Degrees:

• B.A., Reed College, 1977
• J.D., University of Oregon, 1982

Practice Focus:

• Laurie Webb Daniel chairs Holland & Knight’s Appellate Practice Team. Ms. Daniel has argued before the United States Supreme Court and various other courts. Her appellate work frequently addresses business, competition, and tort liability issues, among others. At Holland & Knight, Ms. Daniel has implemented an approach to significant litigation that combines the skills of an appellate advocate with those of substantive specialists at the start of the case to ensure that legal issues are well developed and preserved as necessary for a successful outcome – whether the matter is concluded in the trial court or on appeal. As a result, Ms. Daniel routinely assists trial lawyers nationwide with high stakes litigation. Specific examples of the benefits of this approach are discussed in an article published by the Association of Corporate Counsel: George B. Brunt and Laurie Webb Daniel, Appellate Counsel: Why Hiring Them Early Pays Off, ACC Docket 22, No. 1 (January 2004), 64-79.

Publications:

• Obtaining Review of Interlocutory Orders, ABA Section of Litigation, Committee on Pre-trial Practice & Discovery (Summer 2006)
• Agency vs. Class Action in Advertising Litigation: Regulatory Compliance Defenses, Defense Research Institute's For The Defense (June 08, 2006)
• Appellate Court Rejects FTC Challenge to Patent Settlements
• H&K Food and Drug Law Newsletter (April 07, 2005)
• Class Action Appeals, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (October 14, 2004)
• Appellate Counsel: Why Hiring Them Early Pays Off, ACCA Docket (January 01, 2004)
• Strategies For Ultimate Victory in Dangerous Litigation, Holland & Knight Institute (February 24, 2003)
• Statement Submitted to the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals (March 23, 1998)
• Predatory Pricing: Can a Georgia Business Recover Today? Fulton County Daily Report (September 15, 1994)

Representative Cases:

• Schering-Plough Corp. v. F.T.C., 420 F.3d 1056 (11th Cir. 2005)
• Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551, 2004 WL 1636451 (2005) (Brief of The Constitution Project as Amicus Curiae)
• Dresser-Rand Co. v. Virtual Automation Inc., 361 F.3d 831, (5th Cir. 2004)
• Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC v. Jenkins, 261 Ga.App. 20, 582 S.E.2d 9 (2003)
• Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC v. Campbell, 258 Ga.App. 767, 574 S.E.2d 923(2002)
• Turner v. Beneficial Corp., 242 F.3d 1023 (11th Cir. 2001) (Amicus Brief of the AFSA)
• Perrone v. General Motors Acceptance Corp., 232 F.3d 433 (5th Cir. 2000) (Amicus Brief of the AFSA)
• Slaven v. BP America, Inc., 190 F.R.D. 649, 2001 (C.D.Cal. 2000)
• Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581, 1999 WL 143936 (1999) (Brief of Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union)
• Glinton v. And R, Inc., 271 Ga. 864, 524 S.E.2d 481 (1999)
• Williams v. Dresser Industries, Inc., 120 F.3d 1163 (11th Cir. 1997)
• U.S. Anchor Mfg., Inc. v. Rule Industries, Inc., 264 Ga. 295, 443 S.E.2d 833 (1994)
• U.S. Anchor Mfg., Inc. v. Rule Industries, Inc., 7 F.3d 986 (11th Cir. 1993)
• Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney, 489 U.S. 169 (1989)
• Freeman v. Department of Transp., 177 Ga.App. 51, 338 S.E.2d 484 (1985)
• Quinn v. Cardiovascular Physicians, P.C., 254 Ga. 216, 326 S.E.2d 460 (1985)

Honors and Awards:

• Ms. Daniel is a member of the American Law Institute. She is listed as a leading lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, and Georgia Super Lawyers. She has been a conferee at Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conferences since 1989. She has served on the Amicus Committee of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the Amicus Curiae briefs Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation. Ms. Daniel is a founding member and the first Chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of Georgia and a founding member of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers. She is a director of The Georgia Appellate Practice and Educational Resource Center, Inc.
• a member of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
• and a past president of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Inc.

Nature of Firm's Practice:

• Full Service