Admitted
1975, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court; 1980, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
Washington University, St. Louis, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
MacMurray College and University of Illinois, B.S., cum laude, 1970; University of Miami
Memberships
American Bar Association (Member, Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1981—; Chair, Programs, Public Relations Sub Committee, 1997-2000; Commercial Financial Services Committee, 1983—); The Florida Bar (Member: Bankruptcy/UCC Committee, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section, 1979—); Bankruptcy Bar Association of The Southern District of Florida (Director, 1985-1988; President, 1987); Cuban American Bar Association; Black Lawyers Association; American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, 1982—); American College of Bankruptcy (1992—)
Biographical
Recipient, Distinguished Alumni Award, Washington University, 2003. Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1974-1975. Contributing Co-Editor, R. Ginsberg, Bankruptcy: Text, Statutes Rules, 1990-1998. Contributing Editor for Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 1993—. Special Assistant to the Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1990-1994. Member, Bankruptcy Planning Committee, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1990-1995. Florida International University Council of 100 (1996-2000). Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation (1991—);