Background
McKibben, Junior, R. Bruce was born on January 2, 1953 in Panama City, Florida, United States.
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R. Bruce McKibben Jr.
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Brevard Community College (Associate of Arts, 1978). Florida State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1980. Juris Doctor, 1984).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight LLP (Tallahassee, 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, 1984, Florida. 1986, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida.
1993, United States. Court of Federal Claims. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: "Facts The Practicing Trial Lawyer Needs to Know About AIDS," Volume 299, The Journal of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, August, 1987.
Legal Research Instructor, Florida State University College of Law, 1983-1984. Member: Tallahassee and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member: Health Law Section, 1986-1997.
Public Interest Law Section, 1994-1995. Elder Law Section, 1996-1997). Military: With United States.
Air Force, 1972-1976. 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), in Atlanta, Georgia 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: Tallahassee and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member: Health Law Section, 1986-1997. Public Interest Law Section, 1994-1995.
Elder Law Section, 1996-1997). Military: With United States. Air Force, 1972-1976.
