Background
Barnhart, Constance R. was born on September 25, 1951 in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States.
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Constance R. Barnhart
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University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1974. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1977). Spoken languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Spanish.
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight LLP (Fort Lauderdale, 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, 1977, Minnesota. 1978, United States. District Court, District of Minnesota and United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1983, Texas; 1987, New York. 1995, Florida.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Order of the Coif. Member, Minnesota Law Review, 1975-1977. Instructor, Legal Writing and Research, University of Minnesota Law School, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to Honorary Walter F. Rogosheske, Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1977-1978.
Member: The Florida Bar. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. New York State and Minnesota State Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas; Houston, Hennepin County, American (Vice-Chair, Inter-American Law Committee, Section of International Law and Practice, 1995. Member, International Law and Practice and Business Law Sections), International and Inter-American Bar Associations. Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce. British Florida Chamber of Commerce. National Association of Export Companies.
Fellow, Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London, England. 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, Minnesota Law Review, 1975-1977. Instructor, Legal Writing and Research, University of Minnesota Law School, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to Honorary Walter F. Rogosheske, Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1977-1978.
Member: The Florida Bar. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. New York State and Minnesota State Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas; Houston, Hennepin County, American (Vice-Chair, Inter-American Law Committee, Section of International Law and Practice, 1995. Member, International Law and Practice and Business Law Sections), International and Inter-American Bar Associations. Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce. British Florida Chamber of Commerce. National Association of Export Companies.
Fellow, Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London, England. Fellow, Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London, England.
