Background
Mora, Alberto J. was born in 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts, April ll.
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Alberto J. Mora
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Swarthmore College (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1974). University of Miami (Juris Doctor, 1981). Spoken languages: French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight LLP (Miami, Florida) specializing in General Practice including Administrative Law, Admiralty, Agribusiness, Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Civil and White Collar Criminal Litigation, Computer Law, Construction Law, Environmental and Land Use, Energy, Financial Institutions, General Corporate, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Business, Labor/Employment/ERISA, Legislation, Media Law, Probate and Estate Planning, Public Finance, Real Property, Securities and Corporate Finance, Taxation (State, Federal and International) and Workers' Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Florida. 1985, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
1993, District of Columbia. Member, Bar and Gavel. Editor-in-Chief, Lawyer of the Americas, University of Miami, Journal of International Law, 1980-1981.
OAS Fellow, Organization of American States' Seventh Course of International Law, 1980. Author: "Judicial Review of Shipowner & Stevedore Liability Under the LHWCA," 12 Law. Amer. 487, 1980. Foreign Service Officer, United States.
Department of State: United States. Embassy, Lisbon, 1975-1977. International Organizations Bureau, 1977-1978.
Member: The Florida Bar. Inter-American Bar Association. Holland & Knight is the largest law firm in Florida, with offices throughout Florida (Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach), in Atlanta, Georgia and in Washington, D.C. The firm traces its origins to two separate firms, one which dates from the 1880's and the other from the early 1900's.
Spessard L. Holland, former Florida Governor and United States Senator, founded one of the firms. Peter O. Knight, one of the organizers of Tampa Electric Company and The Exchange National Bank of Tampa (the predecessor of NationsBank of Florida), founded the other. The two firms merged to form Holland & Knight in July 1968.
The firm comprises approximately 500 lawyers, including Chesterfield Smith, a former president of the American Bar Association, a former president of the State Bar of Georgia, two past presidents of The Florida Bar and many other lawyers who have distinguished themselves in public and professional service on local, state, national and international levels.
Membership
Member, Bar and Gavel. Editor-in-Chief, Lawyer of the Americas, University of Miami, Journal of International Law, 1980-1981. OAS Fellow, Organization of American States' Seventh Course of International Law, 1980.
