Several Holland & Knight Transportation & Infrastructure practices and attorneys have been recognized in The Legal 500 United States guide for 2025. This year, the Transportation & Infrastructure practice – which includes aviation, maritime, road, rail, construction and related critical infrastructure within the U.S. and internationally – was ranked in six categories. In addition, 44 individual attorneys were recognized within various practice areas.
Firm Rankings
- Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance (Tier 1)
- Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation (Tier 1)
- Real Estate: Construction (including Construction Litigation) (Tier 2)
- Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation (Tier 2)
- Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation (Tier 2)
- Transport: Shipping – Finance (Tier 2)
Lawyer Rankings
Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
- Hall of Fame: Phillip Durham, John Pritchard
- Leading Lawyers: Richard Furey, Nathan Leavitt
- Rising Stars: Cynthia Liu, Danielle Santucci
Real Estate: Construction (including Construction Litigation)
- Hall of Fame: Stephen Shapiro, Ben Subin
- Next Generation Lawyers: Adam Paterno
Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
- Leading Lawyers: Christopher Kelly, Anita Mosner
- Next Generation Lawyers: Sarah Korapaty
Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation
- Leading Lawyers: William Byrne
- Next Generation Lawyers: Jameson Rice
Transport: Shipping – Finance
- Hall of Fame: Mike Timpone
- Leading Lawyers: Jovi Tenev
- Next Generation Lawyers: Sophia Agathis
Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation
- Leading Lawyers: Michael Frevola, Christopher Nolan
- Next Generation Lawyers: Sean Pribyl
Additional Attorney Recognitions
A number of Holland & Knight attorneys also were recognized for their work within the Transportation & Infrastructure-related practices.
- Real Estate – Construction (including Construction Litigation): Mark Bell, Robert Bernstein, Gina Fonte, Edwin Hall, Greg Koger, Jen Lowndes, Gregory Meeder, Monte Starr, Joe Watson
- 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, Kurt Plankl
- Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation: Michael Cavanaugh, Vincent Foley, Julia Haines, Gerald Morrissey, James Power, Matthew Vafidis
Here is the full list of Holland & Knight's 25 practice categories and 140 attorneys that are ranked this year.
Published for more than 30 years, The Legal 500 provides comprehensive worldwide coverage on legal services providers in 150 jurisdictions. Research is based on feedback from more than 300,000 corporate counsel worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have extensive experience in the legal market.