Ratings & Reviews
In Memory of a Great Florida Lawyer and Litigator, 1948–2011
Areas of practice
- Securities arbitration
- Securities litigation
- Business litigation
- Business law
Admitted to practice
- Florida, 1981
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1989
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1998
Awards
Education
- Florida State University, J.D., 1980
- Florida State University, M.S., 1971
- Florida State University, B.S., 1970
Certifications
- FINRA Arbitrator
- Certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court Mediator
Professional memberships
- Business Law Section, The Florida Bar
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- General Practice Section
- Litigation Section
- Committee on the Federal Regulation of Securities
- Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation
Representative cases
- Interstate Sec Corp. v. Hayes Corp., 920 F.2d 769 (11th Cir. 1991)
- Gianelli Money Purchase Plan and Trust v. ADM Investor Serv., 146 F.3d 1309 (11th Cir. 1998) cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1016 (1998)
- Crosby v. Lewis, 523 So.2d 1155 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988)
- Rehabilitation Advisors, Inc. v. Floyd, 601 So.2d 1286 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992)