Admitted
1978, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, Elevent
Law School
University of Florida, J.D., cum laude, 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Notre Dame, B.S., cum laude, 1973
Memberships
Orange County and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice, Vice-Chairperson, Appellate Advocacy Committee, 1987-1990; Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member: Appellate Practice and Advocacy Section; Appellate Court Rules Committee, 1987-1994; 1998-2001); International Association of Defense Counsel; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute; American Judicature Society; Supreme Court Historical Society.
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi. Notre Dame Scholar. Recipient, George W. Yancey Memorial Award for Best Publication in 1981, International Association of Insurance Counsel. Title Standards Editor, University of Florida Law Review, 1977. Author: Book: Litigation and Prevention of Insurer Bad Faith, West Publishing Co., 2001 Supplement, 1994, Second Edition; Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1985, First Edition. Representative Articles: Seeking Discovery In Third-Party Bad Faith Cases, The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 11 Coverage 6 (November /December 2001); Insured's Reimbursement of Insurer's Defense Expenses: When to Ask, When to Say 'No', 9 Coverage 1 (May/June 1999); Member, Board of Editors, Defense Counsel Journal, 1998—. Planning Chairman and Faculty Leader, Bad Faith Insurance Litigation, ALI-ABA Seminar, Washington, D.C., 1985. Faculty Member: Bad Faith in Florida: Significant Variations on Common Themes, Executive Enterprise Seminar, April, 1995; Insurer Bad Faith, Discussion Leader, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Midyear Meeting, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association, San Antonio, Texas, February 1997. Discussion Leader, Insured's Reimbursement of Insurer Expenses, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Litigation Section, American Bar Association, Tucson, Arizona, March 1999 Midyear Meeting and Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of Litigation Section, American Bar Association; Vice-Chairperson 2000-2001. Faculty Member, Mealey's Seminar, January 2000, Bad Faith Litigation Conference, Naples, Florida. Participant, 1st nationally televised seminar on Bad Faith. Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, 1999—. Assistant Attorney General, Florida Department of Legal Affairs, 1978. Expert Witness: Insurance Coverage and Insurance Bad Faith.