17 Mar 2026
Jeremy Ches Returns to Holland & Knight as Litigation Partner in Jacksonville
"Holland & Knight adds Jeremy Ches as a partner in its North Florida Litigation Practice Group in Jacksonville; he will work in healthcare and commercial litigation and affirmative recovery."
Mr. Ches most recently served as senior counsel at Florida Blue, a subsidiary of GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation. He served on GuideWell's Litigation Management Team for more than 10 years, managing high‑risk litigation for a more than $30 billion‑per‑year health solutions enterprise, including payment disputes, putative class actions, government investigations and regulatory matters. During his tenure he helped mitigate enterprise risk by almost $1 billion and founded and led GuideWell's Affirmative Recovery Program, which seeks to recoup financial losses caused by fraud, waste and abuse, anticompetitive behavior, business torts and other wrongful conduct.
Mr. Ches initially joined Holland & Knight in 2006 before leaving in 2016 to work for Florida Blue. He began his legal career as an assistant state attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit in Florida from 2003 through 2006, where he managed hundreds of cases from inception through resolution, handling hearings, depositions and trials.
At Holland & Knight, Mr. Ches will return to a sophisticated commercial litigation practice with a focus on advising healthcare and other highly regulated industry clients on business and contract disputes, government investigations, putative class actions and regulatory compliance matters. He will also apply his experience in affirmative recovery claims to help clients identify opportunities and recoup past losses and damages.