Practice Areas - Eminent Domain
- Condemnation
- Inverse Condemnation
| - Property Rights
- Land Use
- Zoning Law
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| University | University of Florida, B.S., with honors, 1986 |
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| Law School | Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1989 |
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| Admitted | 1990, Florida; 1994, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida |
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| Memberships | Hillsborough County (Member, Eminent Domain Committee, 1994—) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Committee on Eminent Domain, 1991—, Vice Chair, 1998-1999 and Chairman, 1999-2000); Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers (2nd Vice President, Membership, 1998-1999; 1st Vice President Programs, 1999-2000; President Elect, 2000-2001; President, 2001-2002); International Council of Shopping Centers; Commercial Real Estate Women of Tampa Bay. |
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| Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Biography | Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Stetson Law Review, 1988-1989. Licensed Real Estate Broker, Florida. Author and Lecturer: "Eminent Domain Overview: Land Use Planning and Eminent Domain in Florida," National Business Institute Seminar (2004). Author: "Professionalism in Our Practice," Florida Eminent Domain Practice & Procedure (5th ed. Supp. 1999) (6th ed. 2003) (7th ed. 2008); "Survey of Condemnation Blight Law," Zoning and Planning Law Report, 1996; "Regulatory Takings: An Overview of Recent Developments," The National Business Institute Seminar on Recent Developments in Regulatory Takings, 1993. Co-Author, "Making a Case for Condemnation Blight," ALI-ABA Seminar, 1999. Program Co-Chair and Lecturer on Trial Planning and Organization, CLE International 3rd Annual Eminent Domain Conference, 1999; Program Co-Chair: CLE International 2nd Annual Eminent Domain Conference, 1998; 11th Annual Eminent Domain Super Conference, 2007; ALI-ABA Seminar, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, Topic: Condemnation Blight Case Study, 1999; Program Co-Chair: CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, 1998; Program Co-Chair and Speaker, Steering Committee on Eminent Domain Annual Judicial Conferences, July, 1995, September 1995, September 1996, July 2000 and July 2004. Florida Trend: "Florida Legal Elite," (2005-2011); "Law and Politics": Florida Super Lawyer (2006-2011); 2010 Florida Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers (2009-2011); Florida Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition (2009-2010); Best Lawyers in America (2007-2011); Tampa Bay's Best Lawyers (2008); Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (2007-2011). |
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| Reported Cases | Dept. of Transp. v. Rickert, 978 So.2d 165 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007); State Dept. of Transp. v. Schoenly & Goodman, 7 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 732 (Fla. 13th Cir. 1999); State Dept. of Transp. v. Profundo, Inc., 5 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 674 (Fla. 13th Cir. 1998). |
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| ISLN | 906654840 |
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