LSC Chairman
Frank B. Strickland

Mr. Strickland's distinguished legal career includes extensive involvement with the legal services community and a variety of public service groups. He has served as a director and member of the executive committee of the Georgia Legal Services Program and a director of both the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and the Federal Defender Program, Inc. When Mr. Strickland was President of the Atlanta Bar Association from 1985-1986, he led the effort to assist the Atlanta Legal Aid Society in providing representation to Cuban detainees held at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. More than 400 volunteer lawyers were recruited who provided pro bono representation to more than 800 detainees in administrative parole proceedings. In 1987, the Atlanta Bar received both the State Bar of Georgia's William B. Spann Award and the American Bar Association's Harrison Tweed Award, recognizing the Cuban detainee project as the year's outstanding pro bono effort.

Mr. Strickland has been a member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia since 1985 and has served as a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association. He is a former member and chairman of the Georgia State Ethics Commission.

Mr. Strickland has served as general counsel of the Georgia Republican Party and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Republican National Lawyers Association. He is Chairman of the Atlanta Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society.

Mr. Strickland was previously a shareholder in Wilson Strickland & Benson PC and a partner in Holland & Knight LLP in Atlanta.

Mr. Strickland earned his undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University and his law degree from Emory University. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard and is a Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (retired).

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