Admitted: 1980, Florida and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1982, U.S Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Law School: Florida State University, J.D.
Member: The Florida Bar.
Biography: Member, Order of the Coif. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Former Chair, Board of Directors, The Lord's Place, 1997; Café Joshua Edna Hibel Award, 2002; Msgr. O'Mahoney Award, Guild of Catholic Lawyers, 2000; Legal Aid Public Service Award, The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, 2000; Homeless Advocacy Award, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, 1999; Craig S. Barnard Memorial Award for "Outstanding Achievements in Capital Litigation," Palm Beach County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1992. Lecturer, Capital Case Seminars, Sponsored by NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Federal Resource Center and Florida Public Defender Association, 1989-2005.
Born: Larson AFB, Washington, August 11, 1955
Cases: Arline v. School Board of Nassau County, 772 F. 2d 759 (11th Cir., 1985), affd., 480 U.S. 273 (1987).