Background
Leixner, Timothy C. was born on August 18, 1938 in Buffalo, New York, United States.
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Timothy C. Leixner
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University of Buffalo, now State University of New York at Buffalo (Associate of Applied Science, 1959. Juris Doctor, 1963).
Career
Worked at Holland & Knight Limited Liability Partnership (Fort Lauderdale, 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, 1963, New York and United States. District Court, Western District of New New York
1965, United States.
Tax Court. 1967, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1978, Florida; 1992, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States.
Court of International Trade. Member, Buffalo Law Review, 1962-1963.
Chairman of the Board, 1983, National Center for Automated Information Retrieval. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
Broward County (Chairman, Corporation Law Committee, 1993-1994), New York State (Member, Executive Committee, Tax Section, 1972.
Chairman, Subcommittee on Electronic Legal Research, 1980-1986. Chair, Special Committee on Computer Access and Retrieval of Government Records, 1985-1986) and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Chair, Special Committee on Electronic Filings, 1990-1991.
Member: Special Committee on Opinion Standards, 1990.
Special Committee on RUPA, 1993-1994. Special Committee on the Merger of Corporations, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships).
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, Buffalo Law Review, 1962-1963. Chairman of the Board, 1983, National Center for Automated Information Retrieval. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
Broward County (Chairman, Corporation Law Committee, 1993-1994), New York State (Member, Executive Committee, Tax Section, 1972.
Chairman, Subcommittee on Electronic Legal Research, 1980-1986. Chair, Special Committee on Computer Access and Retrieval of Government Records, 1985-1986) and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Chair, Special Committee on Electronic Filings, 1990-1991. Member: Special Committee on Opinion Standards, 1990.
Special Committee on RUPA, 1993-1994.
Special Committee on the Merger of Corporations, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships).
