Sonya Ann Strnad

Sonya Strnad is a senior counsel in Holland & Knight's Miami office. She practices in the firm's Litigation Section and has experience in both federal and state courts, regulatory investigations, congressional investigations and internal investigations. Her practice encompasses internal and government investigations into FCPA compliance, fraud and embezzlement, as well as securities class actions, federal securities fraud and derivatives litigation. She is also part of the Holland & Knight team recently appointed by the Department of Justice to serve as an FCPA Compliance Monitor in a major enforcement case.

Ms. Strnad is a Certified E-Discovery Specialist. She is a member of the Sedona Working Groups on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1) and International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (WG6), as well as the firm's National Electronic Data Discovery Team. She has extensive experience in the e-discovery, forensic and document retention areas and frequently lectures on these topics for businesses, Continuing Legal Education classes and internally within the firm.

Ms. Strnad also counsels clients on document management practices outside of litigation. She has worked with a number of clients to develop document management and retention policies and guidelines, provide general retention schedules and implement litigation hold procedures.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Strnad was in the New York office of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, where she represented both corporations and individuals in complex litigation involving antitrust, corporate, commercial and securities matters. Notably, she was involved in the Enron litigation, in which she tackled complex electronic discovery issues.

While in law school, Ms. Strnad was the president of the Francis Deak International Law Society and chair of the Symposium on Corporate Multinationalism and Human Rights, which examined domestic corporate liability for human rights violations of multinational companies abroad. She was also a member of the pro bono domestic abuse program with Camden County Family Court and founded the first pro bono immigration program, helping permanent residents to naturalize.

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Areas of Practice 1) Litigation and Dispute Resolution, 2) Public Companies and Securities, 3) Securities Litigation, 4) White Collar Defense and Investigations, 5) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 6) Corporate Governance and 7) Compliance Services
Law School Rutgers School of Law-Newark (J.D.)
Admitted Year 2005
Education Canisius College (B.A.)
Bar Member / Association Florida State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association
Most recent firm Holland & Knight LLP
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