Background
Ann B. Oakley, Mary was born on June 22, 1940 in Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States.
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Mary Ann B. Oakley
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Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1962). Emory University (Master of Arts, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1974).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (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/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, Georgia and United States. District Court, Northern District of Georgia.
1979, United States.
District Court, Middle District of Georgia and United States. Supreme Court; 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Order of the Coif. Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal, 1973-1974. Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice, Georgia State University College of Law, 1986-1995.
Emory Law School, 1995. Member, 1985-1988 and Chair, 1987-1988, Investigative Panel, State Disciplinary Board.
Member, Board of Bar Examiners, 1990-1994.
Editorial Board, The Georgia Labor Letter, 1997. Arbitrator and Mediator. Master, Logan East. Bleckley American Inn of Court (President, 1996).
Member: Atlanta, Gate City and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia (Member, Individual Rights Section. Chair, 1979-1981; Member, Labor and Employment Section, Litigation Section).
Georgia Legal Services Board, 1991, Fundraising Chair. Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
Georgia Association for Women Lawyers.
Holland & Knight is one of the largest law firms based in the Southeastern United States with offices in Washington, District of Columbia, Atlanta, Georgia, and nine locations in Florida (Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, Saint 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"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, 1985-1988 and Chair, 1987-1988, Investigative Panel, State Disciplinary Board. Member, Board of Bar Examiners, 1990-1994. Editorial Board, The Georgia Labor Letter, 1997.
Arbitrator and Mediator.
Master, Logan East. Bleckley American Inn of Court (President, 1996). Member: Atlanta, Gate City and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia (Member, Individual Rights Section. Chair, 1979-1981; Member, Labor and Employment Section, Litigation Section).
Georgia Legal Services Board, 1991, Fundraising Chair.
Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Georgia Association for Women Lawyers.
