MIAMI (June 13, 2025) – Holland & Knight has earned top rankings in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 United States guide. The Firm is recognized in 25 practice categories, and 140 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category. Of those, eight attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," 13 attorneys are named "Leading Individuals," six attorneys are recognized as "Next Generation Partners" and two attorneys are recognized as "Rising Stars."
Holland & Knight received Tier 1 recommendations in the following practice categories:
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub $500M)
- Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
- Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
- Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
The Firm is also recognized in the following practice categories:
- Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
- Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
- Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders
- Healthcare: Service Providers
- Investment Fund Formation and Management – Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
- Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation
- Labor and Employment – Immigration
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (up to $500M)
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
- Real Estate
- Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
- Real Estate – Real Estate Finance
- Tax – International Tax
- Tax – Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1,000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
- Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
- Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
- Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
- Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation
- Transport: Shipping – Finance
The following attorneys are listed in the Hall of Fame:
- Phillip Durham – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
- Joseph Goldstein – Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
- Robert Grammig – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub $500M)
- Mary McNulty – Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
- John Pritchard – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
- Stephen Shapiro – Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
- Ben Subin – Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
- Mike Timpone – Transport – Shipping: Finance
The following attorneys are recognized as Leading Individuals:
- Greg Binns – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- William Byrne – Transport – Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation
- Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz – Real Estate
- Andrew Derman – Energy – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
- Stephen Dietrich – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub $500M)
- Michael Frevola – Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
- Richard Furey – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
- Christopher Kelly – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
- Nathan Leavitt – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
- Anita Mosner – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
- Christopher Nolan – Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
- James Paine – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
- Jovi Tenev – Transport: Shipping – Finance
The following attorneys are named Next Generation Partners:
- Sophia Agathis – Transport: Shipping – Finance
- Sarah Korapaty – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
- Lee Meyercord – Tax –S. Taxes: Contentious
- Adam Paterno – Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
- Sean Pribyl – Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
- Jameson Rice – Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation
The following attorneys are named Rising Stars:
- Cynthia Liu – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
- Danielle Santucci – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
111 other Holland & Knight attorneys are recognized in their respective practice categories, some in more than one, within the guide. They include:
Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Juan Alcalá
- Gregory Curry
Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
- Joshua Belcher
- Stephen Humes
- Mark Kalpin
- Taite McDonald
- Lara Rios
- Amish Shah
- Ram Sunkara
Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
- Seth Belzley
- James Brown
- Robert Dougherty
- Doug Lionberger
- Jim Noe
- Ryan Phelps
- Ram Sunkara
Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders
- Cindy Brazell
- Andy Flint
- Matthew Fontane
- Wade Kennedy
- Abbey Ruby
- Parker Young
Healthcare: Service Providers
- Maria Currier
- Rachel Gartner
- Julia Hesse
- Brent Hill
- Jeffrey Mittleman
- Brian Platton
- Jennifer Weaver
- Colbey Reagan
- John Saran
Investment Fund Formation and Management – Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
- Olesya Bakar
- Bradley Van Buren
- Tim Poydenis
- Stacy Thomas
Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation
- Lindsey Camp
- Chelsea Ashbrook McCarthy
- Todd Wozniak
Labor and Employment – Immigration
- Vinh Duong
- Leon Fresco
- Nora Katz
- Marc Klein
- Tara Vance
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500M)
- Adam August
- David Barkus
- Tammy Knight
- Mike Mills
- Chauncey Lane
- Alyse Latour
- George Mencio
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (up to $500M)
- Roddy Bailey
- Rick Bange
- David Barkus
- Bryan Gadol
- Aaron Slavens
- Jordan Taylor
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
- Tim Poydenis
- Danielle Price
- Roberto Pupo
- Edward Sarnowski
- Jeffrey Seul
Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
- Glynna Christian
- Sarah Parker
- Allie Parnell
Real Estate
- Joseph Guay
- Stuart Saft
- Mark Sloan
Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
- Mark Bell
- Robert Bernstein
- Monte Starr
- Gina Fonte
- Edwin Hall
- Joe Watson
- Gregory Meeder
- Greg Koger
- Jen Lowndes
Real Estate – Finance
- Vivian Arias
- Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
- John Decker
- Joseph Guay
- David Jacobs
- David Iacuzio
- David Packer
Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
- Alejandro Arias
- Hugo Arza
- Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
- Kyrus Freeman
- Pedro Gassant
- Joseph Guay
- Jennifer Hernandez
- Kenneth Lowenstein
- Christine Shiker
Tax – International Tax
- Stewart Kasner
- Mark Melton
- Kevin Packman
- William Sharp
- William Sherman
Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
- Christopher Rizek
- Amish Shah
- William Sharp
Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
- Roger Aksamit
- Logan Gans
- Mark Haranzo
- Joshua Husbands
- Stewart Kasner
- Mark Melton
- Ryan Phelps
- Christopher Rizek
- Amish Shah
- William Sherman
- Sean Sullivan
Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
- Brian Daigle
- Audrey Sung
Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
- Benjamin Allen
- Judy Nemsick
- Steven Raffaele
Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation
- Linda Auerbach Allderdice
- Kristine Little
- Charles Shewmake
Transport: Shipping – Finance
- Richard Furey
- Cynthia Liu
- Gerald Morrissey III
- Kurt Plankl
Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
- Michael Cavanaugh
- Vincent Foley
- Julia Haines
- Gerald Morrissey III
- James Power
- Matthew Vafidis
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