Background
Weatherly Prioleau, Florence was born on January 10, 1952 in Salisbury, Maryland, United States.
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Florence Weatherly Prioleau
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Goucher College (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight LLP (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/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, 1979, District of Columbia. Assistant Director, Domestic Policy Staff, The White House, 1979-1981.
Member: Professional Staff, Committee on Ways and Means, United States. House of Representatives, 1976-1979. Board of Directors of the Children's Inn of the National Institutes of Health, 1993.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association. 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: Professional Staff, Committee on Ways and Means, United States. House of Representatives, 1976-1979. Board of Directors of the Children's Inn of the National Institutes of Health, 1993.
Member, D.C. Court of Appeals, Committee on Unauthorized Practice. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. National and American Bar Associations.
