Background
Boroughs, Thomas was born on June 13, 1939 in Conway, South Carolina, United States.
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Thomas Boroughs
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University of South Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). Duke University (Juris Doctor, 1968).
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, 1968, Florida. 1969, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida.
Member: Board of Trustees, Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Florida, 1971-1972, 1976-1979.
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (Member, Project Review Committee, 1989-1992). Member, 1984-1987 and Chairman, 1986-1987, Development Review Committee, Downtown Development Board, City of Orlando.
Chairman, Attorneys" Review Committee for the Land Development Code, City of Orlando, 1985. Chairman, 1996-1997, Naval Training Center Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board, City of Orlando, Florida
Member: Orange County (Member, Executive Council, 1976-1979.
Chairman: Real Property Section, 1982-1984. Local Government/Legislative Relations Committee, Chairman, 1989-1991. Member, 1975-1991, 1997) and American (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section.
Land Use Regulation Committee, 1989-1993.
State and Local Government Law Section) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Chairman, Federal Regulation of Land Use Committee, 1975-1977.
Member, 1977-1980. Vice Chairman, Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, 1979-1980.
Member, 1988-1989 and Chairman, 1991-1992, Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. Member: Executive Council, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1974-1977, 1980-1990.
Government Regulation of Land Use Committee, 1988-1997. Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1983-1986.
Judicial NominatingCommission Committee, 1981-1983.
Housing and Community Development Committee, 1977-1979). Military: Captain, United States. Marine Corps, active duty, 1962-1965.
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: Board of Trustees, Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Florida, 1971-1972, 1976-1979. East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (Member, Project Review Committee, 1989-1992). Member, 1984-1987 and Chairman, 1986-1987, Development Review Committee, Downtown Development Board, City of Orlando.
Chairman, Attorneys" Review Committee for the Land Development Code, City of Orlando, 1985.
Chairman, 1996-1997, Naval Training Center Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board, City of Orlando, Florida Member: Orange County (Member, Executive Council, 1976-1979.
