Martha Barnett

Martha W. Barnett is a partner in the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP and serves as chair of the Directors Committee. She is the past chair of the Public Law Department of the firm. Her primary areas of practice are administrative and governmental law, public policy, and state and local taxation.

 

Ms. Barnett is a member of The Florida Bar and the Bar of the District of Columbia. She has extensive associations in the American Bar Association and The Florida Bar. She was president of the American Bar Association in 2000-2001. She also served as the chair of the American Bar Association House of Delegates, the first woman to serve in this position. A comprehensive list of her Bar and professional activities follows:

 

•   President, 2000-2001

•   President-Elect, 1999-2000

•   Chair of House of Delegates, 1994-1996 (#2 officer; first woman)

•   Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) Executive Board, 1997-present

•   Chair, Assembly Resolutions Committee, 1991-1994

•   Board of Governors, 1986-1989; 1994-1996; 1999-2001

•   House of Delegates, 1984-present

•   Chair, Board of Governors Finance Committee, 1988-1989

•   Chair, Commission on Public Understanding About the Law, 1990-1993

•   Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Executive Council, 1990-1994; 1996-1999

•   ABA Journal – Board of Editors, 1990-1996; 1999-2001

•   Consortium on Legal Services and the Public, 1987-1989, Chair 1996

•   Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, 1986-1988

•   FJE Resources Committee, 1985-1989

•   FJE Council Member 1996-1999

•   Chair, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1984-1985

•   Commission on Women in the Profession, 1987-1990

•   Standing Committee on Legal Aid to Indigent Defendants

•   Standing Committee on Prepaid Legal Services

•   American Bar Endowment, ex officio, 1994-1996

•   American Bar Foundation, ex officio, 1994-1996

 

•   Legislative Committee

•   Commission on Access to Justice

•   Executive Council of the Tax Section

•   Executive Council of the Public Interest Law Section

•   Florida Lawyers Prepaid Legal Services Corporation, past member of Board of Directors and past President

 

•   Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation

•   Member, American Law Institute

•   American Judicature Society, Board of Directors, 1986-1989

•   National Institute for Dispute Resolution, Secretary, Treasurer and member of Board of Directors, 1988-1994

•   Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Board of Directors

•   Member, Legal Advisory Board, Martindale-Hubbell/LEXIS-NEXIS, 1990-present

•   National Association of Women Lawyers

•   United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, 1995

•   Who’s Who in America

•   Who’s Who in American Law

•   Who’s Who in the South and Southwest

•   Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America

•   Newcomb College Dean’s Advisory Council

•   Member, Board of Administrators, Tulane University, 2001-present

•   Florida Chamber Board of Directors, 2001-present

•   Governor’s Appointee to Constitution Revision Commission, 1997-1998

•   Governor’s Appointee to Constitutional Taxation & Budget Reform Commission, 1990-1994

•   Governor’s Appointee to the Florida Commission on Ethics, 1984-1988; Chair, 1986-1987

•   Governor’s Select Committee on Workforce 2000, 1988-1989

•   Florida TaxWatch Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, Secretary, 1983-present

•   Trustee, University of Florida College of Law, 1996-present

•   University of Florida Law Center Advisory Council

•   Florida Blue Key

•   Florida Commission on Human Relations, 1977-1979

•   Florida Sales Tax on Services Study Commission, Vice Chair, 1986-1987

•   Florida Council on Economic Education, 1989-1996

•   Florida Education Foundation, 1991-1996

•   Florida Supreme Court Historical Society

•   Tallahassee Women Lawyers Association

•   Committee on State Taxation (COST)

•   New York University School of Continuing Education - State & Local Taxes, member of Advisory Committee

•   National Institute State & Local Taxation

•   Georgetown University State & Local Tax Conference

•   Tax Executives Institute

•   University of Florida Law School, Symposium on Women

•   ABA Corporate Counsel Conference

•   Commencement Speaker, Flagler College, June 1995

•   Commencement Speaker, University of Florida, College of Law, December 1996; December 2000

•   Commencement Speaker, Newcomb College for Women, May 1997

•   James Madison Institute

•   Commencement Speaker, Florida State University, College of Law, May 1999

•   Commencement Speaker, Center for American Law Studies at Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland, May 1999

•   Commencement Speaker, Florida Coastal School of Law, December 1999

•   Commencement Speaker, Stetson Law School, May 2000

•   Commencement Speaker, Shephard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University, May 2000

•   Commencement Speaker, California Western School of Law, December, 2000

•   Hooding Ceremony Speaker, Duke University School of Law, May 2001

•   Preiskel-Silverman Lecture, "Terrorism, Technology, and the Changing Reality of Personal Privacy," February 2003

•   Stetson Law Review, "Terrorism, Technology, and the Changing Reality of Personal Privacy," November 2003

•   Commencement Speaker, Indiana University School of Law, May 2001

•   Commencement Speaker, St. Louis University School of Law, May 2001

•   Commencement Speaker, DePaul University School of Law, May 2001

•   Commencement Speaker, Touro College of Law, May 2001

•   Hooding Ceremony Speaker, Wake Forest University School of Law, 2003

•   Tulane University's Distinguished Alumna Award, May 2001

•   Medal of Honor Award from The Florida Bar Foundation, 2002

•   National Women of Distinction honoree by the Girl Scouts of the USA, 2002

•   Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Wake Forest University, May 2003

•   Honorary Doctor of Human Letters, DePaul University, May 2001

•   Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Nova Southeastern University, 2000

•   Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Stetson University, 2000

•   Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Flagler College, 1995

•   National Legal Aid and Defender Association Award, 2000

•   Newcomb College Outstanding Alumna, 1999

•   National Association of Public Interest Law Award, 1998

•   The National Law Journal, The 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers In America, 1998

•    University of Florida Alumnae of Distinction, 1997

•    Hillary Clinton Glass Cutter Award, 1996

•    Arabella Babb Mansfield Award by the National Association of Women Lawyers, 1996

•    Kate Stoneman Award by the Albany Law School, 1999

•    Rosemary Barkett Award by the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL)