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Ms. Holtzman handles a wide variety of business litigation matters. These include the prosecution and defense of contractual disputes and complex collection cases, antitrust and unfair trade practice claims. Her practice includes trusts and estates litigation, professional liability matters and construction contract disputes.She represents corporations, financial institutions and individuals at both the trial and appellate court levels. Among her notable case achievements are:Represented the defendant and counter-claimant in the successful opposition to a motion to remand and obtained monetary damages and declaratory judgment in the client’s favor. This entitled the client to more than $2 million, and the case was affirmed in full on appeal. Ms. Holtzman also successfully opposed a petition for certiorari review filed by the opposing party. City of New Orleans v. Municipal Admin. Servs., Inc., No. 02-130 (E.D. LA July 15, 2003), aff’d, 376 F.3d 501 (5th Cir. 2004), cert. denied, 125 S. Ct. 1396 (2005).Obtained summary judgment on behalf of the defendant, the owner of the facility, and succeeded in dismissing all claims by construction contractor who sought damages for alleged undue delay, fraud and extra costs. The judgment was affirmed in full on appeal. Pellerin Constr., Inc. v. Witco Corp., 169 F. Supp. 2d 568 (E.D. La. 2001), aff’d, No. 01-30536, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 11536 (5th Cir. May 21, 2002).Assumed the representation of defendants after a jury verdict rendered against them in a contract dispute, and successfully obtained a full reversal on appeal for clients. C.C. Clark, Inc. v. DCV, Inc., 250 F.3d 738, 2001 WL 274113 (5th Cir. 2001) (not designated for publication).Ms. Holtzman is admitted to practice before all Louisiana state and federal courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. | 