Admitted
1978, Florida, U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Miami, J.D., magna cum laude, 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Syracuse University, B.A., cum laude, 1974
Memberships
Dade County (Member, 1984—, Vice Chairman, 1990-1991 and Chairman, 1991-1992, Federal Court Committee), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Business Law; Litigation; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member: Antitrust and Unfair Competition Committee, 1991—; Intellectual Property Committee, 1991—; Federal Practice Committee, 1990-1993; Public Relations Committee, 1992-1993; Sections on: Business Law; Trial Lawyers; Member, 1984—, Vice-Chairman, 1988-1989 and Chairman, 1990-1991, Business Litigation Committee; Member, 1984-1990 and Chairman, 1989-1990, Subcommittee for Standard Jury Instructions in Commercial Cases; Member, 1989-1996, Vice Chairman, 1990-1991, 1992-1993 and Chairman, 1993-1994, Florida Civil Procedure Rules Committee; Member, 1991-1993 and Chairman, 1993-1994, Florida Bar Grievance Committee 11 ‘K’); American Law Institute (Member, 2002—).
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, 1976-1978 and Chairman, 1976-1977, Moot Court Advisory Board. President, Society of Wig and Robe, 1977-1978. Member, Society of Bar and Gavel. Articles and Comments Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1977. Member, 1982-1984, 1985-1987 and Chairperson, 1984-1985, Board of Editors, Southern District Digest. Author, Venue Under the Antitrust Laws: Amenability of Parent Corporations to Suit by Virtue of Their Subsidiary's Activities, 33 University of Miami Law Review 271, 1978. Co-Author: Permitting Sale of Insurance By Bank Holding Company Subsidiaries: A Revised Analytic Framework, 32 University of Miami Law Review 543, 1978; Justice Without A Day In Court, Trial Lawyer's Forum, The Florida Bar Journal, April 1985; Jury Instructions for Business Litigation, Ch. 13, Business Litigation in Florida (The Florida Bar, Continuing Legal Education), 1989. Law Clerk to the Hon. Bryan Simpson, Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1978-1979. Instructor, 1980-1981 and Adjunct Faculty Member, 1985, University of Miami School of Law. Member, 1993— and Chair, 1996—, Advisory/Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and Procedures of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. Member, 2001—, Chair, 2001-2003, Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions Peer Review and Attorney Grievance, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. Member: Supreme Court of Florida Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases, 1992-1999; Civil Justice Advisory Group of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1995; Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' Ad Hoc Review Committee for Rules Consistency, 1998-1999. (Board Certified Business Litigation Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization)