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Areas of Practice
Personal Injury Law; Automobile; Professional Negligence; Product Liability; Wrongful Death Law; Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Electrical Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Pedestrian Injuries; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Power Line Contact Injury; School Bus Accidents; Severe Burns; Slip and Fall; Sexual Abuse; Spinal Injury; Wrongful Death; Accident Insurance; Automobile Insurance; Automobile Liability; Automobile Insurance Coverage; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Torts; Medical Malpractice; Failure to Diagnose; Medical Liability; Medical Negligence; Surgeons Liability; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation
Admitted
1973, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; 1992, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
University of Florida, J.D., 1973
College
Western Carolina University, B.A., 1970
Membership
Lee County and North Carolina (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyer Section, Committees on: Aviation and Space Law, 1978-1980; Civil Procedure Rules, 1979-1981; Member, Judicial Nominating Commission, Twentieth Judicial Circuit, 1984-1988; Co-Chair, Advertising and Solicitation Committee, 1988-1990); Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Member: College of Diplomats; Board of Directors, 1976-1990; Executive Committee, 1988-1989; Nominating Committee, 1978; Building Committee, 1978; Nominating Committee, 1983; Publications Committee, 1981-1982; Seminar Committee, 1982-1992; Speakers Bureau Committee, 1984-1991; Chair: Constitution and By-Laws Committee, 1981-1982; Seminar Committee, 1983-1984; Ethics Committee, 1985); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Florida Lawyers Action Group (Trustee, 1982-1985); American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Southwest Florida Chapter, 2005). Master, Calusa Inn of Court (Counselor, 2003-2004; Treasurer, 2004-2005; President Elect, 2005-2006; President, 2006-2007).
Biography
Recipient: Practice Court Award; Best Trial Lawyer Award. Author: "Post-Judgment Discovery," No. 185, The Journal of The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, February 1978. Co-Author: "Trial Advocacy: The Official Handbook of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers," Academy Press, 1991. Past Lecturer: The Florida Bar; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Georgia and South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Member and President, 1999, Sanibel/Captiva Rotary Club Trust Fund. Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1995 and President, 1991-1994, Edison Community College Endowment Corporation. Listed in: "Best Lawyers in America," 2005-; Florida Super Lawyers, 2007. Private Pilot, Single Engine Land and Multi-Engine Land Instrument Rating, 1975. Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2004.
Languages: Spanish
Born
Lakewood, New Jersey, September 30, 1948
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