Background
Wade, Allison was born on December 1, 1934 in Vero Beach, Florida, United States.
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Allison Wade
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University of Georgia (Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, 1957. Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, first honor graduate, 1959).
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, 1958, Georgia. 1972, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Delta Phi. Phi Kappa Phi. Blue Key. Beta Gamma Sigma. Editor-in-Chief, Student Editorial Board, Georgia Bar Journal, 1958.
Author: "A Guide Through the Maze: The Accountant"s Role In Going Public," Browne, 1970.
Member, Legal Advisory Board, Southern Legal Foundation, Incorporated. Member: Federal, American and International Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia. The District of Columbia Bar.
Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
Old War Horse Lawyers Club. 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, Legal Advisory Board, Southern Legal Foundation, Incorporated. Member: Federal, American and International Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.
The District of Columbia Bar.
Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Old War Horse Lawyers Club.
