Holland & Knight Partner Frances Guasch De La Guardia has received the Regional President of the Year Award from the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA). The award recognizes regional presidents for their remarkable leadership, innovative vision and steadfast commitment to advancing the Hispanic legal profession and community. Ms. Guasch De La Guardia will be honored at the 2024 HNBA and “Vision in Action” (VIA) Fund Annual Convention on September 5.

HNBA is an incorporated, not-for-profit, national membership association that represents the interests of more than 78,000 Hispanic attorneys, more than 18,000 law students and thousands of other legal professionals, including judges, law professors and legal assistants in the U.S. and its territories.

Based in Miami, Ms. Guasch De La Guardia is a member of Holland & Knight’s South Florida Litigation Practice Group. She practices in the areas of commercial, insurance and land use litigation and provides appellate and trial support in both state and federal courts. She has handled hundreds of appeals in Florida’s district courts of appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Miami-Dade and Broward Circuit Court of Appeals Division.