PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

· 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)

CASES ARGUED BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT:

· Chandris, Inc. v. Latsis, 515 U.S. 347, 115 S. Ct. 2172 (1995)
· (seaman status)

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

· 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)

EDUCATION:

· J.D., Tulane University School of Law (1980)

· B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University (1977)

EMPLOYMENT:

· Lau, Lane, Pieper, Conley & McCreadie (1987 - Present)

· Stagg, Hardy & Yerrid (1986 - 1987)

· Holland & Knight (1980 - 1986)