Law School
Mercer University, J.D., cum laude, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
St. Petersburg Junior College, A.A., 1971; Florida State University, B.S., 1973
Memberships
Jacksonville (Law and the Disabled Committee; Pro Bono Committee), Federal and American (Member, Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law; Administrative Law Section; Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section; Local Government Section; Administrative Law Section).
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1983-1984 and Editor-In-Chief, 1984-1985, Mercer Law Review. Recipient: Charles Elihu Nadler Writing Award; CJS Award for Contributions to Legal Scholarship. Co-Authored with Cox and Mikell, An Emerging New Standard for Warrantless Searches and Seizures Based on Terry v. Ohio, 35 Mercer Law Review 647, 1984. Co-Author, Local Governments and the Fair Labor Standards Act: The Impact of Garcia v. SAMTA and the 1985 Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments, 15 Stetson Law Review 715, 1986; Judicial Deference to PERC Interpretations of the Public Employees Relations Act, 61 Florida Bar Journal 53, 1987; Employment Discrimination, 38 Mercer Law Review 1213, 1987, 40 Mercer Law Review 1247, 1989, 42 Mercer Law Review 1381, 1991, 44 Mercer Law Review 1165, 1993, 46 Mercer Law Review 1321, 1995, 51 Mercer Law Review 1123, 2000, 52 Mercer Law Review 1367, 2001, 53 Mercer Law Review 1367, 2002, 54 Mercer Law Review 1434, 2002 and 55 Mercer Law Review -- 2003. Member and Chair, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., 1996—. Chapter Research Advocate and Trustee, 1994-1998, North Florida Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Director, Volunteer Jacksonville, Inc., 1996-2001. Director and Chair, Northeast Florida AIDS Network, Inc., 1996-2001. Member, National Center for Nonprofit Boards, 1995—.