Holland & Knight Named America’s Top Law Firm in Shipping
June 15, 2005
NEW YORK - Holland & Knight’s shipping practice has been ranked #1 in
New York and the nation by Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers.
Building on over 150 years of maritime and shipping practice by combining with
Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Holland & Knight has become the largest and most
geographically diverse maritime practice of any law firm in the United States.
The survey also named Holland &
Knight shipping and maritime partners Nancy Hengen, Bill Honan, Chester Hooper,
James Shirley, Brian Starer, Audrey Sung and Jovi Tenev as leading business
lawyers in their individual practices.
“We appreciate this recognition by our clients and peers in a highly
competitive market,” said Honan, Practice Group Leader of the firm’s maritime
team. “We benefit from having a long list of leading maritime lawyers who work
hard every day to react quickly to our clients’ needs.”
The recognition further establishes the stellar reputation of the shipping
and maritime practice, which last year ranked #1 nationally in a report by Legal
Media Group.
Holland & Knight’s maritime lawyers represent clients in such areas as
casualty, arbitration, marine pollution, secured transactions, purchase and
sale, financing, government regulations, tax and capital markets.
Chambers USA is designed to reflect market opinion through a year’s
worth of surveys of clients and lawyers across the United States. It is one in a
series of Chambers & Partners’ independent, objective and research-based guides
to the legal profession.
Contacts: Ellen Farwell, (202) 419-2447