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| | Address | | 633 West Fifth Street, 21st Floor | | Los Angeles, California 90071 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | | | |
| | | Holland & Knight LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Affordable Housing and Community Development; Aircraft Accident Investigation and Litigation; Aircraft Finance and Leasing; Alcohol Beverage; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust, Trade Regulation and Competition Law; Appellate; Asset Protection Trusts; Aviation Regulation; Banking and Finance; Bankruptcy; Banned Parties Software; Base Realignment, Closure and Privatization; Budget and Appropriations; Campaign Finance and Election Law; Cash Flow Asset Based Lending; China; Class Action Litigation; Computer Law; Construction and Design; Corporate Compliance and Ethics; Corporate Trust Representation; D and O Insurance; DC Practice; E-Commerce; Education; Eminent Domain and Condemnation; Energy; Energy: Liquefied Natural Gas; Entertainment; Environment; Equipment Financing and Leasing; Estate Planning and Administration; Estate, Trust and Guardianship Dispute Resolution; Family Business; Family Law; Federal Practice; Fiduciary Litigation; Food and Drug; Franchise; Government Contracts; Government Procurement and Business Development; Government Real Estate Asset Services; Government Representation; Health Law; Hospitality and Resorts; Indian Law; Intellectual Property; International Litigation; International Private Wealth Experience; International Trade; Investment Management; Labor and Employment; Land Use; Leasing; Litigation; Maritime; Media; Mergers and Acquisitions; Multifamily Housing; Nordic: Finland and Scandinavia; Patent, Copyright and Trademark Protection; Product Liability; Public Finance; Public Policy and Regulation; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT); Residential and Planned Development; Retail Real Estate; Securities Litigation; Securities and Public Companies; Securitization of Financial Assets; Ship Finance and Leasing; Sports Law; State Capitals; Strategic Communications; Submarine Cables; Syndication; Tax-Exempt Organizations; Taxation; Technology and Emerging Companies; Telecommunications; Timeshare and Resort Communities; Transportation; Trusts and Estates Litigation; Trusts and Estates Planning and Administration; Venture Capital and Private Equity; Water Law; and White Collar Defense and Corporate Compliance. | Firm Profile:
At Holland & Knight we leverage the talents and resources of our entire firm to provide effective advocacy and comprehensive, integrated solutions in virtually all areas of the law, across the U.S., and around the world. The firm's infrastructure, along with its collaborative approach, enables clients to benefit fully from the size of our team, the depth of our experience and our extensive geographic footprint. Holland & Knight's "one firm" structure allows the firm to support the most complex matters at all levels. The firm is organized into four practice Sections—Litigation, Government, Business and Real Estate. Through integrated practice groups and industry-based teams, we can provide efficient and responsive legal representation anywhere in the world. We serve clients on the basis of their needs, not merely location. Holland & Knight's interdisciplinary approach assures that clients have access to the lawyers with the most appropriate experience. | | Firm Size: 1150 |
Other Office Locations of Holland & Knight LLP
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.
Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A.
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
McLean, Virginia, U.S.A.
Beijing, China
Mexico, D.F., Mexico
| | LOS ANGELES MEMBERS | | Linda Auerbach Allderdice (Partner) born Madison, Wisconsin, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1978, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of Wisconsin at Madison (B.A., with distinction, 1970); National Law Center, George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1973). Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member: Employment and Litigation Sections; Committee on Administration of Justice (Former Member); The District of Columbia Bar; American Law Institute; The American Employment Law Council; Los Angeles County Bar Foundation (Board Member). Reported Cases: GAB Business Services, Inc., v. Lindsey & Newsom Claim Services, Inc., 83 Cal. App. 4th 409, 99 Cal. Rptr. 2d 665 (2000). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Complex Business Litigation; Unfair Competition; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property. Email: Linda Auerbach Allderdice | | Susan J. Booth (Member) born Pasadena, California; admitted to bar, 1991, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1985); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1991; M.B.A., 1991). Beta Gamma Sigma. Managing Editor, U.C.L.A. Law Review. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Chairperson, Real Estate Finance Subsection; Member, Planning Committee, Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium on Real Estate Law and Business). Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Workouts. Email: Susan J. Booth | | Donald M. Clary (Member) born Fresno, California, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: California State University at Northridge; University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1979). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Energy; Real Property; Land Use. Email: Donald M. Clary | | Vito A. Costanzo (Partner) born Worcester, Massachusetts, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1984); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1987). Author: "Defamation: A Case of Mistaken Identity," Loyola Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 7, 1987; "New European Union Internet Regulations Will Affect U.S. E-Commerce," Holland & Knight LLP Intellectual Property Newsletter, April 2002; "Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) Doomed to Crash — Consumer Rights Prevail Over Uniformity in Electronic Transactions," Holland & Knight LLP Intellectual Property Newsletter, October 2003; "European Union Threatens to Surpass the United States in Regulation of Internet Commerce." Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 2005. Member: Board of Governors, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation; Organizing Committee, Los Angeles Venture Association 2007 Investment Capital Conference. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Intellectual Property Law; Real Estate Law); State Bar of California (Member, Cyberspace Law Committee); American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association; Southern California Technology Council. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Copyrights; E-Commerce. Email: Vito A. Costanzo | | Francis W. Costello (Member) born Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, New York; 1977, California. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1973). Executive Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 1972-1973. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; International Law; Pacific Rim Trade. Email: Francis W. Costello | | B. Alan Dickson (Partner) born Vallejo, California, May 24, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1982, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1965); Harvard University (J.D., 1968); George Washington University (LL.M., summa cum laude, 1972); University of New Mexico (1973-1975). Member: Los Angeles County, Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Public Contract Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. [Attorney, U.S. Air Force, 1969-1975; Col., Air Force Reserve, Retired]. Special Agencies: Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals; U.S. Government Accountability Office; Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals. Practice Areas: Government Contracts; Litigation; Health Law; Construction Law. Email: B. Alan Dickson | | Rory E. Dilweg (Member) born Green Bay, Wisonsin, June 8, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2003, California. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Member: State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Indian Law Section, 1996—; Board Member, 2001-2003 and Secretary 2002, Indian Law Section). Practice Areas: Federal Indian Law. Email: Rory E. Dilweg | | Richard A. Eastman (Member) born Quincy, Massachusetts, 1937; admitted to bar, 1966, California; 1985, New York; 1987, Japan (as Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi) (Foreign Legal Counsellor). Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1959; LL.B., cum laude, 1965). Author: "Tax Aspects of Doing Business in Japan" in Current Legal Aspects of Doing Business in the Far East (ABA, 1972); "Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts," International Business Lawyer, July/August, 1984; "The FIDIC Red Book Fourth Edition," Construction Lawyer, November, 1989; Chapter 4, "Joint Venturing In the Far East" in Business Opportunities in the Far East (Dow Jones-Irwin (1990); "Tokyo Courts Address Issue of Foreign Jurisdiction," Asia Law & Practice, January, 1992; "Technology Transfer a Key to Success," (co-authored with P. del Vecchio), Asia Law & Practice, March, 1992; "Enforcement of U.S. Judgement Refused by Japanese Court," Asia Law & Practice, May, 1992. International case note on Birbrower v. Superior Court, American Journal of International Law, April, 2000. Member, Board of Governors, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association. Member, Panels of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association and Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Member: State Bar of California; Second Tokyo Bar Association; Japan Federation of Bar Associations; American, Inter Pacific and International Bar Associations; American Society of International Law; LawAsia American Arbitration Association; London Court of International Arbitration. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: International Arbitration; Aerospace Contracts; International Law; International Licensing; Construction Contracts. | | J. Michelle Hickey (Member) born January 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1986); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1989). Partner in the Government Law Section, specializing in Environmental and Land Use Law of the Los Angeles Office of Holland & Knight. Author, "Application of the ESA to Indian Tribes and Their Lands," chapter in The Endangered Species Act Deskbook published by the Environmental Law Institute. Co-Author "An Overview of Regulatory Compliance and Legal Liability Issues," in the Safety, Health, and Asset Protection: Management Essentials, Second Edition published by CRC Press LLC. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental and Land Use Law; Indians and Native Populations. Email: J. Michelle Hickey | | Robert L. Ivey (Member) born Americus, Georgia, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia; 1970, California. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1964); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Author: "Trials and Bat Milk on the Isle of Spam — A Long Long Trial on an Island Far, Far Away," California Construction Law Reporter (August 2003); "Claim Certification" (November, 1991) and "Qui Tam Lawsuits" (September, 1989), Government Contractor Briefing Papers (Federal Publications). Co-Author: "Payment Delay Claims," Proving and Pricing Construction Claims, Wiley Construction Law Library, John Wiley & Sons, 1990. Managing Board, Notes Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1966-1967. Member: Los Angeles County and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1968-1970]. Reported Cases: Lee v. Schmidt-Wenzel, 766 F.2d 1387 (9th Cir.1985); Market Ins. Corp. v. Integrity Ins. Co., 188 Cal.App.3d 1097 (1987); Bekins Moving & Storage v. Prudential Ins. Co., 176 Cal.App.3d 245 (1985); American Broadcasting Companies v. Walter Reade-Sterling, 43 Cal.App.3d 401 (1974). Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Business Litigation; ADR; Public Contracts. Email: Robert L. Ivey | | Frank R. Lawrence (Member) born January 1, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Nothern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., cum laude, American Studies, 1985); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Hastings Law Journal, Article Editor, 1989. Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Articles Editor, 1989. Adjunct Professor, University of California, Davis, School of Law, 1995-1997. Author: "The Nuremburg Principles," 40 Hast., L.J. 397, 1989. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, 1989-1991. Member: Thurston Society; Milton L. Schwartz American Inn of Court, 1991-1993; Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation, 1988-1989. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Thurston Society. Reported Cases: Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 116 S.Ct. 1114 (1996); Confederated Tribes & Bands of Yakama Indian Nation v. Locke, 176 F.3d 467 (9th Cir. 1999); Pueblo of Santa Ana v. Kelly, 104 F.3d 1546 (10th Cir. 1997); Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians v. Pete Wilson, 64 F.3d 1250 (9th Cir. 1994), amended 99 F.3d 321 (1996); Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. State of Tex., 36 F.3d 1325 (5th Cir. 1994); Spokane Tribe of Indians v. Washington State, 28 F.3d 991 (9th Cir. 1994); Cabazon Band of Mission Indians v. National Indian Gaming Com'n, 14 F.3d 633 (D.C. Cir. 1994); Larson v. Neimi, 9 F.3d 397 (9th Cir. 1993); Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians v. Wilson, 112 F. Supp. 2d 1185 (E.D. Cal. 2000); Pueblo of Santa Ana v. Kelly, 32 F. Supp. 1284 (D. NM 1996); Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Intern. Union v. Davis, 21 Cal. 4th 585 (1999); Western Telcon, Inc. v. California State Lottery, 13 Cal.4th 475 (1996); Turner v. Martire, 2 Cal. App. 4th 1042 (2000). Practice Areas: Indian Law; Appellate Litigation; Civil Litigation; Administrative Law; Gaming Law. Email: Frank R. Lawrence | | Jerome L. Levine (Member) born Los Angeles, California, July 20, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Southern California; San Francisco State University (A.B., 1962); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1965). Lecturer in Law: University of Southern California Law Center, 1970; Loyola University School of Law, 1971. Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1992 and Co-Chairman, Law and Legislative Committee, 1992-1995, National Indian Gaming Association. Member, Editorial Board, Indian Gaming Magazine, 1990-1997. Member: Beverly Hills (Member: Corporations and Commercial Law Committee, 1977—; Entertainment Law Committee, 1977—), Los Angeles County (Member, Antitrust Section), American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Litigation; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law; Member, Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 1979) and Federal (Member, Indian Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Practice Areas: Contract Litigation; Business Law; Litigation; Casinos and Gaming Law; Indian Law; Indian Economic Development. Email: Jerome L. Levine | | Gerold W. Libby (Partner) born New York, N.Y., 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; 1978, California. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1965); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1969). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Chair, Section of International Law and Practice, 1991-1992; Delegate, House of Delegates, 1994-2004). Inter-Pacific Bar Association (President-elect, 2007-2008). Practice Areas: Business Law(40%); Corporate Law(40%); International Law(20%). Email: Gerold W. Libby | | Richard E. Lyon, Jr. (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, October 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, California; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Stanford University (B.S., 1966); University of Utah (J.D., 1969). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property. Email: Richard E. Lyon, Jr. | | Ann Bridget McCarthy (Marketing Partner) born New York, N.Y., 1955; admitted to bar, 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: California State University (B.A., 1980); Southwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Staff Member, 1988-1989, Chief Note and Comment Editor, 1989-1990, Southwestern University Law Review. Member: State Bar of California. (Marketing Partner). Practice Areas: Corporate; Intellectual Property; Licensing and Distribution; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Ann Bridget McCarthy | | Teresa E. Poust (Member) born Mountain View, California, March 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama; 2003, District of Columbia; 2004, California. Education: California State University at Fullerton (B.A., 1989); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1992). Commissioner, National Indian Gaming Commission, 1999-2002. Member: State Bar of California; Alabama State Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tribal Court. Practice Areas: Indian Gaming; Indian Affairs. Email: Teresa E. Poust | | Adam Charles Ritter (Partner) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: Cambridge University, England; UC Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1988); Stanford Center at National Taiwan University, Taiwan (Language Certificate, 1992); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1994); UCLA Anderson School of Management (M.B.A., 1994). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1990-1991, and Editor, 1992-1994, Pacific Basin Law Journal. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors). Transactions: Exemplary transactions include work on: long-term, multi-million dollar distribution agreements for Taiwan-based manufacturers and their US distributors; a one hundred million dollar plus distribution financing arrangement between a China-based manufacturer and its US distributor; multi-million dollar consumer electronic product development and licensing agreements (one between the US subsidiary of a European client to acquire certain proprietary technology owned by a company in the US, and another to develop a new product there from and sell it to one of Korea's top conglomerates); a US joint venture between two Japanese manufacturers; multi-million dollar international private placements of common and preferred stock; a reorganization of seven US- and foreign-incorporated subsidiaries of a Taiwan-based multinational corporation; the acquisition of one company for another that counted among its principals prominent CEO's residing in the US and Hong Kong. Languages: Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Cross-Border Transactions; International Licensing; Distribution; Joint Ventures. Email: Adam Charles Ritter | | Allyson G. Saunders (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, March 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Loyola Law School at Los Angeles (J.D., 1987). Extern, Hon. Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1986. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Real Property Section) and American (Member, Construction Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Construction Law; Indian Law; Gaming Law. Email: Allyson G. Saunders | | Alan J. Watson (Partner) born Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., 1990); DePaul University (J.D., 1994). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation(100%). Email: Alan J. Watson | | Richard T. Williams (Member) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1967; M.B.A., 1972; J.D., 1972). Managing Editor, Stanford Journal of International Studies, 1970-1971. Contributing Editor, Oil and Gas Price Regulation Analyst, 1978-1982. Author, "Preemption", Energy Law & Transactions, 2002. Member: Los Angeles County (Chairman, Energy Law Committee, 1980-1982) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Business Litigation; Construction Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Richard T. Williams | | Paul C. Workman (Member) born Los Angeles, California, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1976); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1980). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Paul C. Workman | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Roger B. Coven (Senior Counsel) born Stamford, Connecticut, 1947; admitted to bar, 1979, Massachusetts; 1979, District of Columbia; 1988, California. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1969); Suffolk University (J.D., 1979). Member, 1977-1979 and Comment Editor, 1978-1979, Suffolk University Law Review. Staff Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 1979-1983. Member: American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Class Action Defense. Email: Roger B. Coven | | Adrienne P. Jeffrey (Senior Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, November 13, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania; 1980, California; 2005, Washington; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Chatham College (B.A., 1970); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1978); University of San Diego (LL.M. in Taxation, summa cum laude, 1989). Member, 1977 and Editor, 1978, University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Co-Author: "Taxation of International Activity: Over Relief from Double Taxation Under the U.S. Tax System," 9 International Tax & Business Lawyer, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Summer, 1991; Co-authored with Yoseph Edrey, Professor of Law, Haifa University, Israel. Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego School of Law, 1990-2001. Member: San Diego County, Washington State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Taxation Section). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Charitable Giving; Estate Administration; Trust Administration. Email: Adrienne P. Jeffrey | | Theresa W. Middlebrook (Senior Counsel) born Summit, New Jersey, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., 1975); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Member: International Trademark Association; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association; California Lawyers for the Arts. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property; Trademarks. Email: Theresa W. Middlebrook | | OF COUNSEL | | David Friedman (Of Counsel) born Palo Alto, California, January 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1989, California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1979); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1986); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif. Recipient: Daniel Lerner Prize, M.I.T., 1986; Gabriel Almond Prize, American Political Science Association, 1988. Fulbright Fellow and Guest Researcher, University of Tokyo, Japan, 1983-1985. National Science Foundation Fellow, 1981-1985, 1985-1986. National Resource Fellow, 1987-1988. Regent's Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1980. M.I.T. University Fellow, 1980-1981. Author: "The Revenge of the Redwoods: Reconsidering Property Rights and Economic Allocation," 61 University of Chicago Law Review 493 (1994); "The Los Angeles Riots: Causes, Myths and Solutions," Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, D.C. (Feb. 1993); "How to Succeed Without Really Flying: Japan's Technology and Security Policy and the Japanese Aircraft Industry," in Rivals or Allies: The U.S. and Japan in Pacific Asia (Chicago: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1993); "A Proposed Economic Development Strategy for Greater Los Angeles," Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (Jan. 1993); "The Misunderstood Miracle: Political Change and Industrial Development in Japan," Cornell University Press (May, 1988); "New Challenges for California Agriculture in the World Economy," San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1991); "Beyond The Age of Ford: The Strategic Basis of the Japanese Success in Automobiles" in J. Zysman and L. Tyson, American Industry in International Competition, 1983, p. 350, 1990. Law Clerk to Judge William Matthew Byrne, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1988-1989. Member, Board of Directors, New Vision Business Council for Southern California, 1990—. Member: State Bar of California (Member, International Law Section). Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Land Use. Email: David Friedman | | ASSOCIATES | | Kristina Starr Azlin (Associate) born La Jolla, California; admitted to bar, 2004, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2004). Member: Bar Association of Los Angeles; State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section) Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial Torts; Complex Commercial Litigation. Email: Kristina Starr Azlin | | Tara Lynn Cooper (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Miami (B.A.); University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | D. Casey Flaherty (Associate) born January 8, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 2006). Mr. Flaherty is a junior associate at Holland & Knight, LLP in Los Angeles, CA. He focuses primarily on California state and federal complex commercial litigation defense work, particularly products liability class actions and shareholder disputes. Member: Los Angeles (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Law Firm Management and Technology) and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Frosini v. Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC. (C.D. Cal. 2007) (granted Mr. Flaherty's motion for summary judgment on issue of first impression in California federal court: whether state court decision denying class certification precluded federal certification of similar class). Languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (Conversational). Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Defense Litigation; Federal Litigation; International Litigation. Email: D. Casey Flaherty | | Brian R. Guth (Associate) born Loma Linda, California; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 2004). Member: Los Angeles County and Federal (Member, Indian Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Indian Law(95%); Probate(5%). Email: Brian R. Guth | | Shelley Hurwitz (Associate) born Johannesburg, South Africa, September 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1998); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 2001). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Shelley Hurwitz | | Dion K. Killsback (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Montana. (Not admitted in California). Education: University of Montana School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of Montana. Practice Areas: Indian Law. Email: Dion K. Killsback | | Toby Rose Mallen (Associate) born Japan; admitted to bar, 1980, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1977); University of Southern California (J.D., 1980). Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts; Labor and Employment; Business Law; Real Estate. Email: Toby Rose Mallen | | William M. Pannier (Associate) born Abilene, Texas, September 25, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: Texas Christian University (B.B.A., Departmental Honors, magna cum laude, 1995); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of California. [USAF Judge Advocate General, 2001-2006]. Reported Cases: Matter of: Knoll, Inc.; Steel Case, Inc. B-294986.3 B-294986.4. Practice Areas: Government Contracts; Litigation; Construction Law. Email: William M. Pannier | | Richard W. Petty (Associate) born Pasadena, California; admitted to bar, 2002, California; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; California Indian Law Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Federal Indian Law. Email: Richard W. Petty | | Christina Lebedeff Raskin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Christina Lebedeff Raskin | | Ansley E. Shaw (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, October 5, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: University of Florida (B.S., with honors, 1999); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2002). Member: Berverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Ansley E. Shaw | | Stacey Hsiang Chun Wang (Associate) born Kaohsiung, Taipei, R.O.C; admitted to bar, 2006, California, U.S. District Court, Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Recipient, First Honors Award in Employee Pensions & Benefits, Fall 2005 and First Honors Award in International Commercial Arbitration, Spring 2004. Chief Copy Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Review, 2004-2005. Extern to the Hon. Margaret M. Morrow, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2006. Author: "Great Olympics, New China: Intellectual Property Enforcement Steps Up to the Mark," Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Review, 2005. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors); National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Languages: Mandarin Chinese. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Banking Litigation. Email: Stacey Hsiang Chun Wang | | William J. Wood (Associate) born June 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Indian Law; Labor and Employment; Taxation. Email: William J. Wood | | Dr. Zehava Zevit (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Tel Aviv University (LL.B., 1995); Harvard Law School (S.J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Indians and Native Populations; Constitutional Law; Government. Email: Dr. Zehava Zevit | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Atlanta, Georgia Office: One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2000, 30309. Telephone: 404-817-8500. Fax: 404-881-0470.
Beijing, China Office: No. 1206, 12th Floor, West Tower, Twin Towers, B-12 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, PRC. Telephone: 86-10-656-61968. Fax: 86-10-656-61258.
Bethesda, Maryland Office: 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 800, 20814. Telephone: 301-654-7800. Fax: 301-656-3978.
Boston, Massachusetts Office: 10 St. James Avenue, 11th Floor, 02116. Telephone: 617-523-2700. Fax: 617-523-6850.
Chicago, Illinois Office: 131 South Dearborn Street, 30th Floor, 60603. Telephone: 312-263-3600. Fax: 312-578-6666.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Office: One East Broward Boulevard, Suite 1300, 33301. Telephone: 954-525-1000. Fax: 954-463-2030.
Jacksonville, Florida Office: 50 North Laura Street, Suite 3900, 32202. Telephone: 904-353-2000. Fax: 904-358-1872.
Lakeland, Florida Office: 2115 Harden Boulevard, 33803. Telephone: 863-682-1161. Fax: 863-688-1186.
McLean, Virginia Office: 1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 700, 22102. Telephone: 703-720-8600. Fax: 703-720-8610.
Mexico City, Mexico Office: Holland & Knight - Gallastegui y Lozano, S.C., Edificio Arcos Bosques Corporativo, Paseo de los Tamarindos 400-B, Piso 2, Delegación Cuajimalpa, Bosques de las Lomas, 05120. Telephone: 525-55-261-1866. Fax: 525-55-261-1867.
Miami, Florida Office: 701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3000, 33131. Telephone: 305-374-8500. Fax: 305-789-7799.
New York, New York Office: 195 Broadway, 24th Floor, 10007. Telephone: 212-513-3200. Fax: 212-385-9010.
Orlando, Florida Office: 200 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2600, 32801. Telephone: 407-425-8500. Fax: 407-244-5288.
Portland, Oregon Office: 2300 U.S. Bancorp Tower, 111 Southwest Fifth Avenue, 97204. Telephone: 503-243-2300. Fax: 503-241-8014.
San Francisco, California Office: 50 California Street, Suite 2800, 94111. Telephone: 415-743-6900. Fax: 415-743-6910.
Tallahassee, Florida Office: 315 South Calhoun Street, Suite 600, 32301. Telephone: 850-224-7000. Fax: 850-224-8832.
Tampa, Florida Office: 100 North Tampa Street, Suite 4100, 33602. Telephone: 813-227-8500. Fax: 813-229-0134.
Washington, D.C. Office: 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 100, 20006. Telephone: 202-955-3000. Fax: 202-955-5564.
West Palm Beach, Florida Office: 222 Lakeview Avenue, Suite 1000, 33401. Telephone: 561-833-2000. Fax: 561-650-8399.
Representative Offices:
Caracas, Venezuela Office: Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, Avenida Francisco De Miranda, Torre Country Club, Pisos 1 y 2, Chacaito, 1050. Telephone: 582-12-952-9033. Fax: 582-12-953-1053/8365/7583.
Tel Aviv, Israel Office: Haim Samet, Steinmetz, Haring & Co. Advocates, 23 Begin Road, 66814. Telephone: 972-3-567-0100. Fax: 972-3-567-01010.
| (For Biographical Data of other firm Personnel, see Professional Biographies at other offices indicated in the heading of this card). | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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