Joseph H. Varner III

Holland & Knight’s Litigation Practice, one of the largest in the United States and Latin America, has been successful in achieving results in a wide range of controversy work – federal and state, trial and appellate, international and domestic, and through arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Our litigation attorneys regularly handle complex commercial litigation, class actions, international litigation, securities litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters, product liability and mass disaster cases, white collar and enforcement defense cases, and labor and employment matters. We apply our deep experience to handling matters in certain key industries, including construction, government contracts, aviation and maritime.

We understand the importance of choosing the right lawyer and the best law firm to handle litigation, or controversies that could result in litigation. Our litigation lawyers have extensive case-handling experience, and can draw on broad subject matter knowledge throughout the firm as necessary to support your positions. We have the resources to properly staff cases, and the sensitivity to avoid overstaffing. We look for approaches that will be most effective, taking account of economic and non-economic objectives. Our services include:

• evaluation and risk assessment
• development of strategy in consultation with the client, informed by knowledge of your industry, the substantive law, and the procedural requirements of the forum
• vigorous and sustained advocacy
• timely consultation and responsive communications
• a focus on results

With offices across the U.S., and international offices and relationships that give us a global reach, we are able to mobilize wherever and whenever you need us. Working with our litigation practice means partnering with problem solvers who have gone toe-to-toe with some of the toughest adversaries in the country. Further, our trial and appellate litigators – including former judges, prosecutors and regulatory officials – work collaboratively with other Holland & Knight practice teams to provide the most informed and efficient representation possible.

With roots that date to 1889, Holland & Knight is a global law firm with approximately 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 34 offices. Among the nation’s largest law firms, it provides representation in business, governmental, healthcare, litigation and real estate law. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with access to attorneys throughout the firm, regardless of location.

Holland & Knight has decades of experience advising an array of industries, businesses and government organizations, which results in helping clients identify and capture opportunities while mitigating risk and liability.

The firm is organized into five practice sections: business, government, healthcare, litigation and real estate. Through integrated practice groups and industry-based teams, it can provide efficient and responsive legal representation anywhere in the world. This collaborative approach helps to ensure that clients have access to the lawyers with the most appropriate experience.

Attorneys throughout the firm collaborate with colleagues across all of the firm’s offices and practice areas to efficiently counsel clients in these key sectors. The initiative consists of industry-focused, interdisciplinary groups of attorneys and other professionals who have particularly strong substantive skills, deep industry knowledge and prominence, client relationships and other significant attributes relevant to the selected industries.