Background
Knight, Gerald L. was born on September 7, 1947 in Clewiston, Florida, United States.
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Gerald L. Knight
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University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1969. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1973). University of Miami (Master of Laws in Real Property Law, 1982).
Career
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, 1974, Florida. 1990, Colorado.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Order of the Coif. Member, University of Florida Law Review, 1973-1974. Assistant Florida Attorney General, 1974-1976.
Assistant General Counsel, Broward County, 1976-1981. Participant-Time Assistant City Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, 1982-1987.
Member: Broward County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Local Government. Land Use and Environmental Law). Military: United States.
Army, 1969-1971
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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, University of Florida Law Review, 1973-1974. Assistant Florida Attorney General, 1974-1976. Assistant General Counsel, Broward County, 1976-1981.
Participant-Time Assistant City Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, 1982-1987.
Member: Broward County and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Local Government.
Land Use and Environmental Law). Military: United States.
Army, 1969-1971.
