Honors and Awards:

• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); Super Lawyers of Florida 2006-Present

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified Civil Trial lawyer, The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.  Board Certified Business Litigator, The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.Certified Circuit Court Arbitrator, Supreme Court of Florida.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS: 1995 - 2003Board of Governors Committees:Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics and Advertising (1995, 1997, 1999, 2000) Certification Plan Appeals Committee (Chairman) (1996-2000, 2002-2003) Disciplinary Review Committee (1995, 1998) Communications Committee (2002) Rules Committee (1996) Judicial Evaluation Committee (1996) Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee (1998-2003) Mediation Committee (1998) Special Committee on Insurance Practices (Vice-Chairman) (1999-2000)Special Commission on Insurance Practices II  (2001-2002 )Constitutional Revision Committee (Article III and Article V)Florida Bar Speakers' BureauGrievance Mediation Committee - Florida Bar Board of Governors Liaison: Professional Ethics Committee (1995-1997) Wills, Trusts and Estate Certificate Committee (1995)Aviation Law Committee (1998 )Aviation Law Certification Committee (1997) Civil Procedure Rules Committee (1999) Civil Trial Law Certification Committee (1998) - FLORIDA BAR SECTIONS AND ACTIVITIES: The Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee: 1984-1995; 2003 - 2004 Indian River County Bar Association Pro Bono Chairman: 1985 -1987 Florida Rural Legal Services Board of Directors: 1986 -1987 Chairman of The Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee: 1988-1990 The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors: 1989-1990 Supreme Court Judicial Management Council of Florida: 1989 - 2003 Chairman of The Florida Bar 19th Judicial Circuit Nominating Committee: 1993 -1994 19th Judicial Circuit of Florida Grievance Committee B: 1993 -1995; 2004 - PresentDesignated Reviewer-19th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee: 1995 - 2003 Business Litigation Certification Committee: 2003 - 2004 Board of Legal Specialization and Education: 2004 - 2010, Charman 2009-2010 - Present BAR ADMISSIONS:Florida: 10/29/82 United States District Court, Middle District of Florida: 12/2/82United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit:  6/16/83United States District Court, Southern District of Florida General Bar:  11/22/83 Supreme Court of the United States:  2/24/86 United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Trial Bar:  3/10/89  

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Award Recipient: 1986 Indian River County Bar Association Pro Bono Chairman: 1985 -1987 Florida Rural Legal Services Board of Directors: 1986 -1987 Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad, Board of Directors: 1984-1986 President of Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad: 1985 -1986 Indian River Community College Foundation, Board of Directors: 1988-1996 RotaryInternational Assistant Scout Leader, Boy Scout Troop #567, Vero Beach, FL: 1998-2001 Indian River Academy Charter School, Board of Directors (2000) Angel Flight - Volunteer Pilot: 2000 - PresentAir Lifeline - Volunteer Pilot: 2000 - Present

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• PUBLICATIONS:"Offers of Judgment, Demands for Judgment and Offers of Settlement:  Who's on First?" The Florida Bar Journal, March 1988. OUTLINES AND LECTURES PRESENTED: May 19 - 20, 1988:The Rules (and Gamesmanship) for Successful use of Offers of Settlement and Judgment, Demands for Judgment and Offers of Settlement, Sponsor, The Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar, Lecture and Outline, Presented, May 19, 1988, Miami, Florida, May 20, 1988 Tampa, Florida: March 19, 1991 Bridge the Gap-Discipline and Ethics, Lecture and Outline, Sponsored by The Young Lawyers Division, The Florida Bar, presented West Palm Beach, Florida.June 26, 1992 Ethics Seminar: Avoiding Grievance and Malpractice Liability-Hot Topics in Ethics, Lecture and Outline, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar, presented Orlando, Florida.August 17, 1995 Basic Commercial Litigation - Selected Issues on Ethics and Professionalism in Litigation, Outline prepared jointly with Martin Earl Rice, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar, presented Miami, Florida.April 21, 1996 Current Issues for the General, Solo and Small Firm Practitioner - Personal Injury Litigation for the General Practitioner; Commercial Litigation for the General Practitioner; Hot Topics in Ethics: A Practitioner's View-Next Stop Malpractice Liability, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar - General Practice Section, Lecture and Outline presented Cancun, Mexico.July 1, 1997 Professionalism, The Public and You, Sponsor, 19th Judicial Circuit Bench-Bar Committee, Panel Discussion Member, Port St. Lucie, Florida.April 27 - 28, 2000 Basic Commercial Litigation - Selected Issues on Ethics and Professionalism in Litigation, Lecture, Outline prepared jointly with Martin Earl Rice, Esquire, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar, presented Miami, Florida,  April 27, 2000, and Tampa, Florida, April 28, 2000 Exploring Our British Connections - An Excursion Seminar, Lecture only.  Selected Topics on Ethics and Litigation for the General Practitioner, London, England, July 1, 2002 MASTERS IN TRIAL - A Trial Demonstration in an Automotive Product Liability Case from Opening statements to Jury Deliberations. Participant and Panel Member (Cross Examination of the Plaintiff). Sponsor, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Knoxville, TN, September, 19, 2008

Verdicts and Settlements:

•   $8,501,000 ($6,501,000 in actual damages and $2,500,000 in punitive damages) jury verdict in a shareholders' derivative lawsuit between physicians in a medical and surgical practice. $1,203,500 ($803,500 in actual damages and $400,000 in punitive damages) jury verdict in a lawsuit involving claims of invasion of privacy and illegal interception of communications. $1,575,000 settlement for an electrical superintendent injured on a construction site with resulting low back and hip surgeries.    

Educational Background:

• Wake forest University BA, 1978