Born Syracuse, New York, September 19, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Education
University of Missouri-Columbia (B.J., with honors, 1987); Florida State University College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1994)
Memberships and Recognitions
- AV rated
- The Florida Bar
- Member, Legislative Committee, Family Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Dade County Bar Association
- Order of the Coif
- Florida State University Law Review, Executive Editor
- Law Clerk to Judge Jorgenson, Florida Third District Court of Appeal
- Intern for Justice Harding, Florida Supreme Court
- Former Partner with Baker & McKenzie, LLP
- Recognized in Super Lawyers, South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyers, Legal Elite
- Significant pro bono efforts on behalf of Care Resource, an AIDS service provider
Representative Appellate Decisions
- DeElizundia v. Elizundia, 820 So.2d 966 (Fla. App. 3 Dist., May 22, 2002);
- Farrior v. Farrior, 736 So.2d 1177 (Fla. 1999);
- May v. Sessums & Mason, P.A., 700 So. 2d 22 (Fla. App. 2 Dist., 1997);
- Cuervo v. Mercy Hospital, Inc., 694 So.2d 98 (Fla. App. 3 Dist., 1997);
- Cerniglia v. Cerniglia, 679 So.2d 1160 (Fla., 1996)
