Background
Prieto, Peter was born on April 14, 1961 in Havana, Cuba.
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Peter Prieto
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Saint Thomas University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1982). University of Miami (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (Miami, 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, 1985, Florida. Articles and Comments Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1984-1985.
Member, University of Miami Moot Court Board.
Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, 1991-1992. Assistant United States Attorney: Civil Division, 1987-1989.
Criminal Division, 1989-1995. Deputy Chief, Economic Crimes Section, 1994-1995.
Associate Independent Counsel, Independent Counsel Investigation of Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown, 1995-1996.
Commissioner, Florida"s Commission on Ethics, 1996. Member: Dade County (Chair, Federal Courts Committee) and American (White Collar Crime) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar.
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), in Atlanta, Georgia 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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Member, University of Miami Moot Court Board. Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, 1991-1992. Assistant United States.
