Six Holland & Knight Lawyers Named as Finalists for the Washington Business Journal's Annual Top Lawyer Awards
August 11, 2006
Steven L. Dube- Washington
Norman M. "Chip" Glasgow- Washington
Paul J. Kiernan- Washington
Richard E. Lear- Washington
Tara A. Scanlon- Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Holland & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that
the Washington Business Journal has named six of the firm''s attorneys as
finalists for the 2006 Top Washington Lawyer awards. Holland & Knight has more
finalists than any other law firm. The winners will be announced at an awards
reception on Thursday, September 14, 2006, at the Ritz-Carlton, Washington,
D.C.
These Holland & Knight lawyers have been named finalists in the following
categories:
Richard Lear –
Bankruptcy
Lear practices primarily in
litigation, emphasizing insolvency, Chapter 11, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy
issues. He has served as counsel for institutional lenders, franchisors, leasing
companies and landlords on individual and business bankruptcies and in workouts.
He also is very experienced with structuring entities to comply with rating
agency requirements for special purpose entities (SPE) and with
non-consolidation opinions in securitized transactions.
Paul Kiernan –
Real Estate Litigation
Kiernan is a trial lawyer and
appellate advocate who focuses on real estate and local government law. He
represents developers, institutions, lenders, builders, real estate trusts,
hotels, landlords and tenants on land use, zoning, condemnation, development and
property management disputes.
Norman "Chip" Glasgow,
Jr. – Zoning
Glasgow represents real estate
developers as well as public and private institutions in zoning, building code
and historic preservation law matters before the Board of Zoning Adjustment,
Zoning Commission, State Historic Review Board and Commission of Fine Arts.
Steven Dube –
Young Guns
Dube practices in the areas of
transactional real estate and land use law, representing developers of
residential, commercial and large-scale mixed use condominium regimes throughout
all phases of the condominium formation process in the District of Columbia,
Maryland and Virginia.
Craig Holman –
Young Guns
Holman practices in the areas of
government contracts and commercial litigation. He litigates claims, default
terminations and protests involving federal, state and local government
contracts.
Tara Scanlon –
Young Guns
Scanlon concentrates her practice on
commercial real estate transactions which include development matters, sales and
acquisitions, as well as retail and office leasing.
Contact: Kristin Ricca, (813) 769-4335