Law School
Florida State University, J.D., with highest honors, 1990
Law School Graduation Year
1990
College
Florida State University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1987
Memberships
Hillsborough County and American (Member, Forum on Communications Law, 1997—; Member, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1997—; Vice-Chair, Newsletter Subcommittee, Media and Defamation Torts Committee, 1998-2000) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Media and Communications Law Committee, 1997—, and Computer Law Committee, 1998—); Hillsborough County Association of Women Lawyers.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient: Colonel Clifton B.F. Britt Memorial Scholarship; Alumni Scholarship. Associate Editor, FSU Law Review. Judicial Clerk, Judge Roger Vinson, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 1990-1992. Listed in Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1990. Author: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed...The Marriage of High Tech and Traditional Jurisprudence, Vol. 26, No. 2 Litigation at 39, Winter, 2000; The Reporter's Guide to a Civil Lawsuit, Reporter's Handbook, published by Media and Communications Law Committee, The Florida Bar, 1997; Summary Jury Trials: Should the Public Have Access? Cincinnati Gas & Elec. Co. v. General Elec. Co., 16 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 1069, 1989. Co-Author: Spam: Beyond the Long Arm of the Law, E-Commerce Law Report, Vo. 3, No. 8 (June 2001). Certified Guardian Ad Litem, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, 1995—. Member, Tampa Bay Technology Forum Women's Network, 2003—.