I received my bachelor’s degree from Tulane University in 1991 and my law degree from the Cumberland School of Law in 1995. In law school, I served as a teaching fellow and the legal research and writing editor for The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, the nation's oldest law review dedicated to the art of trial advocacy.
I am rated "AV Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell, which signifies that I have been peer-rated by judges and fellow attorneys as having the highest possible legal abilities and ethical standards. Only 5% of the attorneys in the United States have received this rating.
Since 2007, I have been board-certified as an expert in construction law by the Florida Bar Association. The Florida Bar awards this distinction to only 7% of all attorneys in Florida.
I serve as a Special Magistrate for the City of Pensacola Code Enforcement Authority, where I adjudicate violations of the City’s environmental and land development codes. I am a Past-President of the Downtown Rotary Club, where I have been a member for 27 years. I am general counsel to, and a former board member of, Ever’man Natural Foods, a Pensacola co-operative grocery providing the largest variety of natural and certified organic products within a 150-mile radius of Pensacola. I also served as a member of the Santa Rosa Island Authority Steering Committee, where I contributed to reviewing and guiding the creation of a master development plan for Pensacola Beach.
