Admitted: 1978, Florida, Texas, and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Law School: South Texas College of Law, J.D.
Member: Hillsborough County Bar Association (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1995; Chairman, Circuit Criminal Rules Committee, 1991; Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1991, 1995); The Florida Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Goldburg Federal Inn of Court (Master, 2000); Judicial Nominating Commission (Chairman, 1995-1999).
Biography: Florida Blue Key. Listed in: Who's Who in America's Colleges and Universities; Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. The Best Lawyers in America; Recipient, Kynes Award for Trial Excellence, 2000. Lecturer: Federal Bar Seminar, 1998 and 1999; Florida Bar Convention, 2000. Legal Analyst, TV/Radio.
Born: Tampa, Florida, December 27, 1952
Languages: Spanish
Cases: U.S. v. Donley, et al., 803 F.2d 1523 (11th Cir. 1986); U.S. v. de Vandeul, 9 BNA Practice Manual 505, 1995; U.S. v. Veltmann, 10 BNA Criminal Practice Manual 424 (1996); U.S. v. Mayer, 13 BNA Criminal Practice Report 359 (1997).