Background
Downs, Harry was born on March 8, 1932 in Greene, Iowa, United States. Son of Harry and Eugenie Elizabeth (Lucas) Downs.
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Harry Downs
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SCIB, Iowa State University, Ames, 1952; Juris Doctor, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955.
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight LLP (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/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, 1955, Connecticut. 1957, Massachusetts; 1996, Georgia.
Holland & Knight is one of the largest law firms based in the Southeastern United States with offices in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, and nine locations in Florida (Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, 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'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 American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Supreme Court History Society, Lawyers Club of Atlanta, American Juducature Society.
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Married Suzanne Lee Gilman Downs, August 28, 1954. Children: Laura Lee, Rebecca Kyler, Stuart Gilman, Sarah Cushing.
