Background
King O'Neal, Leslie was born on November 17, 1952 in Downey, California, United States.
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Leslie King O'Neal
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University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1974. Juris Doctor, 1977).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight LLP (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/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, 1978, Florida. United States. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.
United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Member: Orange County and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Tort and Insurance Practice.
Member, Forum Committee on: Construction Industry, 1985. Governing Committee, 1993 (Chair, 1997-1998). Fidelity & Surety Law, Vice Chair, 1991) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar; Construction Specifications Institute. Bond Claim Institute. Associated Builders & Contractors.
Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers. 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), San Francisco, California, in Atlanta, Georgia, New York, New York 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: Orange County and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Tort and Insurance Practice. Member, Forum Committee on: Construction Industry, 1985.
Governing Committee, 1993 (Chair, 1997-1998). Fidelity & Surety Law, Vice Chair, 1991) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; Construction Specifications Institute.
Bond Claim Institute. Associated Builders & Contractors. Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers.
Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers.
