Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers and Criminal Law Sections); Wilkie Ferguson Bar Assoc. (Liason, Dade County Bar Association, 1989); American Judicature Society. [ROTC Basic Training, Ft. Knox, 1978].

Statement of Practice:
Civil Law, Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Probate.

Born Jacksonville, Florida, February 18, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Florida; 1983, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1984, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1989, 2002 Northern District of Florida. U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Education: University of Florida (A.A., 1976; B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Senior Thesis. Honors Appellate Advocacy. Best Oralist, Moot Court, Civil Clinic. Cert: National College of Criminal Defense, University of Houston, 1982; Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy, University of Florida, 1992. Board Member, Legal Services of Greater Miami, 1989.

Reported Cases: United States v. McBean (2nd Cir NY 1997);  US v. Donaldson (Case No: 93-3978 92-00054 07 CRW8 Dist CT WDist Mo.);  US v. Matamoros (11th Cir 1997); In Re: Johnson (3 DCA 1988);  State v. Stewart (3 DCA, 1988).

Languages: Spanish.

Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury.

Other Cases:   U.S. v. Jackson, Case No: 98-6015-CR-DTKH (US District Court Southern District Florida);  U.S. v. Gourgue, Case No: 97-6007-C-MORENO (US District Court Southern District Florida);  State of Florida v. Llerena, Case No: 99-003941, (11th Judicial Circuit, Dade County, Florida); State of Florida v. Guerrier (Dade County 1998); State of Forida v. Keaton (11th Judicial Cir. Dade County 1991); State of Florida v. Brown (17th Judicial Cir. Broward County 2002); State of Florida v. Whitehead (11th Judicial Cir. 1997).