Holland & Knight, Greenberg Traurig's Cesar Alvarez Honored at American Lawyer Industry Awards
Kirkland & Ellis took home the prize for Best Law Firm of the Year
December 07, 2018 at 04:39 PM
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Holland & Knight won the Regional Litigation Department of the Year award for Florida and Cesar Alvarez of Greenberg Traurig was a Lifetime Achievement Award honoree at The American Lawyer Industry Awards, held Dec. 5 in New York City.
The regional litigation award recognizes outstanding achievement in the legal profession. Carlton Fields was also nominated for the award.
“As survey after survey has shown, and now The American Lawyer has confirmed, our Florida practice is among the most significant statewide practices in the nation,” Christopher Kelly, chair of the firm's litigation section, said in a statement. “Gifted, talented and dedicated, the lawyers who earned the firm this honor are a credit to Holland & Knight as well as its clients.”
Holland & Knight has over 120 lawyers in its Florida litigation practice, and has been involved in several high-profile cases with clients that include Norwegian Cruises and Nicklaus Children's Hospital.
Greenberg Traurig's Alvarez, one of several lawyers honored for lifetime achievement, was also at the ceremony. He reflected on his childhood as a refugee from Cuba and his father's insistence that the family would repay the United States for what it had provided his family, said, “In the winter of my life, when I look back, I can say that we as a family fulfilled that promise.”
Kirkland & Ellis took home the prize for Best Law Firm of the Year, surpassing a group of competitors comprised of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Cooley; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Hogan Lovells; and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Grace Speights of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius was named Attorney of the Year for her work tied to the #MeToo movement.
In addition to Alvarez, other Lifetime Achievement Award honorees were A.B. Culvahouse Jr. of O'Melveny & Myers, Jamie Gorelick of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Eric Holder of Covington & Burling, Mary Ann Hynes of Dentons and Richard Riley of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. The Law Firm Distinguished Leader honoree was Warren Gorrell of Hogan Lovells.
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