Press Release
June 30, 2026

Holland & Knight Northern California Attorneys Named 2026 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

SAN FRANCISCO (June 30, 2026)Super Lawyers has named five attorneys from Holland & Knight's San Francisco office as Northern California "Super Lawyers" and 10 as "Rising Stars" for 2026.

Published annually by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service that annually identifies outstanding lawyers in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

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

Super Lawyers

Daniel Golub: Land Use & Zoning, Civil Litigation: Defense, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Environmental Litigation

Jennifer Hernandez: Environmental, Land Use & Zoning

Stacie Nelson: Estate & Trust Litigation, Elder Law, Estate Planning & Probate

Tamsen Plume: Land Use & Zoning, Environmental

Marne Sussman: Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources

Rising Stars

Kevin Ashe: Land Use & Zoning, Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources

Philippa Balestrieri: Business & Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Entertainment & Sports, Healthcare, Transportation/Maritime

Nathaniel Bernstein: Land Use & Zoning, Environmental

Ana Dragojevic: Business Litigation, Healthcare

Rebecca Freed: Real Estate

Scott Gesundheit: Land Use & Zoning

Emily Lieban: Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources, Land Use & Zoning

Danielle Santucci: Banking

Will Sterling: Land Use & Zoning

Ben Ylo: Banking

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