Overview

Shanice Cameron is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Orlando office. Ms. Cameron's practice encompasses general corporate transactions, including New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) financing, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), securities and corporate governance.

Ms. Cameron works with institutional investors, developers, lenders, community development entities (CDEs) and Qualified Active Low-Income Community Businesses (QALICBs) using NMTC to finance economic development. She has assisted clients with a wide array of NMTC projects across the country, including the development of charter schools, medical facilities, multiuse facilities, manufacturing and production facilities, and fresh food distribution centers, as well as residential housing facilities.

Prior to rejoining Holland & Knight, Ms. Cameron served as a federal judicial law clerk for the Honorable Julie S. Sneed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. During her tenure as a clerk, Ms. Cameron drafted numerous orders on dispositive motions, managed one-third of the civil and criminal docket, and assisted the judge with criminal and civil trials.  

Previously, Ms. Cameron worked as a law clerk for a licensure defense firm and served as a judicial intern in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Additionally, Ms. Cameron served in the Guardian Ad Litem and Mediation Legal clinics at Florida A&M University College of Law.

While in law school, Ms. Cameron served as editor-in-chief of the Florida A&M University Law Review and also served as a research and learning assistant. Ms. Cameron graduated as class valedictorian.

Credentials

Education
  • Florida A&M University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
  • West Texas A&M University, M.A., Criminal Justice
  • West Texas A&M University, B.A., Criminal Justice, cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Florida
Memberships
  • The Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Division
  • Paul C. Perkins Bar Association
  • Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers
Honors & Awards
  • Top 40 Under 40, The National Black Lawyers, 2024
  • West Texas A&M University Hall of Champions Inductee, 2024
  • Dean's List, Florida A&M University College of Law, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
  • Holland & Knight Scholar, 2020, 2021
  • Highest Grade Award, Bankruptcy, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2021
  • Highest Grade Award, Florida Bar Law & Skills, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2021
  • Highest Grade Award, Legal Research & Writing II, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2020
  • Highest Grade Award, Constitutional Law II, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2020
  • Highest Grade Award, Evidence, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2020
  • Highest Grade Award, Contracts I, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2019
  • Highest Grade Award, Torts I, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2019
  • Highest Grade Award, Legal Research & Writing I, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2019
  • NCAA, Woman of the Year Nominee, 2017

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