Katharine G. Griffiths
Associate
Overview
Katharine Griffiths is a private wealth services attorney in Holland & Knight's Tampa office. Ms. Griffiths focuses on complex estate planning, trust administration and probate matters.
Ms. Griffiths also regularly provides pro bono representation to clients in need. Among other pro bono matters, Ms. Griffiths has assisted new charitable organizations obtain their 501(c)(3) status, and helped families with guardianship and incapacity matters.
While in law school, Ms. Griffiths was elected as the executive research editor of the Florida Law Review. Additionally, she served as a research assistant for a trusts and estates professor and a teaching assistant for legal writing and appellate advocacy. She graduated in the top 1 percent of her class. After law school, Ms. Griffiths participated in the Graduate Tax Scholars program and earned an LL.M. with a certificate in estate planning from Georgetown University Law Center.
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
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021
- Order of the Coif
- Pro Bono Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2019
- Book Award, Fiduciary Administration, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2018
- Book Award, Income Taxation of Estates & Trusts, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2018
- Book Award, Law Review, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2018
- Book Award, Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2018
- Book Award, Appellate Advocacy, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
- Book Award, Constitutional Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
- Book Award, Professional Responsibility, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
- Book Award, Trusts & Estates, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
- Accomplished Research Award, Florida Law Review, 2017
- Book Award, Introduction to Lawyering and the Legal Profession, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2016
- Book Award, Legal Writing, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2016
- Book Award, Torts, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2016
- Alpha Phi Sigma
- Psi Chi
- Phi Eta Sigma