Background
Melton, Junior, Howell W. was born on October 26, 1951 in Saint Augustine, Florida, United States.
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Howell W. Melton, Junior.
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University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts.E., with high honors, 1973. Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (Orlando, 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, 1976, Florida. Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Phi.
Florida Blue Key (President, 1976).
Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Orange County and American (Member, Sections on: Public Contract Law. Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice.
Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Litigation Section).
American Arbitration Association.
Federal Bar Association. American Judicature Society. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Member, Commercial Litigation Section).
Fellow: The Florida Bar Foundation. American Bar Foundation.
(Executive Partner, Orlando Office). 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), San Francisco, California, in Atlanta, Georgia, New York, New York 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.
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Membership
Member: Orange County and American (Member, Sections on: Public Contract Law. Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice. Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Litigation Section).
American Arbitration Association. Federal Bar Association.
American Judicature Society. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Member, Commercial Litigation Section).
Fellow: The Florida Bar Foundation. American Bar Foundation. (Executive Partner, Orlando Office).
