Honors and Awards:

• Who's Who in American Law
• Crystal Eagle Recipient, Senior Fellow
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Florida's Leading Lawyers
• University of Florida Hall of Fame
• Florida Blue Key
• National Member of The Order of Barristers
• University of Florida Justice Campbell Thornal National Moot Court Board
• AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• First Place, Best Brief, Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Tournament, 1982
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1983
• Bay Area Legal Services, "Have a Heart", Community Services Award, 2007
• Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite, 2007

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, 1990
• National Board of Trial Advocacy Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, 1995
• Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, 2000

Bar/Professional Activity:

• American Inns of Court
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Section
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• Bad Faith Committee, American Association for Justice
• Eagle Founder Member, Florida Justice Association
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1983
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1983
• The Florida Bar, 1983
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2001

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Bay Area Legal Services Volunteer
• Tampa Club
• Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 300 Club
• Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Debra P. v. Turlington: Due Process Enters the Classroom, But How Far? 11 J.L. & Educ. 573, Oct., 1982
• Recent Developments in Florida's Access to Court, Florida Bar Journal, November, 1983
• Florida Proof of Personal Injury Damages, PESI Seminars, 1990
• The Briar Patch: Thorny Issues in Florida Civil Litigation, PESI Seminars, 1991
• Florida's Adoption of the Market Share Products Liability Theory-Drugs and Beyond, Florida Bar Journal, March, 1991
• Demonstrative Evidence in the Courtroom/Techniques in Presentation and the Predicates for Admissibility, AVI Seminar, 1992
• Joint Tortfeasor Liability, How to Use Messmer, FDLA Trial Lawyers Summit II, 1992
• Life Care Planning: A Defense Perspective, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, National Convention, May, 1995
• Meeting the Challenges, Inside Life Care Planning, Vol. 1, No. 2, Sept.-Oct., 1995
• Insurance Law: Including Issues of Bad Faith, Lorman Education Services, July, 1996
• Procedural Aspects of Coverage Disputes Including Bad Faith Issues, Florida Bad Faith Insurance Seminar, PESI Seminars, 1998
• Unauthorized Practice of Law, Florida Windstorm Conference, 2001
• The Ethical Preservation of Policyholder Rights in the Wake of Talat, Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, Annual Convention, 2001
• Bad Faith, Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters - Windstorm Conference, 2003
• A Former Defense Lawyer’s Ten Tips for a Better Settlement, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Annual Seminar During Jazz Fest: Discovery, Depositions, Trial Strategies and Settlement, May, 2003
• Mock Trial Presentation, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, 2004
• Mock Trial Presentation, Windstorm Conference, New Orleans, LA, February, 2004
• Civil Trial Update - Insurance, Personal Injury & Malpractice, Florida Bar Convention, July, 2004
• Law and Technology: Electronic Discovery, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Twenty Third Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, October, 2004
• Life Care Planning: A Defense Perspective, NARPPS Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2 and 3, April, 1994, Second Ed., 2004
• Trial Skills Excellence in Advocacy Workshop, Young Lawyer’s Division, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Stetson University College of Law, Tampa, Florida, January, 2006
• Raiders of the Lost Data: Electronic Data Discovery, Windstorm Conference, Orlando, Florida, February, 2006
• Finding and Obtaining Insurance Coverage in Big-Rig Trucking Cases, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 2006 Workhorse Seminar, February, 2006
• How to Be Picked, But Not Picked Apart, Advanced Marketing Clinic for Expert Consultants, March, 2006
• Insurance Bad Faith: Do You Know It When You See It? The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 2006 Annual Convention, June, 2006
• Update on Insurance Issues in Florida - Claim Practices Litigation - An Overview of Insurance Carrier Fiduciary Obligations, Lorman Seminars, January, 2007
• Insurance Carrier Breach of Fiduciary Duties - More Than Just a Failure to Meet the Conditions of a Demand, Florida Justice Association, 2007 Workhorse Seminar, February, 2007
• Jury Selection, HCBA YLD State Court Seminar, June, 2008
• Panelist, Insurance Bad Faith Update, FJA Annual Convention, Florida Justice Association, May, 2008
• Raising the Bar: Getting Insurance Reserves Set to Your Value, Florida Justice Association Fall Convention, 2008
• Florida Property Insurance Law Update Wind and Related Cases, Windstorm Conference, 2008
• Jury Selection, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Young Lawyers' Division State Court Trial Seminar, 2008
• Florida Property Insurance Law Update Wind and Related Cases, Windstorm Conference, 2009
• Perfecting the Bad Faith Case, Florida Justice Association Annual Convention, 2009
• Dealing with the Upside Down Policyholder, Florida Association of public Insurance Adjusters Conference, 2009

Educational Background:

• University of Florida, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1980