Location:
Panama City, Florida
Phone:
850-215-2112 (Panama City)
Fax:
850-215-1573
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Criminal Defense Trial Attorney
- Criminal Law – Federal (White Collar Crime)
- DUI/DWI
- Traffic Violations
- Family Law
- Divorce
- Child Custody
- Child Support
LITIGATION PERCENTAGE
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Florida, 1983
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2011
EDUCATION
- Nova University Center for the Study of Law, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence – 1982
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
- M.S.W., Master of Social Work – 1974
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
- B.S., Bachelor of Science – 1973
- Major: Criminology
- Major: Social Work
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Florida Bar, Member, 1983 – Present
- Florida Bar, Family Section , 2012 – Present
- Bay County Bar Association, Member, 2001 – Present
- Broward County Bar, Member, 1989 – 2001
- American Bar Association, Member, 1984 – 2010
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2002-2008 , 2011 – Present
- Atlanta Jaycees, Director, 1978 – 1979
- Kiwanis Club of Fort Lauderdale Beach, Member, 1988 – 2001
- Toastmasters International, Past President, Past Treasurer
- Bay County Inn of Court, Member, 2003 – 2008
- Kiwanis Club of Panama City, Member, Past President, 2003 – Present
- Dale Carnegie Graduate, 2005
- Elected Lt. Governor of the Florida Kiwanis, Division 2, 2012 – 2013
PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
- State Attorneys Office, Bay County, Florida, Assistant State Attorney, January 4, 2009 – December 31, 2010
- Public Defenders Office, Bay County, Florida, Assistant Public Defender, June 10, 2001 – December 31, 2008
- State Attorneys Office, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, Assistant State Attorney, September 1, 1982 – May 31, 2001
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, Psychiatric Social Worker, GS 11-2, April 15, 1975 – August 10, 1979