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Page 1 of 3 <br /> Holland & Knight <br /> Rodolfo Sorondo Jr. <br /> r �` Partner <br /> =' ;" f: Miami <br /> ..,. ,,,- <br /> • �. . T 305.789.7596 <br /> _ , rodolfo.sorondo @hklaw.corn <br /> Related Practices: Appellate I Litigation and Dispute Resolution I Latin America Practice <br /> Rodolfo Sorondo Jr., leader of Holland & Knight's Appellate Practice Group in the Miami office, is a <br /> partner in the firm. He focuses his practice primarily on state and federal appeals and trial support, <br /> specializing in all types of litigation. He also serves as a mediator, special master and arbitrator in state <br /> and federal courts. <br /> Mr. Sorondo began his career as a trial lawyer and tried numerous jury and bench trials until his <br /> appointment to Florida's Judiciary. In 1992, he was appointed by then Governor Lawton Chiles to the <br /> Circuit Court of Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County. He served that court with <br /> distinction through January of 1997, at which time he was elevated by Governor Chiles to Florida's <br /> Third District Court of Appeal, where he again served with distinction through 2002. He joined Holland & <br /> Knight on October 1, 2002. <br /> In addition to his judicial duties during his tenure on the bench, Mr. Sorondo dedicated a considerable <br /> amount of time to teaching. He has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami's College <br /> of Law teaching litigation skills from 1995 to the present. He has also served as a faculty member for <br /> the College of Advanced Judicial Studies, and the Conferences of Circuit and County Judges where he <br /> has lectured on issues related to jury selection, dismissals for fraud on the court, Florida Evidence Code <br /> Sections 404(2)(a) [the Williams Rule], and 90.803(23) [child hearsay]. Finally, he has served as an <br /> instructor at the National College of District Attorneys in Columbia, South Carolina on the subject of <br /> appellate advocacy, and at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy in Boulder, Colorado. <br /> Since his return to private practice, Mr. Sorondo has been invited back to teach at the Conference of <br /> Circuit Judges and has also lectured to the Dade County Defense Bar Association, the Miami-Dade <br /> County State Attorney's Office and to private law firms. <br /> Experience <br /> ® Insurance Litigation: during our defense of a large insurer in a Florida matter having to do with a <br /> common law first party bad faith cause of action, the 11th Circuit certified five questions to the Florida <br /> http://www.hklaw.com/professionals/uniEntity.aspx?xpST=ProfessionalDetailPrintAll&pro... 7/6/2015 <br />