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We are pleased to announce that 

NICK LEIBHAM

has joined as a partner in our Orange County and Washington, D.C. offices.

Mr. Leibham is a member of the firm’s Public Policy & Regulation Group. He has 20 years of policy/political experience and principally advises clients that have a substantial interest in government as a marketplace, advising true angel round startups to global Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Leibham’s counsel includes aspects of policy development as well as lobbying the legislative and executive branches of government, federal funding and business development initiatives, procurement, public-private partnerships, multi-jurisdictional site selection campaigns, regulatory matters and rulemakings, tax policy issues and company wind-downs where government is a creditor/stakeholder.

In addition, Mr. Leibham also acts as outside general counsel and has substantial experience managing litigation and M&A teams, counseling in the area of boardroom governance and facilitating internal investigations, as well as government enforcement actions.

Mr. Leibham has significant legislative and political experience, having been the Western regional director for the Democratic National Committee as well as a senior aide to Rep. Gary Ackerman
(D-N.Y.) and Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii).

“Nick has an extensive background in tech-focused policy and business, especially as it relates to emergent trends, and will be a great asset to our team,” said Rich Gold, the leader of Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group. “He will be particularly valuable to our clients in the energy, micro-electronics and next-generation mobility industries.”

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Leibham worked for an international law firm, where he served as a partner in the firm’s public policy and law group as well as co-head of the emerging technologies and innovation law and policy practice for the federal marketplace. He also served as a prosecutor on behalf of the state of California in his early legal career.

Mr. Leibham earned his J.D. and MBA from the University of San Diego School of Law and School of Business Administration, respectively, and his B.A. from Chaminade University of Honolulu.

Also joining Holland & Knight with Mr. Leibham is Kathleen Nicholas, who joins the firm as a senior public affairs advisor. Ms. Nicholas has spent a decade working at the intersection of law, policy and politics with a focus on energy, environment, advanced technology applications and congressional budgeting, among other issues.