Admitted
1986, Florida; 1987, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Florida
Law School
University of Florida, J.D., 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
University of Florida, B.S.B.A., 1981
Memberships
Hillsborough County (Chairman, Environmental and Land Use Section) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; District of Columbia Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Florida Blue Key. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Trial Competition Team. Author: The Amount in Controversy Requirement, Issues of Valuation and Viewpoint, Federal Bar News & Journal, June/July 1991; Defending Against an Application for Injunctive Relief in an Environmental Case, Federal Bar News & Journal, July 1992; Employee Confidentiality and Covenants Not to Compete - Protecting Your Corporate Assets, Employment Regulations in Florida, Institute of Business Law, California State University, Los Angeles, 1994 and 1996; Regulation of Underground Storage Tanks, Florida Survey Issues: Recognition and Remediation, National Business Institute, 1994-1995; Superfund: A Legislative and Administrative Update, Environmental Management Review, First Quarter, 1996. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (a Superfund Update), Government Institute, 1998: General Overview of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Government Institutes, 1999; When Does An Environmental Matter Become A Criminal Case? Florida Chamber of Commerce Environmental Permitting Summer School (2000); What Makes An Environmental Matter A Criminal Case? The Lawyer, Hillsborough County Bar Association, September 2000; A Basic Overview of Major, Federal Environmental Laws - Part I, The Lawyer, October 2000; A Basic Overview of Major, Federal Environmental Laws - Part II, The Lawyer, November 2000; Environmental Crimes and the Consequences of Conviction, Florida Chamber of Commerce Environmental Permitting School 2001; An Overview of Proposed Changes for the 2001 Legislative Session, Part I: Environmental Litigation Reform Act, The Lawyer, April 2001; An Overview of Proposed Changes for the 2001 Legislative Session, Part II: Performance Based Permitting, The Lawyer, May 2001; The Primary Jurisdiction Doctrine in Environmental Cases, The Lawyer, June 2001; Criminal Environmental Enforcement - Serious Consequences for Non-Compliance, Florida Chamber of Commerce Environmental P