Background
Uhlfelder, Steven J. was born on May 20, 1946 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Steven J. Uhlfelder
Edit ProfileEducation
University of Florida (Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, 1968. Juris Doctor, 1971).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (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/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, 1971, Florida. Florida Blue Key. Author: "Machinery of Constitution Revision," 6 Florida State University Law Review 575, 1978.
"A Decade of Election Law Reform," 10 New York University Review of Law, 1981.
Chairman, Florida Board of Regents, 1997. General Counsel, Florida Department of Community Affairs, 1975-1977.
Executive Director, Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 1977-1978. Special Counsel for Governor Reubin Askew, 1978.
Chairman, 1st District Court Nominating Commission, 1987-1990.
Member: American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1988-1992. Chairman, Special Committee on Election Law and Voter Participation, 1978-1983, 1993). The Florida Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1988).
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
(Executive Partner, Tallahassee Office). 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.
Achievements
Membership
Member: American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1988-1992. Chairman, Special Committee on Election Law and Voter Participation, 1978-1983, 1993). The Florida Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1988).
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
(Executive Partner, Tallahassee Office). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
(Executive Partner, Tallahassee Office).
