· Board Certified Trial Specialist, The National Board of Trial Advocacy (1993)
· Board Certified Civil Trial
Lawyer, The Florida Bar Board of Legal
· Specialization and
Education (1992)
· Board Certified Admiralty and Maritime
Lawyer, The Florida Bar Board of Legal
· Specialization and
Education (1996)
· Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Maritime Law (2000)
· Proctor in Admiralty, Maritime
Law Association of the United States (1981)
· Chandris, Inc. v. Latsis, 515 U.S. 347,
115 S. Ct. 2172 (1995)
· (seaman status)
· Speaker: (Update on the Eleventh, Sixth
and Eighth Circuits), Southeastern
· Admiralty Law Institute
Seminar (Mobile, Alabama 2002)
· Visiting Professor: Seaman Status, University
of Florida School of Law
· (Gainesville, Florida
2001)
· Speaker: Passenger Claims (Cruise Ships,
Gambling Ships and Small Boats),
· Southeastern Admiralty
Law Institute Law Seminar
· (Savannah, Georgia
1998)
· Co-Author: Maritime Liens, Law and Practice;
The Florida Bar CLE Manual
· (1993 and 1997)
· Speaker: Maintenance, Cure and
Unearned Wages, Jones Act Negligence,
· Unseaworthiness, and
905(b) Claims, TECO Transport Corp Seminar
· (Tampa, Florida 1997)
· Speaker: Maritime Liens, Florida Bar Substantive
and Procedural Admiralty
· and Maritime Law in
Florida Seminar (Orlando, Florida 1996)
· Panel Member: Developments in Passenger
Cruise Law: 1994-1995, Maritime
· Law Association of
the United States Seminar (Kauai, Hawaii 1995)
· Co-Author: Cruise Ship Passenger Claims
and Defenses, Journal of Maritime
· Law and Commerce (1990)
· J.D., Tulane University School
of Law (1980)
· B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University
(1977)
· Lau, Lane, Pieper, Conley
& McCreadie (1987 - Present)
· Stagg, Hardy & Yerrid
(1986 - 1987)
· Holland & Knight (1980
- 1986)
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