LEO RYDZEWSKI, ESQ. Leo Rydzewski is a Partner at Holland & Knight LLP, where he is a litigator concentrating in the areas of real estate, intellectual property, and media litigation. Mr. Rydzewski has litigated a wide variety of real estate matters, including landlord-tenant, title defense, eminent domain, and right of first refusal disputes. He regularly defends news media clients in defamation and invasion of privacy actions, and in the intellectual property area, he has litigated trademark, trade dress, copyright, and trade secret claims. Mr. Rydzewski also has an active commercial litigation practice. Mr. Rydzewski is a member of the Maryland, District of Columbia and Florida bars, and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Court of Federal Claims, and various federal district courts throughout the country. Mr. Rydzewski was featured in an article appearing in the Summer 2001 edition of the Georgetown University Magazine for his pro bono contributions to the legal profession, including his litigation of the then-largest child welfare class action in the nation involving children in the State of Florida's dependency (foster care) and delinquency (juvenile justice) systems seeking appropriate mental health services. He also was a 2002 recipient of the Florida Bar President Pro Bono Service Award. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Rydzewski served as a law clerk to the Honorable Federico A. Moreno, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Before entering law school, Mr. Rydzewski was an economist with the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, where he co-authored two articles that appeared in The Monthly Labor Review. Mr. Rydzewski earned his bachelors of arts in economics from Georgetown University, and his juris doctor summa cum laude from the Florida State University College of Law, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Florida State University Law Review. Mr. Rydzewski is the President of the Georgetown Club of Metropolitan Washington D.C., a graduate of Leadership Fairfax, and a member of the Barristers and the John Carroll Society. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Museum of Northern Virginia. Mr. Rydzewski lives with his wife in Annandale, Virginia.