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Marilyn J. Holifield

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2006.
701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3300 Miami, Florida 33131
(305) 374-8500
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Firm: Holland & Knight LLP
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Overview
Firm

Holland & Knight LLP


Years In Practice


Phone Number (305) 374-8500

Marilyn J. Holifield practices in the general litigation area, with a specific emphasis on representing corporate clients. Her practice includes employment, business litigation, corporate governance, trade secrets, covenants-not-to-compete, class action and intellectual property litigation. Ms. Holifield has represented corporate clients as lead counsel in jury and nonjury trials, arbitrations and administrative proceedings.

Ms. Holifield practices employment law and was named by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of America’s top employment lawyers. Ms. Holifield was also named one of South Florida’s 25 most successful and prominent black business women by Network Miami magazine.

For five years, Ms. Holifield was an assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in New York City, where she was responsible for litigating class action employment and prison reform lawsuits before federal trial and appellate courts in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Illinois and New York. She was the General Counsel for the New York State Division for Youth and a law clerk for Judge Paul H. Roney of the United States (former) Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

When Ms. Holifield was named the 2000 Chesterfield Smith Lawyer, she received the outstanding lawyer of the year award, the highest honor the firm awards to a lawyer.

Ms. Holifield has served on the Directors Committee of Holland & Knight and the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College. She has also served as a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, and Executive Council of Florida Bar Labor and Employment Section.

She has given continuing legal education lectures on alternative dispute resolution, employment law, trial practice, defamation law and corporate governance for the American Bar Association Litigation Section, The Florida Bar, National Bar Association, Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop and the American Law Institute.

The federal district judges of the Southern District of Florida selected Ms. Holifield to serve on the magistrate selection panel that pre-screened candidates for magistrate positions. Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio appointed Ms. Holifield to the federal Judicial Nominating Commission for the Southern District of Florida. She has also served on the Ad Hoc Rules and Procedure Committee for the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida.

Ms. Holifield served two terms as chairperson of the ABA Conference of Minority Partners in Majority/Corporate Law Firms and as a member of the ABA Commission on Opportunities for Minorities in the Profession. The Governor of Florida appointed Ms. Holifield as a co-chair of the 1994 Summit of the Americas, which included historic meetings of the Heads of State of 34 countries in this hemisphere.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Business Management
Commercial Litigation
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Marilyn J. Holifield
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Litigation - Labor and Employment, Miami (2013)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
  • President’s Commission on White House Fellowships, Miami Regional Panelist, 2013
  • Tourism Pioneer Awards, Black Hospitality Initiative of Greater Miami, 2012
  • National Bar Association's Gertrude E. Rush Award, 2012
  • Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Jurisprudence Award, 2011
  • Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-2013
  • Top Lawyer, South Florida Legal Guide, Corporate & Business Litigation, 2012-2014
  • Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend magazine
  • Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Labor & Employment, 2008-2010
Education
Graduated
Swarthmore College, BA
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (305) 374-8500
701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3300
Miami, Florida 33131
Miami, Florida 33131
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