Press Release
October 18, 2018

Twenty-Seven Holland & Knight Massachusetts Attorneys Named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2018

Holland & Knight

BOSTON (October 18, 2018) – Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that 19 attorneys in the firm's Boston office have been named Massachusetts "Super Lawyers" and 8 named "Rising Stars" for 2018 by Super Lawyers magazine.

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The magazine names exceptional attorneys annually in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers uses a rigorous selection process that begins with peer nomination. Once an attorney has been nominated they are then evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement through third-party researcher.

The following attorneys were named in their respective practice areas this year:

Super Lawyers

  • Deborah E. Barnard, General Litigation
  • Deborah S. Griffin, Construction Litigation
  • Robert J. Kaler, Business Litigation
  • Mark C. Kalpin, Energy & Resources
  • Gordon P. Katz, Business Litigation
  • Joshua Krumholz, IP Litigation
  • Paul G. Lannon Jr., Schools & Education
  • Philip S. Lapatin, Real Estate
  • Ralph T. Lepore III, General Litigation
  • Shari A. Levitan, Estate & Probate
  • Diane M. McDermott, Real Estate
  • Miriam J. McKendall, Employment & Labor
  • John J. Monaghan, Bankruptcy: Business
  • David J. Santeusanio, Employment & Labor
  • David Scott Sloan, Estate & Probate
  • Daniel I. Small, Securities Litigation
  • James D. Smeallie, Business Litigation
  • Suanne C. St. Charles, Real Estate
  • Steven H. Wright, Business/Corporate

Rising Stars

  • Michael T. Abramson, IP
  • Katrina Chapman, Employment & Labor
  • Jessica Ragosta Early, Business Litigation
  • Stephen P. Hall, General Litigation
  • Benjamin Howe, Business/Corporate
  • Christopher M. Iaquinto, Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Jacob Schneider, IP Litigation
  • Melissa A. Wong, Health Care

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