Mitchell J. Geller is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group of Holland & Knight's New York office. His practice focuses on commercial, corporate, real estate and estate litigation, including contract disputes, indemnity claims, misrepresentation and fraud claims, antitrust and securities litigation, professional malpractice claims, and trade secret and restrictive covenant disputes. Mr. Geller has particular experience in breach of loan commitment and lender liability cases, issues of "fair value" under Section 1118 of the New York Business Corporation Law, contractual indemnity claims arising from the acquisition or sale of companies, partnership and shareholder disputes, antitrust matters and issues arising from law firm dissolutions. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Geller was a litigation partner at Gilbert, Segall and Young LLP and Shea & Gould.
Mr. Geller has represented clients primarily in the federal and state courts in New York. Of particular significance, Mr. Geller represented Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America in their state and federal actions against Olympia & York arising out of Olympia & York's anticipatory breach of loan commitment agreements. He obtained an $80 million judgment in favor of TIAA against Olympia & York.