Kelli Ayers Edson is a partner in the Litigation section of Holland & Knight LLP. Ms. Edson is a member of the firm's E-Discovery practice. She was selected as a member of Holland & Knight's 2006 Rising Stars program, a dynamic and intensive program in leadership, marketing, and management. Ms. Edson has also served as a coordinator for the Tampa Women's Initiative program, and is a member of the Tampa Diversity Committee, which are both part of Holland & Knight's commitment to diversity.
Ms. Edson has extensive experience in representing clients in a range of complex litigation matters, including class action defense, intellectual property, telecommunications, technology, contracts, business torts, products liability, securities, real estate, and unfair trade practices.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Edson was an attorney in Boston, Mass., where she represented clients in a range of complex commercial litigation matters and assisted in the representation of a death row inmate in a post-conviction appeal. In 2002, Ms. Edson served as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Cambridge District Court in Middlesex County, Mass., and she represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in criminal prosecutions.
In the community, Ms. Edson volunteers on behalf of Bay Area Legal Services to assist victims of domestic violence and dating violence with petitioning the court for injunctions for protection as part of the Domestic Violence Assistance Project. Ms. Edson also serves as a mentor to women law students through the Mentoring Committee of the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers.