PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

· Board Certified Admiralty and Maritime Lawyer, The Florida Bar Board of Legal
· Specialization and Education

· Maritime Law Association of the United States

· Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Past Director)

· Who's Who in American Law

· Defense Research Institute

· Florida Defense Lawyers Association

· United Way of Hillsborough County (Keel Club Commodore Member)

COURTS OF AUTHORIZED PRACTICE:

· The United States Supreme Court

· The Fifth and Eleventh Circuits Courts of Appeal

· The United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

· All Florida state courts

PUBLICATIONS AND SEMINARS:

· Speaker: Edison Electric Institute, Occupational Safety & Health Committee
· Conference (Savannah, Georgia 2000)

· Speaker: Claims Investigation and Defense, TECO Energy Seminar
· (Tampa, Florida 1998)

· Speaker: Recent Premise Owner Asbestos Litigation, Andrews Publications
· Seminar (New Orleans, Louisiana 1994)

· Speaker: Claims from Termination of Electrical Service, Southeastern Electrical
· Institute Seminar (Baltimore, Maryland 1992)

· Speaker: Pleasure Craft Cases, Florida Bar Admiralty Seminar
· (Orlando, Florida 1987)

EDUCATION:

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

· B.A., Northwestern University (1977)

EMPLOYMENT:

· Lau, Lane, Pieper, Conley & McCreadie (1986 - Present)

· Holland & Knight (1980 - 1986)