Reed Randel

Reed Randel is a litigation trial lawyer in Holland & Knight's Dallas office, where he focuses his practice on complex business litigation and dispute resolution matters. Mr. Randel has tried cases in state court, federal court and before arbitrators in Texas and across the country.

In addition, Mr. Randel has significant experience handling matters involving healthcare, government and regulatory, administrative law, environmental, asbestos and product liability, contract disputes, as well as fraud, waste and abuse, and various commercial litigation issues.

Mr. Randel's recent representative engagements include:

• representing a group of cities in a lawsuit against the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts related to the validity of a recent rule change
• advising public and private clients on matters involving the Texas Public Information Act (PIA) (formerly, the Open Records Act), including counseling private entities whose information is sought through open-records or similar requests
• representing clients in writ of mandamus actions
• representing clients in internal investigations
• representing clients in property tax litigation
• representing commercial clients in response to third-party subpoenas
• representing a heat treatment company in Clean Water Act (CWA) cases
• representing clients in premises liability matters
• representing a national commercial tenant in lease disputes throughout the state of Texas
• represented a commercial gym in a dispute with various North Texas landlords over rent owed during the period gyms were closed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
• represented clients in different industries in confidential arbitration proceedings
• represented a hospital chain and a local hospital against a claim to dissolve partnership in a three-week jury trial and through the appellate stage
• represented a Fortune 100 company in lawsuits relating to secondary exposure to asbestos-containing products
• represented a healthcare provider of mobile ambulatory surgery services in a lawsuit involving breach of contract, defamation and tortious interference claims in a jury trial and through the appellate state
• advised the audit committee of a Nasdaq-traded consumer goods and financing company in an independent investigation
• represented a physician in healthcare fraud prosecution
• represented a healthcare provider in partnership dispute
• represented nationwide hospital providers in contract dispute litigation and compliance analysis, including lease and physician recruitment matters
• represented a property owner in dispute over breaches of restrictive covenants
• represented a limited liability company in breach of contract claims in connection with a complex business dispute
• represented a national real estate development company in defective construction case
• represented a real estate development company in writ of mandamus action against a city official