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Harold Knowles is the managing shareholder of the firm, which is the oldest African-American owned law firm in continuous existence in Florida. He assumes responsibility for the firm's real estate, probate and bond finance practices. Mr. Knowles is a product of the public school system of Leon County, Florida. Following graduation from Leon High School he enrolled in Florida State University and subsequently in the Florida State University College of Law, where he was a recipient of the Herbert H. Lehman Foundation Scholarship for three (3) years. Upon completion of his legal training and receipt of his Juris Doctorate, he was employed as an Assistant Attorney General by the Florida Department of Legal Affairs. In 1974 he opened his law practice and has been engaged in the private practice of law since. He currently serves as the City Attorney for the City of Gretna, Florida (a post he has held for over 40 years) in addition to his other practice areas.

Roosevelt Randolph directs Knowles & Randolph’s litigation section. He is a 1974 graduate of Florida State University College of Law, having previously received dual degrees in political science and mathematics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. From 1974 through 1977 he served as the Second Judicial Circuit's first African-American Assistant State Attorney and conducted jury trials in hundreds of criminal cases. Subsequently, in 1978, he pursued a private sector law practice forming Knowles & Randolph, concentrating in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases as well as medical malpractice litigation.