Background
Adams, Alfred B. was born in 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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Alfred B. Adams
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Emory University (Bachelor of Arts, 1966. Juris Doctor, 1970).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in General Practice including Administrative Law, Admiralty, 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/Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 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, 1970, Georgia. Author: "Sounding The Warning: Product Liability Warning Law in Georgia," Georgia State Bar Journal (1981).
Faculty, Emory University Trial Techniques Program, 1982.
Member, Decatur City School Board, 1985-1991. Treasurer, 1983-1984 and Chairman, 1983-1985, Legal Committee, National Asbestos Council.
Member: Atlanta (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia (Member: General Practice Section.
Trial and Environmental Section.
Judicial Compensation Committee, 1986-1989). Lawyers Club of Atlanta. American Board of Trial Advocates.
Sustaining Member, Product Liability Advisory Council.
Holland & Knight is one of the largest law firms based in the Southeastern United States with offices in Washington, District of Columbia, Atlanta, Georgia, and nine locations in Florida (Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, Saint St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach). The firm traces its origins to two separate firms, one which dates from the 1880"s and the other from the early 1900"son
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.
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Membership
Member, Decatur City School Board, 1985-1991. Treasurer, 1983-1984 and Chairman, 1983-1985, Legal Committee, National Asbestos Council. Member: Atlanta (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia (Member: General Practice Section.
Trial and Environmental Section. Judicial Compensation Committee, 1986-1989).
Lawyers Club of Atlanta. American Board of Trial Advocates.
Sustaining Member, Product Liability Advisory Council.
