Education
- Florida State University College of Law, 1976
- University of South Florida, Bachelor of Arts: Finance, 1972
- U.S. Army Transportation Officers Candidate School, Logistics, 2LT, 1967
Awards
- Meritorious Public Service Award, 2005, The Florida Bar Client Security Fund Committee
- Outstanding Leadership Award, 2004, The Florida Bar Client Security Fund Committee
- Meritorious Service Award, The Florida Bar Health Law Section, 1994, The Florida Bar Health Law Section
- Acknowledged over sundry years in: Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Society, Who’s Who in the South & Southwest, Who’s Who in American Law, and Great Minds of the 21st Century
Associations
- Member, Florida Academy of Professional Mediators
- Former Member, American Bar Association
- Former Sustaining Member, American Justice Association, f/k/a Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Member, The Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Animal Law Section, and Alternate Dispute Resolution Section
- Member, Florida Justice Association, f/k/a/Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
- Member St. Petersburg Bar Association
- Chairperson, The Florida Bar Client Security Fund Committee, 2000–2005
- Master, Pinellas Inns of Court, 1994–1995
- Executive Council, The Florida Bar Health Law Section, 1988–1994
- Senior Counsel, The College of Master Advocates & Barristers
- BNI Referral Masters
42 years of civil trial practice including such diverse areas as:
- General Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Device
- Products Liability
- Insurance Litigation
- Florida Pollution Act
- Commercial Litigation
- FTCA Claims
- Civil Rights
- Construction Litigation
- Administrative License Disciplinary
- Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices
- Individual Long Term Disability
- Workers’ Compensation
- Social Security Disability
- Appeals