223 Holland & Knight Attorneys Named the Best Lawyers in America for 2012

Miami, FL – September 1, 2011 – Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that 223 lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

The following lawyers were named in their respective practice areas. The notations of (10), (20) and (25) indicate that individual has been included on the list for at least that many years and the (year) indicates the first year the attorney was listed on The Best Lawyers lists. An * indicates lawyers who are listed for the first time Best Lawyers.

Atlanta

Alfred B. Adams III (2003)
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation

Thomas B. Branch III (2005)
Personal Injury Litigation

Harold T. Daniel (2001) (10)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Laurie Webb Daniel (2001) (10)
Commercial Litigation

Gregory J. Digel (2003)
Commercial Litigation

Robert S. Highsmith, Jr. (2008)
Government Relations Law

James H. Rollins *
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Keith M. Wiener (2010)
Municipal Law

Bethesda

Jerald S. Cohn*
Real Estate Law

Patricia Ann Harris (2011)
Land Use & Zoning Law

Robert Roland Harris (2007)
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

William Kominers (2007)
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Boston

Scott E. Cooper (2008)
Real Estate Law

Kenneth B. Hoffman (2008)
Real Estate Law

Chester D. Hooper (1991)
Admiralty & Maritime Law

Paul G. Lannon, Jr. (2008)
Education Law
Employment Law - Individuals

Philip S. Lapatin (2007)
Real Estate Law

Ralph Lepore (2005)
Insurance Law

Shari Levitan (2006)
Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Trusts and Estates

Gael Mahony (1983) (25)
Commercial Litigation

Ieuan G. Mahony (2003)
Commercial Litigation

Miriam J. McKendall (2009)
Education Law

John J. Monaghan (2006)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy

James Pollock (2006)
Corporate Law

Harold W. Potter, Jr. (2008)
Education Law

David Scott Sloan (2005)
Trusts and Estates

James D. Smeallie (2007)
Commercial Litigation
Education Law

Chicago

Barbara A. Adams (2007)
Government Relations Law

David Allswang*
Real Estate Law

Thomas P. Arden (2009)
Copyright Law
Trademark Law

Steven M. Elrod (2005)
Government Relations Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Victor P. Filippini, Jr. (2007)
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Andrew R. Gelman (2007)
Trusts and Estates
Michael Kuppersmith*
Real Estate Law

Robert J. Labate (2007)
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television

Bruce D. Loring (2007)
Real Estate Law

Elias N. Matsakis (2005)
Corporate Law

Christopher J. Murdoch (2005)
Commercial Litigation

Scott W. Petersen (2009)
Copyright Law
Trademark Law

David Shayne (2010)
Trusts and Estates

Thomas R. Woodrow (2005)
Mediation

Larry M. Zanger (2006)
Information Technology Law

Fort Lauderdale

Deborah P. Goodall (2010)
Litigation - Trusts & Estates

Marie Lefere (2005)
Personal Injury Litigation

Stephen B. Moss (2007)
Real Estate Law

James M. Norman (2010)
Real Estate Law

Jeffrey Rubinger (2009)
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

William B. Sherman (2005)
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

Jacksonville

Michael A. Abel (2007)
Transportation Law

Linden Kinder Cannon III (1995) (10)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law

Ivan A. Colao (2007)
Banking and Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law

George D. Gabel, Jr. (1993) (10)
Admiralty & Maritime Law
Litigation - First Amendment
Media Law

Lawrence J. Hamilton II (2007)
Commercial Litigation
Transportation Law

Dominic C. MacKenzie (2008)
Personal Injury Litigation
Product Liability Litigation

James L. Main (2005)
Corporate Law
Tax Law

Frederick D. Page (2006)
Intellectual Property Law

Michael G. Prendergast (2009)
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management

Paul R. Regensdorf (2006)
Appellate Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

George E. Schulz, Jr. (1995) (10)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Richard L. Stockton (1995) (10)
Trusts and Estates

Melissa S. Turra (2008)
Real Estate Law

Alan M. Weiss (2010)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Paul Young (2010)
Real Estate Law

Lakeland

Richard B. Stephens (2007)
Public Finance Law

Edward W. Vogel III (2005)
Public Finance Law

Los Angeles

Francis W. Costello (2006)
International Trade and Finance Law

M. Katharine Davidson (2006)
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

Jerome L. Levine (2005)
Gaming Law
Native American Law

Richard E. Lyon (2010)
Litigation - Intellectual Property Law
Litigation - Patent Law

Bruce S. Ross (1993) (10)
Litigation - Trusts and Estates

Alan Watson*
Construction Law

McLean

Leigh-Alexandra Basha*
Trusts & Estates

Jocelyn West Brittin (2005)
Corporate Law
Information Technology Law

Thomas M. Brownell (2007)
Litigation - Construction

Richard O. Duvall (1989) (20)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Stuart Mendelsohn (2009)
Real Estate Law

William J. Mutryn (2005)
Corporate Law
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Miami

Gregory A. Baldwin (2006)
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Rodney H. Bell (2006)
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law

Christopher N. Bellows (2010)
Appellate Law

William R. Bloom (2009)
Real Estate Law

Sanford L. Bohrer (1993) (10)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - First Amendment
Media Law

Christopher W. Boyett (2003)
Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Trusts and Estates

Kelly-Ann G. Cartwright (2009)
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management

Jose A. Casal (2005)
Commercial Litigation
International Arbitration - Commercial
International Trade and Finance Law

Bruce Jay Colan (2007)
Venture Capital Law

J. Raul Cosio (2010)
Commercial Litigation

Maria T. Currier (2003)
Health Care Law

Robert J. Friedman (1995) (10)
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Joseph G. Goldstein (2005)
Environmental Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Bradley S. Gould (2009)
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

John F. Halula (2006)
Real Estate Law

Jorge L. Hernandez-Toraño (2005)
Corporate Law
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television
Entertainment Law - Music

Mitchell Eliot Herr (2006)
Corporate Governance Law
Litigation - Securities
Securities Law

John M. Hogan (2005)
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar & Non-White-Collar
Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement

Marilyn J. Holifield (2006)
Commercial Litigation
Labor and Employment Law - Management

Adolfo E. Jimenez (2008)
Commercial Litigation
International Arbitration - Commercial
International Trade and Finance Law

Judith M. Korchin (2006)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Juan J. Mayol Lopez, Jr. (2006)
Environmental Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Louise McAlpin (2010)
Derivatives and Futures Law

George Mencio, Jr. (2003)
International Trade and Finance Law
Transportation Law

Thomas F. Morante (2005)
International Trade and Finance Law

Tracy A. Nichols (2003)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Securities

José E. Sirven (2003)
Banking and Finance Law
Corporate Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Litigation - Banking & Finance

Robert H. Smith (2010)
Real Estate Law

Steven Sonberg (2001) (10)
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Corporate Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law

Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr. (2005)
Appellate Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Lee Philip Teichner (2007)
Personal Injury Litigation

Andrew H. Weinstein (1989) (20)
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

James D. Wing (2009)
Commercial Litigation

New York

Fredric K. Bass (2006)
Equipment Finance Law

Frederick D. Braid (2003)
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor & Employment

Randal R. Craft, Jr. (2007)
Mass Tort/Class Action Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation
Product Liability Litigation

Randolph A. DelFranco (2005)
Corporate Law

Charles F. Gibbs (1991) (10)
Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Trusts and Estates

Nancy L. Hengen (2005)
Admiralty & Maritime Law
International Trade and Finance Law

James H. Hohenstein (2007)
Admiralty & Maritime Law

William J. Honan (1995) (10)
Admiralty & Maritime Law

Stephen J. Humes (2011)
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental

Martin P. Miner (2007)
Real Estate Law

Lance D. Myers (2005)
Corporate Law

John F. Pritchard (2005)
Banking & Finance Law
Equipment Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Litigation - Banking & Finance

Richard Raysman (2006)
Information Technology Law

Frederick R. Rohn (2006)
Construction Law
Litigation - Construction

Michael Starr (2008)
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor & Employment

Robert D. Taisey (1995) (10)
Trusts and Estates

John M. Toriello*
Transportation Law

H. Barry Vasios (2005)
Commercial Litigation

Lawrence J. Wolk (2007)
Real Estate Law

Orlando

Stephen Ball (2010)
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor & Employment

Louis T. M. Conti (1995) (10)
Corporate Law
Tax Law

Suzanne E. Gilbert*
Litigation - Banking & Finance

Scott J. Johnson (2007)
Commercial Litigation
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

Chris Kolos*
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Scott R. MacLeod (2007)
Private Funds/Hedge Fund Law

Thomas M. McAleavey (2006)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities/Capital Market Laws

Brian A. McDowell (2008)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization
Litigation - Bankruptcy

Howell W. Melton, Jr. (2005)
Commercial Litigation

Judith M. Mercier (2008)
Media Law

Arthur Guy Neff, Jr. (2006)
Real Estate Law

James A. Park III (2010)
Real Estate Law

James E. L. Seay (1999) (10)
Real Estate Law

Roger W. Sims (1995) (10)
Environmental Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Water Law

Ben W. Subin (2008)
Litigation - Construction

Alberto F. Tellechea-Hermida (2007)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Christopher J. Weiss (2006)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Construction Law
Litigation - Construction

William B. Wilson (1993) (10)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Samuel J. Zusmann, Jr. (1991) (20)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy

Portland

George G. Gregores (2011)
Real Estate Law

J. Alan Jensen (1993) (10)
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Trusts and Estates

Mark A. von Bergen (2009)
Corporate Law

San Francisco

Jennifer L. Hernandez (2006)
Environmental Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation - Environmental

Michael Brill Newman (2011)
Food and Beverage Law

William B. Piels (2006)
Equipment Finance Law
Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Tamsen Plume (2011)
Land Use & Zoning Law

Matthew Vafidis (2005)
Admiralty & Maritime Law

Thomas A. Zimmer (2006)
Corporate Law
Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Tallahassee

Martha W. Barnett (1995) (10)
Administrative/Regulatory Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Government Relations Law
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

Elizabeth L. Bevington (2007)
Commercial Litigation

Lawrence N. Curtin (1995) (10)
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental
Natural Resources Law

Frederick R. Dudley (2007)
Trusts and Estates

James M. Ervin, Jr. (1999) (10)
Corporate Law
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

Stephen H. Grimes (2005)
Appellate Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Jerome Hoffman (2006)
Advertising Law
Commercial Litigation
Health Care Law
Litigation - Antitrust

David Bruce May, Jr. (2005)
Energy Law

Morris H. Miller (1999) (10)
Health Care Law

Shannon Hartsfield (2005)
Health Care Law

Lawrence E. Sellers (2005)
Administrative/Regulatory Law
Environmental Law
Water Law

Karen D. Walker (2006)
Administrative/Regulatory Law
Commercial Litigation

Tampa

Rod Anderson (2006)
Litigation - Bankruptcy

Chester E. Bacheller (1999) (10)
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Corporate Law
International Trade and Finance Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation

Anderson L. Baldy III (2003)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Bernard A. Barton, Jr. (1995) (10)
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

Stacy D. Blank (2003)
Antitrust Law
Commercial Litigation

Noel R. Boeke (2009)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy

Michael L. Chapman (2009)
Commercial Litigation

William B. deMeza, Jr. (2001) (10)
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor & Employment

William S. Dufoe (2006)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Richard D. Eckhard (2005)
Real Estate Law

William Keith Fendrick (1999) (10)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Leonard H. Gilbert (1993) (10)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Equipment Finance Law

Fred Grady (2010)
Commercial Litigation

Robert J. Grammig (1995) (10)
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
International Trade and Finance Law
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation

Richard B. Hadlow (1995) (10)
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Corporate Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation

John Arthur Jones (1987) (25)
Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Trusts and Estates

Bradford D. Kimbro (2006)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Securities

Robert James Kline (2011)
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Trusts and Estates

Edward F. Koren, Jr. (1987) (25)
Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Trusts and Estates

William R. Lane, Jr. (2007)
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates

Jack A. Levine (2001) (10)
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

Frederick M. Rothenberg (1983) (25)
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Litigation - ERISA

Charles L. Stutts (1995) (10)
Banking and Finance Law

Joseph H. Varner III (1999) (10)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation

Charles A. Wachter (2008)
Commercial Litigation

Douglas A. Wright (2005)
Litigation & Controversy - Tax
Tax Law

Washington

Stephen A. Bogorad (2007)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy

David W. Briggs (2010)
Real Estate Law

Christopher H. Collins (2008)
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Amy L. Edwards (2009)
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental

Norman Glasgow, Jr. (2006)
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Steven D. Gordon (2005)
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

David S. Kahn (2006)
Real Estate Law

Paul J. Kiernan*
Litigation - Real Estate

Richard E. Lear (2001) (10)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization
Litigation - Bankruptcy

Norman Leventhal*
Communications Law

Robert C. MacKichan, Jr. (2008)
Litigation - Real Estate
Real Estate Law

Kathleen M. Nilles*
Native American Law

Whayne S. Quin (1983) (25)
Land Use & Zoning Law
Real Estate Law

Alban Salaman (2006)
Trusts and Estates

Tara A. Scanlon (2010)
Real Estate Law

Janis B. Schiff (2008)
Real Estate Law

William S. Sessions (2005)
Arbitration
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Mediation

Gerry Sikorski (2006)
Government Relations Law

David C. Silver (2006)
Real Estate Law

Andrew W. Stephenson (2005)
Arbitration
Construction Law
Litigation - Construction
Mediation

Jeffrey B. Stern (2008)
Real Estate Law

Janet R. Studley (2005)
Government Relations Law

Charles W. Tiedemann (2007)
Real Estate Law

Roderic Woodson (2007)
Municipal Law

West Palm Beach

Richard C. Hutchison (2006)
Commercial Litigation

David L. Perry, Jr. (2009)
Corporate Law