BRAD KIMBRO

EXECUTIVE PARTNER, TAMPA BAY REGION, HOLLAND & KNIGHT, TAMPA

Founded in Tampa in 1889, Holland & Knight is a law firm with about 4,200 lawyers and staff in 35 offices worldwide and has been an integral part of the Florida business, legal and political scene. Kimbro has been the managing partner of its Tampa office for nearly two decades and has been active in bar leadership. He has chaired the Hillsborough County Bar Foundation, a nonprofit that furthers charitable missions.

EDUCATION: University of Florida (BS, MAcc, JD)

FIRST JOB: Aside from mowing yards and other odd jobs, my first real job was spent loading trucks at a food and institutional paper company in Plant City for a summer.

DREAM ALTERNATE CAREER: I am fascinated by psychology. I would have enjoyed being a psychologist, or psychology professor.

SOMETHING SURPRISING: I’ve had mediation training at Harvard Law School, where I completed the Harvard Negotiation Institute’s program for Mediating Disputes.

HOBBY: I enjoy photography as a hobby.

NONPROFIT PASSION: My wife and I have been involved with a fantastic charity called Isaiah 117 House. Its mission is threefold: reduce trauma for children awaiting placement; lighten the load for child welfare services; and ease the transition for foster families.