Background
Showalter, Donald S. was born on March 4, 1955 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Showalter, Donald S. was born on March 4, 1955 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science, Electrical-Biomedical Engineering, 1977). University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985).
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (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/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, 1985, Ohio. 1995, Florida; United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States Patent and Trademark Office. Member: American Bar Association.
American Intellectual Property Law Association. International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association.
(Also Miami Office)
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.
Member: American Bar Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association. International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association.
(Also Miami Office).