The Legal 500 U.S. 2026 Guide Recognizes Holland & Knight Among Top Law Firms

MIAMI (June 10, 2026) – Holland & Knight has earned top rankings in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United States guide. The Firm is recognized in 30 practice categories, and 156 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category. Additionally, nine attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," 16 attorneys are named "Leading Partners," five attorneys are recognized as "Next Generation Partners" and two attorneys are recognized as "Leading Associates."

Holland & Knight received Tier 1 recommendations in the following practice categories:

• Finance: Financial Services Regulation *Firms to Watch*
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market ($250-$500M)
• Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
• Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Litigation and Regulation
• Transport: Shipping – Finance
• Transport: Shipping – Litigation and Regulation

The Firm is also recognized in the following practice categories:

• Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
• Energy Litigation: Oil & Gas – Mid-Market ($0-500M)
• Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas – Large-Cap ($500M+)
• Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas – Mid-Market ($0-500M)
• Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders
• Finance: Project Finance
• Healthcare: Service Providers
• Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
• International Trade and National Security – Trade Remedies and Trade Policy *Firms to Watch*
• Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation
• Labor and Employment – Immigration
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (Up to $500M)
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
• Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
• Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
• Real Estate – Real Estate: Large Cap ($500M+)
• Real Estate – Real Estate Finance
• Tax – International Tax
• Tax – Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
• Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
• Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Transport – Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation

The following attorneys are listed in the Hall of Fame:

• Phillip Durham – Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
• Joseph Goldstein – Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
• Robert Grammig – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market ($250-$500M)
• Lawrence Hill – Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
• Mary McNulty – Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
• John Pritchard – Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Finance
• Stephen Shapiro – Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
• Ben Subin – Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
• Mike Timpone – Transport – Shipping: Finance

The following attorneys are recognized as Leading Partners:

• Greg Binns – Energy Litigation: Oil & Gas – Mid-Market ($0-500M)
• William Byrne – Transport – Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation
• Andrew Derman – Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas – Large-Cap ($500M+); Oil & Gas – Mid-Market ($0-500M)
• Stephen Dietrich – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market ($250-$500M)
• Michael Frevola – Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation
• Richard Furey – Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Finance
• Andrew Grumet – Tax – Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)
• Jennifer Hernandez – Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
• Michael Karlin – Tax: International Tax
• Christopher Kelly – Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Litigation and Regulation
• Nathan Leavitt – Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Finance
• Anita Mosner – Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Litigation and Regulation
• Christopher Nolan – Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation
• James Paine – Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing
• Adam Paterno – Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)
• Jovi Tenev – Transport – Shipping: Finance

The following attorneys are named Next Generation Partners:

• Sophia Agathis – Transport – Shipping: Finance
• Sarah Korapaty – Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Litigation and Regulation
• Lee Meyercord – Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
• Sean Pribyl – Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation
• Jameson Rice – Transport – Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation

The following attorneys are named Leading Associates:

• Cynthia Liu – Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Finance
• Danielle Santucci – Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Finance

124 other Holland & Knight attorneys are recommended in their respective practice categories, some in more than one, within the guide. They include:

Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration

• Juan Casallas
• Adolfo Jiménez
• Marisa Marinelli
• Andrew Melsheimer
• Katharine Menéndez de la Cuesta
• Sean Sheely
• José Vicente Zapata

Energy Litigation: Oil & Gas – Mid-Market ($0-500M)

• Gregory Curry

Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas – Large-Cap ($500M+)

• Seth Belzley
• Jolisa Dobbs
• Robert Dougherty

Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas – Mid-Market ($0-500M)

• Seth Belzley
• Andrew Derman
• Jolisa Dobbs
• Robert Dougherty

Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power

• Joshua Belcher
• George Humphrey
• Mark Kalpin
• Lara Rios
• Amish Shah
• Ram Sunkara

Finance – Commercial Lending: Advice to Bank Lenders

• Cindy Brazell
• Matthew Fontane
• Yoojin Lee
• Jonah Price
• Abbey Ruby
• Anastasia Sotiropoulos
• Josh Spencer

Finance: Project Finance

• Mark Kalpin
• Lara Rios
• Amish Shah

Healthcare: Service Providers

• Maria Currier
• Brent Hill
• Michelle Huntsman
• Juliet McBride
• Christina McNamara
• Jeffrey Mittleman
• John Saran
• Becca Waltuch
• Jennifer Weaver

Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)

• Morgan Delabar
• David Donoghue
• Anthony Fuga
• Cindy Gierhart
• Ji Mao
• Adam Matherly
• William Oliver
• Nathan Paine
• Kyle Straughan

Labor and Employment – ERISA Litigation

• Lynn Calkins
• Lindsey Camp
• Chelsea Ashbrook McCarthy
• Monica Perkowski
• Todd Wozniak

Labor and Employment – Immigration

• Hadeel Abouhasira
• Vinh Duong
• Leon Fresco
• Marc Klein
• Elvira Rodriguez
• Tara Vance

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market ($250-$500M)

• Adam August
• David Barkus
• Stephen Dietrich
• Tammy Knight
• Ashley Plemons

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (Up to $500M)

• Roddy Bailey
• Richard Bange III
• David Barkus
• Bryan Gadol
• Mike Miller
• Aaron Slavens
• Jordan Taylor

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

• Scott MacCormack
• Tim Poydenis
• Danielle Price
• Jeffrey Seul

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing

• Ross Berger
• Sarah Parker
• Allie Parnell

Real Estate – Construction (Including Construction Litigation)

• Robert Bernstein
• Gina Fonte
• Jen Lowndes
• Monte Starr

Real Estate – Finance

• Keith Brandofino
• John Decker
• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
• Joe Guay
• Sean O'Brien
• David Packer

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

• Jon Cooper
• Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz
• Joe Guay
• Kenneth Lowenstein
• David Schneider
• Christine Shiker

Real Estate – Large Cap ($500M+)

• Renee Covitt
• Rick Eckhard
• Kathryn Oberto
• J. Pieratt
• Kate Robinson
• Grace Winters
• Alysha Yagoda

Tax – International Tax

• Stewart Kasner
• Kevin Packman
• William Sharp
• William Sherman

Tax – Not-For-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities)

• Jonathan Blum
• Jason Havens
• Kelly Hellmuth
• David Rosenberg

Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious

• Patrick Duffey
• Abbey Garber
• Joshua Odintz
• Christopher Rizek
• William Sharp
• David Scott Sloan

Tax – U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious

• Roger Aksamit
• Patrick Emans
• Logan Gans
• Mark Haranzo
• Joshua Husbands
• Stewart Kasner
• Mark Melton
• Mary Kate Nicholson
• Kevin Packman
• Ryan Phelps
• Christopher Rizek
• Amish Shah
• William Sherman
• Sean Sullivan

Transport – Aviation and Air Travel: Litigation and Regulation

• Benjamin Allen
• Judy Nemsick
• Steven Raffaele
• Ben Slocum

Transport – Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation

• Linda Auerbach Allderdice
• Kristine Little
• Charles Shewmake

Transport – Shipping: Finance

• Nicholas Kaasik
• Kurt Plankl

Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation

• Marie Larsen
• Jody Schisel-Meslin

Published for more than 30 years, The Legal 500 provides comprehensive worldwide coverage on legal services providers in 150 jurisdictions. Research is based on feedback from more than 300,000 corporate counsel worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have extensive experience in the legal market.