Qian (Sheila) Shen

Sheila Shen is an attorney in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group of Holland & Knight's New York and Los Angeles offices, and maintains her New Jersey practice. Ms. Shen is an experienced trial lawyer who has secured favorable outcomes for clients in state and federal court bench and jury trials, as well as in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Clients rely on Ms. Shen for impactful strategy in high-stakes litigation, to develop novel legal issues, manage complex class actions, and prepare substantiative legal briefs, oral arguments and trials. Since beginning her career at Holland & Knight, Ms. Shen has obtained positive results for clients in complex commercial disputes, class action defense, education, transportation and logistics, asset recovery, and insurance and indemnification matters as a result of dispositive motion practice, trials and arbitrations.

Ms. Shen is active in Holland & Knight's pro bono and mentoring efforts, serves as deputy chair of the New York office's Diversity Committee and is a past coordinator of the New York office's Women's Initiative.

Ms. Shen is also active in the legal community. She is co-chair of the Litigation Committee of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) and past co-chair of AABANY's Young Lawyers Committee. She is also a former member of the Civic Affairs Committee of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA), past newsletter editor for the Insurance Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and a previous member of the Pro Bono Advisory Committee for Asian Americans Advancing Justice of Southern California (AJSOCAL).