Admitted
1980, Florida; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida
Law School
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Santa Fe Community College, A.A., 1974; Hamline University, B.A., American Studies, with highest hon
Memberships
St. Petersburg Bar Association (President, Workers' Compensation Section, 1993-1995); The Florida Bar (Member: Workers' Compensation Law Section; Workers' Compensation Legislative Liaison Committee, 1986-1987; Vice-Chairman, Workers' Compensation Rules Committee, 1999; Member, President and Member, Rules Committee, 1986—; President and Member, 1986—, Workers' Compensation Executive Council, 1994—; Executive Council Co-Chair of the Workers' Compensation CLE Committee, 1995-1998, Chair of CLE, 1998—; Chair of Professionalism Committee, 2001; Chair of Order Bank Committee, 2001; Member, Workers' Compensation Appellate Pro Bono Committee; Long Range Planning Committee); Florida Defense Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Author and Editor: Workers' Compensation Section News and Four-Forty Report No. 8, January-February, 1986 and June-July, 1989; Workers' Compensation Mediation, Spring, 1992, Workers' Compensation Section News and Four-Forty Report, Vol. 14, No. 4. Co-Author with John Lazzara, Judge of Compensation Claims, Workers' Compensation Mediation, 1992, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Florida, Vol. II, The Florida Bar, CLE. Member, Board of Directors and President, Tampa Bay Chapter, Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund. (Board Certified Workers' Compensation Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)