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Holland & Knight retracts promotion
An attorney who was recently reprimanded for sexual harassment agreed to step aside as chief operating partner of the firm.
By KRIS HUNDLEY AND SCOTT BARANCIK
Published March 30, 2005
Battered by embarrassing publicity, Holland & Knight on Wednesday retracted the promotion of a Tampa partner recently reprimanded for sexual harassment. Douglas A. Wright, 44, agreed to step aside immediately as chief operating partner of the 1,250-member law firm, less than two weeks after being appointed to the No. 3 position.
In a message sent to Holland's 32 offices worldwide shortly before 5 p.m., managing partner Howell Melton said Wright would leave the executive post and return to his former role as a partner in the business law section of the Tampa office.
Citing recent news stories about the promotion which he said, "have had a negative impact on Holland & Knight's public image," Melton said "Doug and I agreed that this decision is in the best interest of our firm."
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