Professional Law Credentials

 Bar & Court Admissions, Honors & Articles

  • Member, The Florida Bar (FBN 0557978), 1986
  • Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit and County Court Mediator (No.03060 CR), 1995
  • Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator (No. 03060 F), 2013
  • Previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law teaching Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation
  • Certificate in Negotiating and Mediating Employment Disputes, University of South Florida
  • Panel member, Employment and Consumer panels of the of the American Arbitration Association
  • Completed Court-Appointed Arbitrator Training, Fla. R. Arb. 11.020
  • Federal Sovereign Immunity, Consent and Waivers, Potential Claims and Best Practices in the Workplace, American Society of Military Comptrollers, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, 2022
  • Mediation in the Electronic Age: Physical Presence, Lifelines and Self-Determination, The Florida Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Vol. III, No. 2, 2015
  • United States Tax Court
  • Supreme Court of the United States of America , September 1993
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2020
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, April 1987
  • Certificate of Meritorious Public Service, the Florida Bar Client Security Fund Committee, 2002 – 2005
  • AV® Preeminent Rating™ from Martindale-Hubbell, 2011 to present
  • 10.0 Superb Rating from AVVO™, 2011 to present
  • Successfully argued before the Florida Supreme Court, over 9 years after the case began in circuit court.

Community & Public Service

  • Commissioner, Florida Commission on Human Relations, 2023 – 2025
  • Pinellas County Board of Adjustment, Vice Chair, Clearwater, FL, Dec. 2010 – Oct. 2011
  • Board of Directors, Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services (PEMHS), 2014 to present 2019
  • Board of Trustees, UPARC Foundation, 2009 – 2014
  • Served as Secretary, St. Petersburg Bar Association
  • Served on Executive Committee, St. Petersburg Bar Association
  • Served on the Board of Trustees for the Community Law Program Inc.
  • Served on Board of Directors for Bay Area Legal Services Inc., Tampa, Florida
  • Past President and Board Member, Pinellas Opportunity Council Inc.

Education & Academic Honors

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Degree: Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Health Law, 1996
Honors: CALI Award

Drake University School of Law

Degree: Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1985
Honors and Activities: Recipient of the Bureau of National Affairs Law Student Award; American Jurisprudence Award, Remedies; Preliminary Hearing Investigator, Law School Honor Board

The Florida State University

Degree: Bachelor of Science, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1982