Areas of Practice

• Transportation Litigation
• Life, Health and Disability Insurance Litigation
• Premises Liability
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
• Products Liability
• Professional Negligence
• Commercial Litigation

Education

• Vanderbilt University (B.A., with honors, , 1976)
• University of Florida (J.D., with honors, 1979)

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida
• U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Certifications

• American College of Trial Lawyers
• Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Advocate
• Certified Circuit Court Mediator
• Certified Federal Court Mediator (Middle District of Florida) 

Selected Professional and Civic Activities

• American Bar Association
  (Member, Torts and Insurance Practice Section; Member, Litigation Section)
• Defense Research Institute
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Former Member)
• The Florida Bar
  (Florida Board of Legal Specialization and Education, chair 2012-2013; Board of Governors, 2002-2008; Trial Lawyers Section, Executive Council, 1990-1993; Board of Governors, Young Lawyer Division, 1986-1989; Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 1987-1990 and 1991-1994)
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association
• Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers (Former Member)
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
  (President, 1993-1994; Board of Directors, 1989-1992; President, Young Lawyers Section, 1985-1986)
• International Claims Association ( ICA )
• Judge J. Clifford Cheatwood American Inn of Court, Master
  (President 2012-2013)
• Leadership Tampa
• Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• Florida Trucking Association