Thomas Drew Leland

Thomas D. Leland is a partner in Holland & Knight’s Denver office and a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. His practice focuses on U.S. and international litigation and arbitrations, primarily in the energy, natural resources, and transportation industries. He has first-chaired dozens of jury and bench trials in high-stakes litigation across the U.S. and internationally.

In his energy and natural resources practice, Mr. Leland represents energy and commodity trading companies, midstream pipeline and transportation companies, electric power producers, co-ops, and utilities, third-party marketers, mining concerns, and oil-and-gas exploration and production companies in a wide variety of disputes and litigation.

Mr. Leland also has extensive experience handling domestic and international litigation and arbitrations for clients in the transportation industry, including airlines, maritime shipping companies, helicopter companies, engine manufacturers, aviation repair stations and parts manufacturers.

In addition to his trial practice, Mr. Leland has successfully handled appeals in the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, as well as numerous other state and federal appellate courts throughout the U.S.

With respect to arbitrations, Mr. Leland has acted as lead counsel in matters before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), the London Maritime Arbitration Association (LMAA), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the International Court of Arbitration (ICC).

Mr. Leland began his career as an associate in Holland & Knight’s Washington, D.C., office in 1998. In 2004, he relocated to Colorado. He returned to Holland & Knight in 2015 to become one of the founding partners of the firm’s Denver office.