As an ex-prosecutor, I have tried over 120 jury trials to verdict. As a member of the law firm since 1984, my practice currently is concentrated on complex personal injury cases, medical malpractice, and product liability.
In 1992, I obtained one of the largest personal injury verdicts in the history of Brevard County for a bicyclist who had her leg run over by a tractor-trailer on the Eau Gallie Causeway. Over the past four decades, I have personally won dozens of million dollar and multi-million dollar cases throughout central Florida – in both state and federal courts.
I have been board certified by the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy for over 30 years. Double board certification is a distinction held by less than 1% of attorneys in America. I have been chosen to be recognized in The Best Lawyers in America based upon a rigorous peer-reviewed survey of attorneys throughout the United States. Additionally, I have an AV–Preeminent rating from Martindale – Hubble, and I have been chosen to be included in Super Lawyers – the top attorneys in America.
I have been very involved in the local Melbourne community. As Chairman of the Capital Campaign, I was instrumental in the building of Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy upper campus and – along with my partners - have given millions of dollars to local charities including hospitals, schools, and police departments. I am a past President of the Melbourne Beach Rotary, and I was Chairman of the Police Civil Service Commission. Further, I have been a Board member of the Melbourne Police Athletic League, and I currently serve as a Cornell University Alumni Ambassador – interviewing and mentoring local high school students applying for college.
Areas of Practice:
Certification/Specialties:
- Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar, 1989
- Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1990
Bar Admissions:
- Florida, 1981
- Mississippi, 1981
- U.S. Federal Court, 1984
Education:
- University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 1981
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1978
Honors and Awards:
- A.V.-Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubble
- Listed in “Florida Super Lawyers”
- Selection to The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- “Top Attorneys in Florida” as published in The Wall Street Journal and Miami Magazine
- The Global Directory of Who’s Who (Top Lawyer)
- Selected to America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Florida Bar Grievance Committee, 18th Judicial Circuit, 2012-2015, 2012 – Present
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Cornell Alumni Ambassador
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Capital Campaign
- Chairman
- Melbourne Beach Rotary
- Past President
- Melbourne Police Athletic League
- Board of Directors
- Former Chairman of the Police Civil Service Commission, Town of Melbourne Beach
- Florida Justice Association (formerly Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers)
- 1984 to present
- Florida Lawyers Action Group (FLAG)
- EAGLE member, Lifetime Award for Contributing Over $100,000 to protect
- victims, 2008
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Central Florida Chapter,
- selection by invitation only
- Brevard County Bar Association, 1981 to present
- Orange County Bar Association
- American Bar Association, 1984 to present
- American Association for Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers
- Association)
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