Holland & Knight has announced that former National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) General Counsel, Gary Halbert, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. "We could not be more pleased that Gary is joining the firm," said Randal Craft, Senior Litigation Partner at Holland & Knight. "Gary is an accomplished and respected attorney whose depth and breadth of experience will help to strengthen our firm’s litigation and transportation capabilities and to expand the services that we offer our clients."
Halbert most recently spent more than five years serving as General Counsel at the NTSB, where he provided legal support for accident investigations, procurement and leasing activity, fiscal law matters, information law issues and the agency’s human resources function. Additionally, Halbert supervised the NTSB’s administrative and civil litigation, legislative drafting, ethics program, and compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act and Administrative Procedure Act.