Background
Elson, Charles Myer was born on November 12, 1959 in Atlanta. Son of Edward Elliott and Suzanne (Goodman) Elson.
Elson, Charles Myer was born on November 12, 1959 in Atlanta. Son of Edward Elliott and Suzanne (Goodman) Elson.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1981; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1981-1982; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1985.
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (Tampa, 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, New New York 1988, District of Columbia (Not admitted Florida).
Order of the Coif.
Author: "Director Compensation and the Management-Captured Board - The History of a Symptom and a Cure," 50 SMU Law Review 127 (1996). "Fairness Opinions: Are They Fair or Should We Care," 53 Ohio State Law Journal 951 (1992). "Executive Compensation -- A Board-Based Solution," 34 Boston College Law Review 937 (1993).
"Duty of Care, Compensation and Stock Ownership," 63 University of Cincinnati Law Review 648 (1995).
Assistant Professor, 1990-1993 and Associate Professor, 1993-1996, Professor, 1996, Stetson University College of Law. Visiting Professor, Cornell Law School, 1996, University of Illinois College of Law, 1995.
Law Clerk, Honorable Elbert P. Tuttle, United States.C.A. 11th Circuit, 1985-1986. Law Clerk, Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III, United States.C.A. 4th Circuit, 1984-1985.
Member, Commission on Director Professionalism, National Association of Corporate Directors, 1996.
Member, Commission on Director Compensation, National Association of Corporate Directors, 1995. Member, National Association of Corporate Directors/Grant Thornton Best Practices Council on Securities Litigation Reform and Fraud Detection, 1997. Member, National Association of Corporate Directors Commission on Sucession Planning.
Salvatori Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia, 1993-1994.
Faculty Advisor, Executive Council, The Florida Bar Business Law Section, 1993-1995. Director, Sunbeam Corporation, 1996.
Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New New York American Bar Association.
American Law & Economics Association.
Ferguson-White Inn, American Inns of Court. Federalist Society; National Association of Corporate Directors" Advisory Council, 1997. American Law Institute.
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.
Board director Big Apple Circus, Ltd., New York City, 1987-1993, advisory board Risk Metrics. Trustee Talladega College, 1994-2001, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 2000-2004, Tampa Museum Art, 1993-1999, Christiana Care Health Systems, 2006-2010, Delaware Museum Natural History, 2003-2008, Tower Hill School, since 2008, Museum America Finance, 2011, Harley Museum & Library., since 2011. Independent goverance advisory panel American Red Cross, 2006.
Member of American Bar Association (vice chair committee on corporation governance, former member committee on corporation laws), National Association Corporation Directors (commission director compensation 1995, commn.dir. professionalism 1996, committee on securities litigation reform and fraud detection 1997, advisory council since 1997, com.on succession planning 1998, committee on audit committees 1999, com on role of board in strategic planning 2000, committee on director evaluation 2001, committee on executive compensation 2003, committee on board leadership 2004, committee on governance committee 2007, committee on risk governance 2009), Association of Bar City of New York, American Law Institute, Century Association, University Club New York City, Down Town Association, Harvard Club New York City, Chevaliers du Tastevin.
Married Aimee F. Kemker, December 18, 1993. Children: Caroline Kemker, Charles MacKenzie.