About G.K. Sharman
G.K. Sharman is an accomplished writer, editor and photographer with a daily newspaper background. She has a degree in written communications from University of Mary Washington, and is head writer/editor at Think Agency Inc. in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Sharman won a Society for Professional Journalists award for a Super Lawyers profile on Jacksonville personal injury attorney Mike Ossi.
Articles written by G.K. Sharman
Gregory Mayback's Intellectual Adventures
Who is this guy, a rocket scientist? As a matter of fact, yesOn the wall of Gregory Mayback’s office, where attorneys often display their honors and awards, two 6-foot poles resembling buggy whips are arranged in a big X. They are surrounded at intervals by smaller devices that resemble, to the unfamiliar observer, a cross between sci-fi laser weapons and caulk guns on steroids. Behind the door in the eclectic office is a black-and-red motocross outfit, the kind with built-in protection for the spine and kidneys. A row of Scotch bottles sits in the …
Star Attraction
How a package of golf balls brought John Travolta to Mike Ossi’s doorstepAct I: How it Began The scene opens in the pro shop at Pablo Creek, an exclusive golf course in north Florida, on an ordinary day in October 2001. Mike Ossi, personal injury attorney from Jacksonville, is buying golf balls and minding his own business. A pro shop employee stands behind the counter. The phone rings. The employee answers: Hello? Uh-huh, OK, wait a minute. He puts a hand over the mouthpiece and looks at Ossi. “It’s Samuel Jackson’s assistant, and Jackson wants to play …
Life Is a Cabernet
To Gregory Yadley, it's all about balanceLegend has it that, back in the 1660s, Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon was the first to taste the bubbly beverage we now know as champagne. Astonished, he exclaimed to his fellow monks, "Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!" Three hundred years later, the region of Champagne and its head-spinning libation were no less a revelation for college student and future attorney Gregory Yadley. Not only did he study in France, he was lucky enough to work at Ruinart, the oldest champagne house of them …
Donald Lykkebak’s High-Flying Career
If you're an astronaut accused of hunting down a romantic rival, he is the lawyer to call. Oh, did we mention the diapers?Feb. 4, 2007. Astronaut Lisa Nowak gets in her car in Houston. Her destination: Orlando, 900 miles away. Her intent: to confront a fellow astronaut she perceives as a romantic rival for the affections of another member of the astronaut corps. The next day, she finds her quarry, Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman, in an airport parking lot and accosts her, following her to her car, pounding on the window and pleading for a ride. Shipman tries to drive away, and Nowak pepper-sprays her through the …
Force of Law
If you see Rhea Law coming—especially if her helmet’s on—best get out of the wayClad in regulation camouflage and wearing an Army helmet, Tampa lawyer Rhea Law approaches the tank. As a participant in an invitation-only program sponsored annually by the Secretary of Defense, she is one of a select group of civilians enjoying a close-up look at the inner workings of the military. The Joint Civilian Orientation Conference is open to about 60 prominent business leaders a year. Law and her fellow conferees go to briefings, talk to soldiers, learn about missions. They get to …
The Man Who De-Launders Money
Vladimiro Montesinos was a bad guy on the run. By the autumn of 2000, the former head of Peru’s secret police had the law on his tail. Wanted all over Latin America, he was suspected of torture, running death squads, spying for the CIA, trafficking in drugs and extorting money for fixing trials. He even had videos of himself bribing elected officials. He also had more than $43 million that he had looted from the national treasury, and he needed a place to stash the cash. Where better …
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