How Holland & Knight Partner Helped Death Row Inmate at SCOTUS

Not every Big Law partner can spend as much time looking for death row inmates who need representation as they do developing their base of corporate clientele.

But that’s the beauty and rarity of Holland & Knight’s Sam Spital’s practice, who last week surfaced in the news when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a victory to one of his pro bono clients — Texas death row inmate Duane Buck.

“The Buck case decided earlier today by the Supreme Court and which will be front page tomorrow was won by the efforts of, inter alia, our own Sam Spital,” Chris Kelly, a ...