Background
Rea Maguire, Amelia was born on March 13, 1952 in Portuguese Arthur, Texas, United States.
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Amelia Rea Maguire
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Florida Southern College. University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). Florida State University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1986).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (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/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, 1987, Florida. Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Secretary, Florida Department of Commerce, 1984-1987.
Chairman, Florida Governor"s Task Force on Economic Development, 1990-1991.
Chairman, Growth Policy Committee, Florida Governor"s Commission for Government by the People, 1991-1992. Member, Environmental Land Management Study Commission (ELMS III) 1992-1993.
Member, Western Hemispheric Summit of the Americas, 1994. Member, International Trade and Economic Development Board of Enterprise Florida, Incorporated.
1996. Commissioner, Florida International Affairs Commission, 1994-1996, Board of Governors, and Chairman, State Affairs Committee, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, 1991-1995.
Member: Dade County and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law. Administrative Law; International Law) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member: The Florida Bar Foundation IOTA Grant Committee, 1989-1992).
Holland & Knight is the largest law firm in Florida, with offices throughout Florida (Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, Saint St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach), in Atlanta, Georgia and in Washington, District of Columbia 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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Environmental Land Management Study Commission (ELMS III) 1992-1993. Member, Western Hemispheric Summit of the Americas, 1994. Member, International Trade and Economic Development Board of Enterprise Florida, Incorporated.
1996.
Commissioner, Florida International Affairs Commission, 1994-1996, Board of Governors, and Chairman, State Affairs Committee, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, 1991-1995. Member: Dade County and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law. Administrative Law; International Law) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member: The Florida Bar Foundation IOTA Grant Committee, 1989-1992).
