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