Practice Areas - Family Law
- Appellate Practice
- Civil Appeals
- Children
- Child Abduction
- Child Custody
- Child Custody Mediation
- Child Dependency
- Child Support
- International Child Abduction
- Interstate Child Custody
- Juvenile Dependency
- Parental Kidnapping
- Parental Rights
- Step Parent Adoptions
- Third Party Custody
- Visitation Rights
- Alimony
- Annulment
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Divorce
- Divorce Mediation
- Domestic Partnerships
| - Domestic Relations
- Domestic Torts
- Domestic Violence
- Equitable Distribution
- Family Mediation
- Gay and Lesbian Family Law
- International Family Law
- Marital Agreements
- Marital Property Distribution
- Marital Property Law
- Marital Property Settlements
- Matrimonial Law
- Military Divorce
- Name Changes
- No Fault Divorce
- Non-Traditional Family Law
- Paternity
- Post Divorce Modification
- Postnuptial Agreements
- Premarital Agreements
- Restraining Orders
- Spousal Support
- Uncontested Divorce
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 239-274-6000
Fax: 239-274-5559
http://www.lei-law.com
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| University | Florida International University, B.A., 1985; University of Miami, M.B.A., 2000 |
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| Law School | Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., 1988 |
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| Admitted | 1989, Florida; 1999, District of Columbia; 1993, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1998, U.S Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | The Florida Bar (Featured Speaker, Family Law Certification Review, 2012, Member, Executive Council, Family Law Section, 2008; Co-Editor of FAMSEG 2010; Editor, Family Law Commentator, 2009-2010; Vice-Chair: Support Issues Committee, 2008-2009; Continuing Legal Education Committee; Secretary: Sponsorship Committee, 2010; Member: Amicus Curiae Committee, 2010; Member: Legislation Committee, 2009); District of Columbia Bar. |
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| Languages | Spanish and Portuguese |
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| Born | Chicago, Illinois, February 28, 1964 |
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| Biography | Author: "Evolution of the Law of Visitation Rights of Same-Sex Partners: Selected Jurisdictions," The Florida Bar Commentator, Fall 2007; "Disproving the Gift Presumption Regarding Personal Property Cases," Florida Bar Commentator, December 2008; "Pleading Tort Claims Between Spouses in Family Law Cases, Florida Bar Commentator," June 2009; "Winning the Race to the Courthouse: The Principle of Priority," Florida Bar Journal, December 2009; Chapter 5: Pleadings, "Florida Dissolution of Marriage," The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2010; "Sequestration and Receivers in Florida Divorces," Florida Bar Commentator, Summer 2010. Co-Author: Amicus Brief of the Family Law Section of Florida Bar: In Re: Matter of Adoption of: X.X.G and N.R.G. Speaker, Annulment and Cohabitation, Marital and Family Law Annual Certification Review Course, 2011; Speaker, "Alimony, How to Get it? Modify it? Defend Against it?," Basic Family Law Seminar, 2009. Member: 20th Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (Chairman, 1996); Board of Governor's Young Lawyer's Division, 1994-1997. Certified Family Mediator. Former Board Member, Harry Chapin Food Bank. Board Former Board Member, Lee County Legal Aid Society. Graduate of the Emerging Leaders Program of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, 2006. (Board Certified Marital and Family Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)
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| Reported Cases | Burns v. Burns, 679 So.2d 6 (Fla. App. 2 Dist., 1996); I.A. v. H.H. 710 So.2d (Fla. App. 2 Dist.,1998); Taylor v. Malfara, 710 So.2d 233 (Fla. App. 3 Dist.,1998), Drew v. Drew, 27 So.3d 802 (Fla. App. 2 Dist., 2010), Florida Department of Children and Families,v. In re Matter of Adoption of X.X.G. and N.R.G., 45 So.3d 79, (Fla. App. 3 Dist., 2010). |
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| ISLN | 906254798 |
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