Tiffani G. Lee
Partner – Holland & Knight LLP
Description of field of expertise
Tiffani G. Lee is a partner in Holland & Knight’s Miami office. She concentrates her practice in the area of complex commercial litigation, and she serves as the firm-wide Diversity Partner.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I). Ms. Lee has been involved in the firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout her career at the firm. Since 2008, she has served as the firm-wide Diversity Partner. In that capacity, she leads the Diversity Council and serves on the firm’s Practice & Operations Committee and Partner Compensation Committee. Ms. Lee leverages her DE&I leadership experience and subject matter knowledge to advise management and board members with regard to meeting evolving shareholder and stakeholder expectations for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) compliance.
Commercial Litigation. In her 20-plus years of litigation experience, Ms. Lee has prosecuted and defended claims on behalf of business clients in a variety of industries. She has experience handling contract disputes, corporate dissolution actions, securities fraud actions, shareholder derivative actions and actions alleging various business torts.
In 2019, Ms. Lee served on the trial team that successfully pursued claims for breach of fiduciary duty, civil conspiracy, and aiding and abetting on behalf of the U.S. subsidiary of a global Spanish conglomerate.
In 2018, Ms. Lee was appointed as a special master in Chinese drywall litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. As the court-appointed special master, she coordinated all aspects of the disclosures and discovery related to property damage calculations and made recommendations to the District Court on those matters.
Community Service. In the community, Ms. Lee is a member of the Orange Bowl Committee, Greater Miami Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Professionalism Panel. She is also a Big Sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami.