Rita E. Nerney

Johanna L. Matloff is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Johanna L., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Johanna L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Shari A. Levitan is a partner in Holland & Knight's Boston office and chairs the firm’s New England Private Wealth Services Group. She is widely regarded as an authority on wealth and tax planning and business succession planning matters and has been interviewed by NPR, Reuters, Financial Times and the Associated Press . Ms. Levitan’s work involves counseling high-net-worth individuals, developing and implementing tax-efficient wealth transfer strategies that are consistent wi...

Lee Douthitt is a counsel in the firm’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. Mr. Douthitt represents employers in a broad range of employment matters, including advising clients on compliance with laws affecting the workplace and providing employment-related corporate counseling on various types of mergers and acquisitions. Specifically, he counsels clients on workplace issues such as employee discipline and termination, reductions in force, discrimination and harassmen...

Bruce Francis Smith has over forty years of experience and he represents creditors’ committees, debtors, creditors, executory contract parties, plan of reorganization proponents and asset purchasers in a number of areas including: chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings, debtor-in-possession financing and inter-creditor relationships. Chambers USA ranks Bruce as a leader in the field of restructuring in Massachusetts. Chambers notes that he is “superb counsel in th...

Michael T. Maroney is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Michael T., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Tim’s extensive experience includes patent office litigation matters such as patent interference proceedings, Inter Partes Review and reexamination proceedings. He has shaped and executed winning strategies in patent litigations. In helping clients achieve their business goals, Tim devises strategies for maximizing the value of patent portfolios for litigation, licensing or acquisition. He develops and implements strategies for protecting his clients’ key technologies and for avoi...

Mr. Maycotte concentrates on family law and has practiced in the fields of international arbitration and litigation, business litigation, commercial litigation, and general civil litigation. He has extensive trial experience representing clients in a wide variety of family law matters. Mr. Maycotte currently serves as Co-Chair of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association. He has earned his certification as a Certified Financial Litigator from the American Academy of Certified Finan...

Katherine L. Kenney is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants. Katherine L., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Katherine L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

George P. Varghese draws on more than a decade of leadership experience in the US Department of Justice to advise clients on litigation involving federal and state governments, as well as on other legal challenges spanning law, policy and business.

David Scott Sloan co-chairs Holland & Knight's National Private Wealth practice. Mr. Sloan serves as general counsel to wealthy individuals, their families and their businesses. He works closely with clients throughout the United States to design and implement sophisticated strategies integral to family wealth planning. High-net-worth individuals, including principals of private equity, venture capital and hedge fund firms, private and public company executives, real estate developers, en...