Admitted
1989, California; 1992, Florida and U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Col
Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1989
Law School Graduation Year
1989
College
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1985; University of Miami, M.B.A., 1987
Memberships
Dade County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Florida Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member and Director).
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Member, Moot Court Board, 1987-1989. Finalist, Moot Court Competition, 1987, 1988 and 1989. Recipient: Vincent G. Panati Memorial Award for Academic Excellence in Criminal Justice. Associate Editor, American Criminal Law Review, 1988-1989. Law Clerk to: U.S. District Judge Edward B. Davis, Southern District of Florida, 1990-1991; U.S. Circuit Judge Irving L. Golberg, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1991-1992. Assistant Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Florida, 1992-1995. Author: Fourth Amendment Forum, The Champion, 1992—. Adjunct Professor, Criminal Prosecutions & Defense Lawyering Workshop: Zealous Advocacy & Situational Ethics in the Adversarial System of Justice, University of Miami Law School, 2001—.