Honors and Awards:

• I was editor during my junior and senior years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill of the student-run daily newspaper, Editor, The Daily Tar Heel, 1967
• This award is presented annually to the outstanding male senior at the University of North Carolina's School of Journalism by chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism fraternity, Outstanding Male Senior Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968
• My wife/partner and I were honored for our work on behalf of equality for women., Glass Ceiling Award, Palm Beach South County Chapter of the National Organization for Women, 1998
• I was chosen among the leading business lawyers during the only year that Chambers include plaintiff's employment lawyers amongst those whom it reviewed., America's Leading Business Lawyers, Chambers USA, 2003
• My wife/partner and I were honored by the Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Section of the ABA for our overall achievements., Small Firm Practitioner of Merit Award, American Bar Association General Practice, Solo and Small Section, 2004

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Civil Trial Law, Florida Bar Boarrd of Legal Education and Specialization, 1990
• Business Litigation, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education, 1998
• Labor & Employment Law, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education, 2001

Bar/Professional Activity:

• National Employment Lawyers Association, Vice President, Florida Chapter, 1993
• Faculty Member, Intensive Trial Skills Seminar, Florida Bar Labor & Employment Section, 1995
• National Employment Lawyers Association, President, Florida Chapter, 1995
• National Employent Lawyrs Association, Member, National Executive Board, 1996

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Broward County Commission on the Status of Women (only Male Member), 1994
• Broward County Commission the Status of Women (First Male Chair), 1998

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• An analysis of how lower courts have applied Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998), which made employer's liable for the harassing behavior of their supervisory personnel, but created a defense in cases in which no tangible job detriment was involved for employers who put into place an effective mechanism for preventing and correcting sexual harassment if the complaining employee has unreasonable failed to avail herself of it or otherwise avoid harm., Author, Faragher v. City of Boca Raton: A Seven-year retrospective, Fla. Bar J., Vol. 80, No. 1, The Florida Bar, 2006
• A review of legal theories and tactics for trial lawyers representing older workers in age-discrimination actions, Author, Representing the age discrimination plaintiff, Trial Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 8, American Association For Justice, 2008

Verdicts and Settlements:

• David M. Lipman v. Richard A. Asper and Aviation Consultants, Inc., Case No. 03-006767, Broward County, Fla., Circuit Court ($1,414,400 verdict against a person who used a made-it-himself check, drawn on a Caribbean bank that had no checking account privileges, to pay off the principal of escrow funds he supposedly had been holding)., 2007

Educational Background:

• Nova University Center for the Study of Law, J.D., Cum Laude
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B. in Journalism