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Holland & Knight LLP
Main office:
New York
195 Broadway, 24 th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Tel: (212) 513-3200
Fax: (212) 385-9010
Other offices:
26 U.S. and 6 international
Web: www.hklaw.com
Managing Partner: Howell W. Melton, Jr.
Number of partners: 694
Number of other attorneys: 560
Total number of support staff: 1615
American Lawyer Media rankings: 27 th on Am Law 100; 11 th on
NLJ 250; 29 th on Global 100
Firm Overview:
At Holland & Knight we leverage the talents and resources of the entire firm
to deliver effective advocacy and comprehensive, integrated solutions in virtually
all areas of the law. To address the wide range of our clients’ needs as effectively
and efficiently as possible, we work collaboratively, drawing upon our depth and
breadth of legal experience and industry knowledge. Our “one-firm” structure
positions us to support the most complex matters at all levels.
The firm is organized into five practice sections – Litigation, Business,
Government, Real Estate and Private Wealth Services. Through integrated practice
groups and industry-based teams, we provide efficient and responsive legal representation
anywhere in the world. We serve clients on the basis of need, not merely
location. Our interdisciplinary approach assures that clients have access to the
lawyers with the most appropriate experience.
Diversity Efforts: For the past five years, Holland & Knight has ranked as one
of the top two law firms nationally for the total number of minority partners, as
well as in the top five for the highest number of African-American and Hispanic
attorneys (Minority Law Journal, Summer 2005). Holland & Knight is dedicated
to diversity and has created several initiatives to promote diversity within the firm
and in the communities where we live.
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Selected Practice Groups:
2006
Litigation/Richard Duvall
Holland & Knight’s Litigation Section is one of the nation’s largest and most
powerful with more than 500 lawyers. This highly regarded group includes former
federal prosecutors, and several former federal and state regulatory officials. The
firm’s clients include many Fortune 500 companies, regional corporations, government
entities and nonprofit organizations in a broad range of venues. Our
lawyers appear in state and federal courts across the U.S. and in tribunals around
the world.
Our infrastructure and resources support large, complex cases and our docket
includes numerous multimillion dollar class actions, securities litigation, intellectual
property, product liability and mass tort cases.
Business/Steven Sonberg
Holland & Knight’s corporate practice group consists of attorneys who regularly
advise clients in a wide variety of corporate transactions, corporate financings
and securities law compliance matters. From complex public company acquisitions
to early stage business considerations, we take a proactive approach as we
help guide the matter to a successful conclusion consistent with our clients’ business
strategies.
Holland & Knight represents businesses and financial institutions of every
size in all matters relating to banking and finance, syndication, mergers and
acquisitions, corporate and securities law, and corporate governance.
Government/Gerry Sikorski
Holland & Knight’s Government Section is one of the most experienced and
respected in the U.S. We have extensive knowledge of local, tribal, state and federal
issues and a thorough understanding of the legislative and regulatory processes
affecting business and governmental entities. We draw on the experience of our
lawyers, lobbyists and public relations advisors to achieve clients’ goals. Holland &
Knight’s bipartisan team of professionals, some of whom are former members of
Congress and the executive branch, have relationships in the state capitals, the
White House and Congress. We are on-site in many state capitals in major cities
across the U.S.
Real Estate/Charles W. Tiedemann
Holland & Knight’s Real Estate Section represents one of the most accomplished
legal resources in the United States. With more than 200 lawyers, the firm’s
real estate practice is also the largest of any law firm in the country. Clients rely on
our lawyers’ abilities in the acquisition, development, disposition, leasing and
financing of commercial, retail, residential, resort, industrial, mixed-use and public
housing projects.
Clients include regional and national developers, builders, investors, lenders,
asset and property managers, syndicators, pension funds, tax-exempt organizations,
broker-dealers, municipalities, real estate investment trusts and life insurance
companies.
Private Wealth Services/Edward Koren
Holland & Knight is nationally recognized in fields as diverse as estate, gift
and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, probate litigation, IRS litigation,
life insurance planning, business succession planning, asset protection, international
taxation, charitable foundations and matrimonial law.