Education

Wake Forest University, B.A., 1979

• BA Degree With Honors
• Magna Cum Laude
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Guy T. Carswell Scholar
• Dean’s List, all semesters

Universite’ de Grenoble, France, 1979-1980

• Rotary International Fellowship

Wake Forest University School of Law 

• JD Degree, 1983

Bar Admission
Florida, 1983

Court Admission
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals   
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Professional Affiliations

• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Litigation Management College – Associate Dean of Graduate Program (2009-2011), Property Insurance Section (Chair, 2007-2009); Admissions Committee (2006-2014), Amicus Committee (2009-2010), Defense of the Judiciary Committee (2007-2010),  Diversity Initiative Committee (2008-2010), Projects & Objectives Committee (2009-2010) and Exhibitors Committee (Chair, 2005-2007)
• Defense Research Institute
• American Bar Association
  • Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Emerging Issues Committee,  2001-2002 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, 2001-2002 Property Insurance Law Committee Chair, 2000-2001 Women & Minority Involvement Committee, 1998-2000, Editorial Board, The Brief, 1996-1999
• The Florida Bar
  • Trial Lawyers Section
• WIND Network Board of Directors (2008-2009 and 2009-2010)
• Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention
  

Special Certifications and Awards

• Martindale Hubbell “AV” Rating
• Certified Circuit Court Mediator
• Keynote speaker, Australian Insurance Law Association, Melbourne, Australia (October 2010)

Legal/Authorships

“Food for Thought ... Where Lies the Pendulum Between the Insurer and the Policyholder on the Scale of Duties of Good Faith,” The FDCC Quarterly (Winter 2003 ed.) (co-author with Janet L. Brown)

“The Seven Lessons of Extra Expense,” presented at ABA/TIPS Property Insurance Law Committee’s 2002 Program Business Interruption and Related Claims in the Wake of 9/11, New York, New York

“Recent Developments in Property Insurance Law,” 34 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 2 (Winter 1999)(contributing author)

“Collapse: How Do You Define It?”, ABA/TIPS Property Insurance Law Committee Newsletter, Fall 1998/Winter 1999

“Ensuing Water Loss:  An Overview,” presented at the Property Insurance Law Committee’s August 1, 1998 ABA/Annual Meeting Program, Chicago, Illinois

“The Lost, Missing or Destroyed Policy: Proof Problems and Other Evidentiary Issues,” presented at the ABA (TIPS) Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s 1995 Mid-Winter Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA

Legal Teaching Positions

• Lecturer, “The Attorney as Guardian Ad Litem Volunteer,” Orange County Bar Association
• Adjunct Instructor, University of Central Florida Legal Studies Program, August 1993 to May 1994
• Lecturer, “The Role of the Mental Health Therapist in Litigation,” Stetson University, June 1992
• Lecturer, Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (FAMFT), October 1992 and March 1993

Community/Activities

Guardian Ad Litem (Legal Aid Society, Orlando, Florida)