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Visibility Rankings  | | #7 out of 836 lawyers in Naples, Florida | | #4,559 out of 888,801 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Securities Fraud; Class Action; Complex Commercial Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation | | | Peer Review Rating | AV
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What's this? | | | Education | Duke University, J.D., with distinction, 1982, Florida State University, B.S., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 1979 | | | Admitted | 1982, Florida; 1983, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan | |
| Memberships | Collier County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) (Charter Member). | | | Born | Fairview Park, Ohio, 1958 | | | Biography | Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Lambda Delta; Gold Key. Member: Florida House of Representatives for District 76, Collier County, (November 2008—); Transition Teams for Governor Charlie Crist and Attorney General Bill McCollum, (2006-2007); Republican Party of Florida's Statewide Finance Team; Congressman Connie Mack's Business Roundtable. Professional: Public Member, Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration (SICA) (1995-2002) and Public Member Emeritus (2003—); Instructor, AAA, NYSE, ASE, NASD Arbitrator Training Programs (1992—); Course Instructor, Joint Florida Division of Securities and NASAA Broker Dealer Training Sessions (1993—). Panelist: Practicing Law Institute, ABA, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR), Florida Department of Banking and Finance. Arbitrator: Securities Panel Member (national roster), American Arbitration Association; United States District Court, Middle District of Florida; National Association of Securities Dealers; New York Stock Exchange; American Stock Exchange. Mediator: Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator; National Association of Securities Dealers. Co-Chair, Governor's Family Literacy Initiative Celebration of Reading, (2002—). Board of Trustees, NCH Healthcare System, (2002—); Leadership Collier (Alumni, 1990); Forum Club of Southwest Florida, (Member, Board of Directors, 1998- 2002); Collier County Education Foundation, (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1996); Youth Development Foundation of Collier County (Member, Board of Directors 1996—); Collier's Reserve (Member, Founding Board of Governors, 1993-1997); Junior Achievement Business Leadership Hall of Fame, (Member, Advisory Board, 1996-1998). | | | ISLN | 901655033 | |
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