Katharine G. Griffiths
Associate
Overview
Katharine Griffiths advises high-net-worth individuals, families and fiduciaries on sophisticated estate planning, business succession planning, trust administration and probate matters. Based in Tampa, she is a member of Holland & Knight's Wealth & Tax Section, helping clients preserve and transfer wealth while addressing complex tax, governance and succession objectives across generations.
Katharine develops customized estate and wealth transfer plans that incorporate advanced trust strategies, closely held business planning and other techniques designed to minimize transfer taxes, facilitate ownership transitions and achieve family and business objectives. Drawing on her advanced tax training, she helps clients implement planning strategies tailored to their unique financial, family and business circumstances.
She also counsels corporate and individual fiduciaries on trust and estate administration. Katharine advises clients on a wide range of issues that arise during the administration of trusts and estates, including fiduciary responsibilities, tax compliance, beneficiary disputes and trust modifications. Her practice includes formal probate administration, the preparation of gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax returns and advice on complex fiduciary matters.
Credentials
- Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, with distinction
- University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
- Virginia Wesleyan University, B.A., Criminal Justice and Philosophy, magna cum laude
- Florida
- The Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (RPPTL) Section
- The Florida Bar, Tax Section
- Florida Fellows Institute, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Graduate of Class VII, 2026
- Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2025, 2026
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021
- Order of the Coif
- Pro Bono Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Fiduciary Administration, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Income Taxation of Estates & Trusts, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Law Review, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Appellate Advocacy, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Constitutional Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Professional Responsibility, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Trusts & Estates, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Accomplished Research Award, Florida Law Review
- Book Award, Introduction to Lawyering and the Legal Profession, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Legal Writing, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award, Torts, University of Florida Levin College of Law