Background
Rickertsen, Donald L. was born on March 2, 1948 in Carrollton, Illinois, United States.
Rickertsen, Donald L. was born on March 2, 1948 in Carrollton, Illinois, United States.
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1970). University of Chicago Law School (Juris Doctor, 1973).
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, 1973, Georgia. 1974, Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Georgia.
1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit and United States.
District Court, Middle District of Georgia. 1987, United States. Tax Court.
Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Eta Sigma. Phi Delta Phi.
Member, Hinton-Llewellyn Moot Court Managing Board, University of Chicago Law School. Company-Author: Problems Loans and Creditor Options in Georgia, National Education Institute, 1984.
Contributing Author and Board of Advisors: Chapter 11 Reporter, Roth Publishing Company, 1984-1988. Director and Secretary, Georgia Small Business Council 1981-1983.
Member, Turnaround Management Association.
Member: Atlanta (Bankruptcy Law Section) and American (Bankruptcy, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Sections) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia (Member, Bankruptcy, Corporate and Banking Law Section). American Bankruptcy Institute.
The Association of Insolvency Accountants.
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.
Co-Author: Problems Loans and Creditor Options in Georgia, National Education Institute, 1984. Contributing Author and Board of Advisors: Chapter 11 Reporter, Roth Publishing Company, 1984-1988. Director and Secretary, Georgia Small Business Council 1981-1983.
Member, Turnaround Management Association.
Member, Hinton-Llewellyn Moot Court Managing Board, University of Chicago Law School.