Our Profile
Holland & Knight is a global law firm with more than 1,200 lawyers and other professionals in 27 offices throughout the world. Our lawyers provide representation in litigation, business, real estate and governmental law. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with access to attorneys throughout the firm, regardless of location.
Litigation
Holland & Knight has more than 400 lawyers in its Litigation Section. The firm is engaged in a broad range of civil and white collar litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States.
Best Lawyers in America selected 129 Litigation lawyers for inclusion in its 2017 guide. Holland & Knight was recognized as a top-listed firm in the U.S. in Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law (August 2016).
The firm was recommended in the area of Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Aerospace/Aviation in the Legal 500 United States 2016 guide. The guide also selected the firm in the area of Construction and highlighted Litigation Partner Stephen Shapiro as a “Leading Lawyer” for the practice area (June 2016).
49 litigation lawyers were listed in the 2016 Chambers USA guide, including high rankings in Antitrust, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, General Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Product Liability & Mass Torts, Aviation Litigation, Shipping/Maritime Litigation, and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (May 2016).
The 2016 Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide named Holland & Knight among the world’s leading law firms in the area of Shipping Litigation, including an individual ranking for William Honan (March 2016).
In the 2016 BTI Litigation Outlook report, Holland & Knight is ranked among the top 10 percent of all law firms in the United States based on feedback from legal decision-makers at the world’s largest companies. The firm was identified among those leading the litigation market in the areas of class actions and torts, IP litigation, complex commercial litigation and product liability litigation (December 2015).
Frederick Braid, Kelly-Ann Cartwright, William deMeza, Jr. and Michael Starr were recognized for their work in Labor and Employment by Legal Media Group, publisher of the Euromoney Expert Guides series (October 2014).
Holland & Knight was named one of the top trademark law firms in the World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals (January 2013).
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