Admissions
1999, Florida
US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
US District Court, Middle District of Florida
US District Court, Northern District of Florida
US District Court, Southern District of Florida
2000, US District Court, Southern, Middle , Northern Districts of Florida
2002, US Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
Not admitted in IL
Bar Fellowship
American Bar Foundation; SuperLawyers; Florida Rising Stars; "Top Up & Comer," South Florida Legal Guide; "40 Under 40 Outstanding Lawyer of Midami-Dade County"; "Up & Coming Attorneys" in Florida Trend's "Florida Legal Elite"; "Leading Lawyers," South Florida Business Journal; Torch Award, Florida International University College of Law; Bar & Gavel Alumni Leadership Award, University of Miami School of Law, Society of Bar & Gavel; University of Miami Law Alumni Association Alumni Leadership Award; Florida Supreme Court, 2009 Voluntary Bar Association Pro Bono Award; "Put Something Back" Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Contribution; Recipient: 2004 E. Randolph Williams Pro Bono Award; 2002 "Put Something Back-Unfair Sales" Award; CALI Award for Legal Research and Writing. Winner, Moot Court Competition. Editor-in-Chief, University of Miami Business Law Review, 1998-1999. Legal Teaching Positions: Adjunct Professor, University of Miami School of Law, Aviation Law (2007-Present); Adjunct Professor, Florida International University College of Law, Aviation and Space law (Present); Legal Authorship: "Airline Safety versus Personal Privacy: Airport Profiling in a Post-9/11 World," Aspatore Books (Thomson Reuters 2011); "Should Bad Airline Service Be Illegal?," HANDBOOK OF AIRLINE ECONOMICS: A GLOBAL APPROACH (2011); "A Fresh Start for Mexicana? International Aviation Bankruptcy Law," Airliners (2011); AVIATION LAW AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH (Vandeplas 2010); "The Sunshine State, in Space," Florida Bar Journal (Sept./Oct. 2010); "Aviation Litigation and Mass Torts: A Crash Course," American Bar Ass'n, Section of Litigation, Mass Torts (2010); "The Integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles into the National Airspace," North Dakota Law Review (2009); "Mandatory Retirement for Airline Pilots: A Solution in Search of a Problem?," Airliners (2008); "New York's Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights: Air Transport Ass'n of America v. Cuomo, -- F. Supp. 2d -- (N.D.N.Y. 2008)," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Claims against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq.," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Antitrust Issues and Predation in the Airline Industry," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Airline Liability arising under the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (the 'Montreal Convention')," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Choice-of-Law Issues in Aviation Cases," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Airline 'Code-Sharing' Lawsuits," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "The Forum Non Conveniens Doctrine in Aviation Accident Litigation," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Death on the High Seas Act ('DOHSA')," 46 U.S.C. § 30301 et seq., LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "The Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Air Carrier Access Act, 49 U.S.C. § 41705 et seq.," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Alleged Racial Discrimination in Commercial Airline Transportation: Cerqueira v. American Airlines, -- F. 3d -- (1st Cir. 2008)," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Airline 'Bumping' Claims," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Mandatory Airline Pilot Retirement: A Solution in Search of a Problem?," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, 49 U.S.C. § 40101 Note ("GARA")," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Medical Certification for Pilots," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Defense and Appeal of FAA Certificate Actions," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "FAA Airmen Certificate and Civil Penalty Actions," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Admiralty Jurisdiction in Aviation Accident Litigation," LexisNexis® Expert Commentary (2008); "Is Airline Passenger Profiling Necessary?," 62 University of Miami Law Review 1 (2007); "Airline Alliances: Code-Sharing, not Blame-Sharing," Airliners (2007); "China Blocks Takeoff of New Airlines," Asia Times (2007), http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,39370-1;57155-3,00.html; "Airline Passenger Profiling Systems after 9/11: Personal Privacy versus National Security," 44 Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 127 (2005); "Deregulation of the Airline Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) Industry," 69 Journal of Air Law and Commerce 387 (2004); "Without Reservations," Daily Business Review (Special Report: Antitrust Issue, Aviation) (2004); "Antitrust and Online Airline Travel Distribution: Assessing Deregulation of the Computer Reservations Systems (CRS) Industry," Aviation Advisor (2004); "Re-Regulation and Airline Passengers' Rights," 67 Journal of Air Law and Commerce 935 (2002); "The U.S. Airline Industry after September 11, 2001," 8 International Travel Law Journal 254 (2001); "Flight or Fight: The Passengers' Bill of Rights," 8 International Travel Law Journal 102 (2001).
Member: Dade County Bar Association (2011, Chair, Legal Aid Society Committee; 2008-2009, President; 2009-Present, Member, Judicial Campaign Practices Committee; 2005-2006, Chair, Professionalism Committee; President-Elect, 2007-2008; Vice-President, 2006-2007; Secretary, 2005-2006; Treasurer, 2004-2005; Director, 1999-2002; Chair, Professionalism Committee, 2004-2006; Minority Bar Passage Program, 1999-2006); The Florida Bar (Member: Eleventh Circuit Unlicensed Practice Law Committee; Aviation Law Committee; 2009-2011, Annual Convention Planning Committee; 2010-2012, Chair, Aviation Law Committee; 2010-2012, Aviation Law Certification Committee; 2004-2010, Eleventh Circuit Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee); American Bar Association.
