Practice Areas - Trial Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Property Tax
| - Probate Litigation
- Trust Litigation
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| University | Vanderbilt University, B.A., Economics, 1980 |
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| Law School | Stetson University, J.D., with honors, 1984 |
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| Admitted | 1984, Florida, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit |
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| Memberships | Manatee County (Director, 1991-1993; President, 1993-1995; Past President, 1995-1996), Sarasota County (Member : Trust and Probate Litigation Section), The Federal Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member: Trial Lawyers Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section); Florida Board of Governors, Representative of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 2003-2007; Disciplinary Review Committee, 2003-2004; Legislative Committee, 2004-2006; Citizens Forum Committee, 2005; Communications Committee, 2003-2006 (Chair, 2005-2006); Disciplinary Procedures Committee, 2006-2007; Executive Committee, 2005-2007; Board Liaison, Business Litigation Certification Committee, 2003-2005; Annual Convention Committee, 2006-2009 (Chair, 2007); Judicial Independence Committee, 2005-2008; Member, Outreach Committee, 2007-2010. |
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| Born | East Orange, New Jersey, August 28, 1958 |
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| Biography | Florida Trend Magazine's "Florida Legal Elite" for Commercial Litigation, 2009 and 2011. Florida Super Lawyers, 2011. Member, Editorial Board, Stetson Law Review, 1983-1984. Charter Member: Manatee Inns of Court; Goodrich-Grimes Inn of the American Inns of Court. Associate Member Broadband Tax Institute. Member and Director, Florida Council of Property Tax Lawyers, Inc. Sustaining Member, Junior League of Sarasota. Twelfth Judicial Circuit Nominating Committee, Member 1996-2000 (Chair 1998-1999). Legal Aid of Manasota, Inc., (Director 1994-1999; Secretary 1994-1996).
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| Reported Cases | Neumann v. Wordock, 873 So.2d 502 (Fla. 2DCA 2004); Leopold v. Kimball Hill Homes Florida, Inc., 842 So.2d 133 (Fla. 2DCA 2003); Richardson v. Turner, 810 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 2DCA 2002). |
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| ISLN | 909289414 |
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