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 CommitteeFlorida 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 - 2004Indian River County Bar Association Pro Bono Chairman: 1985 -1987Florida Rural Legal Services Board of Directors: 1986 -1987Chairman of The Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee: 1988-1990The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors: 1989-1990Supreme Court Judicial Management Council of Florida: 1989 - 2003 Chairman of The Florida Bar 19th Judicial Circuit Nominating Committee: 1993 -199419th Judicial Circuit of Florida Grievance Committee B: 1993 -1995; 2004 - PresentDesignated Reviewer-19th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee: 1995 - 2003Business Litigation Certification Committee: 2003 - 2004Board of Legal Specialization and Education: 2004 - Present Board of Legal Specialization and Education Executive Committee: 2006 - 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:  11/22/83Supreme Court of the United States:  2/24/86United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Trial Bar:  3/10/89  

Pro bono/Community Service: Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Award Recipient: 1986Indian River County Bar Association Pro Bono Chairman: 1985 -1987Florida Rural Legal Services Board of Directors: 1986 -1987Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad, Board of Directors: 1984-1986President of Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad: 1985 -1986Indian River Community College Foundation, Board of Directors: 1988-1996Kiwanis International: 1990-1996 (currently inactive)Assistant Scout Leader, Boy Scout Troop #567, Vero Beach, FL: 1998-2001Indian 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, 1991Bridge the Gap-Discipline and Ethics, Lecture and Outline, Sponsored by The Young Lawyers Division, The Florida Bar, presented West Palm Beach, Florida.June 26, 1992Ethics Seminar: Avoiding Grievance and Malpractice Liability-Hot Topics in Ethics, Lecture and Outline, Seminar Sponsor, The Florida Bar, presented Orlando, Florida.August 17, 1995Basic 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, 1996Current 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, 1997Professionalism, The Public and You, Sponsor, 19th Judicial Circuit Bench-Bar Committee, Panel Discussion Member, Port St. Lucie, Florida.April 27 - 28, 2000Basic 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, 2000Exploring Our British Connections - An Excursion Seminar, Lecture only.  Selected Topics on Ethics and Litigation for the General Practitioner, London, England,July 1, 2002 .

Educational Background: Wake forest University BA, 1978