Background
Mencio, Junior, George was born on January 16, 1951 in Havana, Cuba.
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George Mencio Jr.
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Florida International University (Bachelor of Science 1978). University of Miami (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1981). Spoken languages: Spanish and Portuguese.
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, 1981, Florida. United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. United States. Supreme Court.
Articles and Comments Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Civil Procedure, Developments in Florida Law," 35 U. Miami L. Rev. 855 (1981). Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar; Cuban-American Bar Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Maritime Law Association of the United States.
Inter-American Bar Associations. 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: Dade County and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; Cuban-American Bar Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Maritime Law Association of the United States. Inter-American Bar Associations.
