Admitted
1970, Florida and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida
Law School
Florida State University, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
University of Iowa, B.A., 1967
Memberships
The Florida Bar (Chairman, Legislative Committee of Administrative Law Section, 1985-1986); American Bar Association.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Author, Legislative Single Member Districts, Florida Bar Journal, 1978. Assistant General Counsel to Governor, 1970. Co-Authored: Adjudicatory Proceeding and Pending Proceedings, Florida Bar Journal, 1997; Why Florida Needs the Administrative Procedure Act, Florida Bar Journal, January 2001. Advisory Counsel, State Department of Community Affairs, 1970-1972. Associate Municipal Judge, Dunedin, 1972. Dunedin Chamber of Commerce's Outstanding Young Man of the Year Award, 1972. Florida State Legislator, 1972-1982. Minority Leader, Florida House, 1978-1982. State Senator, 1984-1994. Candidate for Lt. Governor, 1994. Holland & Knight, 1994—. Sesquicentennial Chairman, State of Florida, 1995. Chairman of the Governors' Commission on the Everglades, 1999-2001.