies in healthcare websites; also recently prevailed on behalf of a hospital system a class action brought under California's Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA)
- Healthcare Provider Litigation: Obtained favorable rulings for a healthcare provider in an antitrust, trade secrets and pricing dispute case in the Superior Court, California Court of Appeal, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Healthcare Provider Litigation: Obtained a favorable ruling for healthcare providers in a litigation victory of $300 million against a private insurer
- Copyright Litigation: Prevailed in a federal jury trial representing the nation's largest publisher of continuing education materials for healthcare professionals in a copyright and trade secrets dispute
- Commercial Litigation: Successfully represented a private aviation services company in defending a bid protest dispute, at both trial and appeal, ultimately setting new precedent in California regarding the standing of disappointed bidders to bring suit; also recently represented a surgical center in a matter involving termination of membership rights, successfully protecting a trial court victory on appeal
- Healthcare Transaction: Advised California's largest public healthcare district on an innovative structural reorganization to partner with a newly created nonprofit management services organization
Credentials
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
- University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Philosophy
- California
- Rising Star, California Super Lawyers magazine, 2022-2024