Admitted
1980, Florida and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Florida State University, J.D., with honors, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Cornell University, B.S., Computer Science/Engineering, 1973
Memberships
Escambia-Santa Rosa, Federal, American (Member, Sections on: Labor & Employment Law; Natural Resources; Energy & Environmental Law; General Practice; Individual Rights and Responsibilities) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Labor & Employment Law; Environmental and Land Use Law; Trial Litigation; Administrative and Governmental Law); American Judicature Society; Academy of Florida Management Attorneys (Charter Member); The Management Labor & Employment Roundtable, USA (Charter Member); The Society for Human Resource Management.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Legal Assistant to the U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 1980-1982. Labor & Employment Law Group Leader, Beggs & Lane LLP, 1982—. Member, 1985-1986 and 1996— and Chairman, 1994, U.S. Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel. Member, U.S. District Court Advisory Council, Northern District of Florida, 1994—. Member, 1989-1993 and Chairman, 1991-1993, Governing Board, Northwest Florida Water Management District. Member, Florida Governor's Water Resource Coordination Commission, 1991-1993. Member, 1984-1996 and President, 1990-1992 and 1996, Board of Trustees, Northwest Florida Legal Services, Inc. Master, American Inns of Court, Pensacola Chapter, 2001—. Chairman, Florida First Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, 2000-2003. Charter Editor, Editorial Review Board, The Florida Labor Letter.
Military
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy (Submarine Force), 1973-1977