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John R. Hightower, Jr.
Location:
Tampa, Florida
Areas of Practice
- Trial - Civil and Criminal
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Criminal Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of International Trade
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
- J.D. - 2007
- Honors: Greenfield Trial Practice Award, Criminal Justice Clinic
- Honors: Moot Court - Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2006; Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, 2007 [Honorable Mention for Best Oral Advocate]
- Law Journal: Georgetown Journal of International law
- Florida College, Temple Terrace, Florida
- B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 2003
- Major: Liberal Studies
- Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Florida Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- International Bar Association
- Herbert G. Goldburg-Ronald K. Cacciatore Criminal Law American Inn of Court
Past Employment Positions
- Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, Certified Legal Intern
- International Organization for Migration - Field Office for Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Law Clerk
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business, Law Clerk to General Counsel
- Professor Thomas Franck, Research Assistant
- U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Legal Intern
