Holland & Knight Lawyers Named Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars for 2006
September 20, 2006
Robert S. Highsmith- Atlanta
ATLANTA – Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that three lawyers in the firm''s Atlanta office have been
selected as Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars for 2006.
Super Lawyers – Rising Stars names Georgia''s top lawyers age 40 or younger as chosen by their peers and through the independent
research of Law & Politics. The top 2.5 percent of Georgia lawyers are chosen as
Super Lawyers – Rising Stars. The list is published in the October issues of
Atlanta magazine and in Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition.
Holland & Knight attorneys honored as Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars for 2006 are:
Susan Eichler Edlein practices in both general commercial litigation and tort
litigation. She is co-chair of the firmwide Real Estate Litigation Team and
devotes a substantial part of her practice to real estate litigation, including
landlord/tenant disputes, zoning issues, mortgage fraud and title disputes. Edlein
also has substantial experience in various types of tort cases, primarily
defending corporations against product liability claims and various other
personal injury actions. She also has experience with bankruptcy, general
commercial litigation and environmental litigation.
Robert S. Highsmith, Jr. practices legislative, administrative, and
regulatory law, government relations, and litigation. He serves as national Team
Leader for the firm’s State Capitals Team, and leads the firm’s Georgia
government relations practice. He represents clients before the Georgia General
Assembly and before state and local government agencies, with a particular focus
on the Department of Insurance and the Department of Community Health. He also
has extensive experience in public policy litigation, representing both
governmental entities and private parties.
Howard S. Hirsch practices in the areas of securities law and commercial
transactions, general corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. He has
represented clients in public securities offerings, private placements, SEC
reporting, Blue Sky compliance and mergers and acquisitions. Hirsch also advises
clients on state health care regulatory matters in various states and also has
previous litigation experience. He is licensed to practice law in the states of
Georgia, Illinois and Indiana.
Contact: Susan Bass, (813) 769-4326