Admitted
1985, Florida; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Florida State University, J.D., with high honors, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
University of Florida, B.A., 1982
Memberships
Broward County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar.
Biographical
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in State Constitutional Law; Ralph Bailey Memorial Scholarship. Law Clerk to Justice James C. Adkins, Florida Supreme Court, 1985-1986. Co-Author: Eighteen Years in the Judicial Catbird Seat, 11 Nova Law Review 1 (1986), and Florida's Amended Noncompetition Statute: A Reasonable Approach, The Florida Bar Journal, July/August (1991). Member, Federal Judicial Nominating Commission, 1992-1996. Board of Directors, United Way, Broward County.