Admitted
1975, Florida; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., cum laude, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
Yale University, B.A., 1965
Memberships
Dade County (Director, 1978-1981) and American (Member, Torts and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member: Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1995-1998; Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions, Civil, 1999—; Appellate Court Rules Committee, 1980-2002; Chairman, 1989-1990); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Diplomate); Dade County Trial Lawyers Association; American Law Institute; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
Biographical
Author: The American Law of Defamation Through Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. and Beyond: An Analytical Primer, Virginia Law Review, Vol. 61, Issue No. 7, 1975; Ch. 6, Making a Proper Record, Florida Civil Trial Practice, Sixth Edition, 2001. Advisor to The Reporter of the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law of Torts (Third).
Military
Lt., Naval Aviator, U.S. Navy, 1965-1971