Practice Areas & Industries: Holland & Knight LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Government Representation
Holland & Knight has a national reputation as a preeminent firm in local and state government law and litigation. Our Government Representation attorneys assist over 300 local and state governments, including, municipalities, counties, planning and zoning commissions, and international and tribal authorities, regulatory and administrative agencies of all varieties.

Our government representation includes substantive practice areas that encompass all government regulatory authority, finance, procurement, public/private partnerships, contracting, government relations, water, transportation, construction, real estate, political activities, growth management, appropriations, parliamentary procedures, civil rights, land use and development. Our experience includes general advice and consultation, administration, regulations, legislation, dispute resolution, attending public hearings and meetings and preparing legislation and resolutions for governmental entities. We also represent private sector businesses interacting with governments on business and regulatory issues before state and local governments on such matters as commerce, transportation, insurance, environmental, education, health care, telecommunication and water.

Over the years, we have developed relationships and credibility with a large network of state and local government officials and representatives, enabling us to efficiently and effectively represent private sector businesses in their interaction with governments. We provide advice, representation and counsel to companies and individuals on state and local government matters covering a broad range of areas including, but not limited to:

• administrative
• bid protests
• litigation
• federal representation and appropriations
• environmental law
• community development block grant financing
• construction law
• diversity counseling
• development of regional impact
• Small, Minority and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs (MWBEs and DBEs)
• disparity studies
• economic development incentives and programs
• education
• energy
• government contracts and procurement
• real estate
• Indian law
• labor and employment
• health care
• insurance
• telecommunication
• transportation
• project finance
• project management
• public finance
• public policy advocacy and litigation
• public/private partnerships and redevelopment
• public utility regulation
• water
• zoning and land use

Our Government Representation practice is spread throughout the firm, with primary office locations in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Florida, New York, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.