LOS ANGELES OFFICE
With approximately 2,200 lawyers globally, Holland & Knight is one of the largest, most-respected law firms, with a reputation for delivering skilled legal service and giving back to our communities. For almost 25 years, the Los Angeles office has been offering representation in litigation, business, real estate and governmental law, and private wealth services. With a local focus and a national and global reach, our collaborative approach is designed to address the full scope of legal challenges in the Southern California marketplace, the West Coast and beyond.
With in-depth practice strength we address Los Angeles’s top legal challenges including:
alternative dispute resolution
business litigation
class action defense
construction law
consumer law
energy and clean technology
estate planning
nancial services
LEGAL SERVICE AREAS
intellectual property
labor and employment
product liability
real estate, land use and development
regulatory compliance
retail and consumer products
software, hardware and internet technology, telecommunications and media
transportation
trust and estate dispute resolution
white collar defense and investigations
WE CARE ABOUT L.A.
Holland & Knight takes pride in its charitable, civic and pro bono outreach, and our attorneys are deeply committed and embedded in the Los Angeles community. Nearly 40 area organizations have benefited from volunteer time, staff involvement and/or financial contributions.
Recognized for sixth consecutive year with the Mansfield Certified designation, in which women, minority and LGBTQ lawyers represent at least 30 percent of firm leadership roles and committees
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
The firm received its ninth score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index in 20232024, which rates U.S. workplaces on LGBTQ+ inclusion
Partner Vivian Lee Thoreen recognized in Private Wealth Disputes: California in 2023 Chambers High Net Worth guide
Partners Thomas Yoo and Ryan Leaderman listed among the 2020 Top Minority Attorneys by Los Angeles Business Journal
Partners Vivian Lee Thoreen and Karl Lott were named 2019 "Most Influential Minority Attorneys" by the Los Angeles Business Journal
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Special Olympics
Dolores Mission School
St. Anne's Home
St. Francis Center
Brown Bag Lady
City Year
Step Up
Best Buddies
Alliance for Children's Rights
Center for Veterans Advancement
Habitat for Humanity
Greater Los Angeles
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children
National Immigration Law Center
Central City Association
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
BAR ASSOCIATIONS
Our Los Angeles attorneys occupy leadership positions in the following local bar associations:
Federal Bar Association, Los Angeles Chapter
Italian American Lawyers Association
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Committee, Jonathan Park, Co-Chair
RECOGNITION
Holland & Knight was named "Law Firm of the Year" in Transportation Law in the 2024 Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" guide; in addition, the Los Angeles office received six metropolitan first-tier rankings in Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Real Estate Law and Trusts & Estates Law
19 attorneys were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2024 guide for Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Real Estate Law, Energy Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Litigation –Labor and Employment, Trusts and Estates, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, Administrative/Regulatory Law and Health Care Law
Partner Tina Tellado named among 2023 "Top Labor & Employment Lawyers" by the Daily Journal
Partner Douglas Praw named among 2023 "Leaders of Influence: Thriving in their 40s" by the Los Angeles Business Journal
Chambers USA named 248 Holland & Knight attorneys as "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in its 2023 guide, including Partners Susan Booth, Thomas Hill, Douglas Praw and Kenneth Yood; the firm also received top California rankings for Real Estate Zoning/Land Use
The 2023 Chambers High Net Worth guide ranked Holland & Knight in Band 1 for Private Wealth Disputes: California
7 Los Angeles-based attorneys received 2023 honors by Southern California Super Lawyers magazine
CONTACT US
Vivian Lee Thoreen Executive Partner
Los Angeles
213.896.2482
vivian.thoreen@hklaw.com