Background
Hamilton, William F. was born on June 11, 1948 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States.
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William F. Hamilton
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Lehigh University (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1970). Washington University (Master of Arts, 1975). University of Florida (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1983).
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, 1983, Florida. Editor, Southern District Digest, 1984-1985.
Company-Author: Florida Manual of Trademark Examining Procedure, 1986.
"False Advertising Under The Lanham Acting," Florida Bar Continuing legal education Presentation, 1993. "Recent Developments in United States.
Intellectual Property Law," presentation at 1995 World Intellectual Property Organization Caribbean Law Conference. Panel Moderator, "Trade and Commerce on the Internet," Florida International University"s 1996 Americas Internet Seminar.
"Internet, Intranets, and Extranets," presentation at 1997 University of Florida Conference on Law and Technology.
Member, National Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Dade County and American (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Section of Antitrust Law, Section of Labor and Employment Law and Section of Litigation) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee.
Commercial Litigation Committee of the Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section).
International Trademark Association. Computer Law Association.
Intellectual Property Owners Association. Internet Society.
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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Membership
Member, National Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Dade County and American (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Section of Antitrust Law, Section of Labor and Employment Law and Section of Litigation) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee.
Commercial Litigation Committee of the Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section).
International Trademark Association. Computer Law Association.
Intellectual Property Owners Association. Internet Society.
