Gold Key; Order of the Omega Honor Society. Certified Real Estate Appraiser, Florida. Author: "Full Compensation and the Recovery of Mortgage Costs," June 2000; "Conceptual Site Plans and Highest and Best Use," Hillsborough County Bar Journal, 1999; "Feasibility, Business Damages and the Cost to Cure," Hillsborough County Bar Journal, 1998; "The Road Ahead: Safely Guiding the Property Owner Through the Hazards of a Government Taking," 1997. Speaker: "Pre-Trial Advocacy: The Art of Obtaining Great Settlements," CLE International 12th Annual Eminent Domain Super Conference, 2008; AEDP Conference, 2001; "Expert Fees and Costs for Eminent Domain Proceedings"; Co-Chairman, CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, 2000, 2002 and 2005; "A Comparison of Colorado and Florida Condemnation Law," CLE 4th Annual Eminent Domain Conference, 1999; FSU Real Estate Law Society, 1999; "Retail Overview," Real Estate Trends & Networking Conference, Florida State University, 1996; "Private Sector View, Shopping Centers and Eminent Domain," Association of Eminent Domain Professionals, 1997; "Condemnation Clauses in Leasing," BOMA Legal Seminar Series, 1997. Member: Board of Governors for The Florida State University College of Business; Jesuit High School Foundation, Inc. (Board, 1999—); Florida Supreme Court Circuit Court Mediator. Florida Trend: "Florida Legal Elite" (2005-2011); "Florida Super Lawyers" (2007-2011); Florida Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition (2009-2010); Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (2007-2011).