Background
Buhler, Mark J. was born on July 13, 1954 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Mark J. Buhler
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Douglas College (Associate of Arts, 1973). Walla Walla College (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, cum laude, 1976). University of Miami (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982).
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, 1982, Florida. 1985, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
1987, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. 1991, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Articles and Comments Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1980-1981.
Member: The Florida Bar (Admiralty Committee).
American Bar Association (Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee and Non-Profit Organizations Committee. Section of Business Law, Committee on Commercial Financial Services, Subcommittee on Maritime Financing.
Committee on Nonprofit Corporations, Subcommittee on Religious Organizations). Maritime Law Association of the United States (Committee on Marine Financing, Subcommittee on Yacht Financing.
Recreational Boating Committee, Subcommittee on International Affairs).
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Board Certified Admiralty and Maritime Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. 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: The Florida Bar (Admiralty Committee). American Bar Association (Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee and Non-Profit Organizations Committee. Section of Business Law, Committee on Commercial Financial Services, Subcommittee on Maritime Financing.
Committee on Nonprofit Corporations, Subcommittee on Religious Organizations).
Maritime Law Association of the United States (Committee on Marine Financing, Subcommittee on Yacht Financing. Recreational Boating Committee, Subcommittee on International Affairs).
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Board Certified Admiralty and Maritime Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.
