Admitted
1975, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Law School
Rutgers University at Newark, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
Seton Hall University, B.S., 1972
Memberships
Dade County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member: Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1980; Criminal Law Section; Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, 1995); Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Miami Chapter, President, 1989-1990); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Inc.
Biographical
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2001. Speaker, Winning Through Cross Examination, National CLE Conference, Steamboat, Colorado, 2002; 1999 NACDL Seminar, Excelling in Opening Arguments. Speaker: Superstar Seminar, Atlanta Bar Association, 1988. Speaker at National CLE Conference in Vail, Colorado, January 1997, Trying the Complex Case. Assistant State Attorney, Major Crimes Division, Dade County, Florida, 1979-1983. Panelist, Building a Better Community, National Association of Hispanic Public Administrators, 1994. Panel Member: American Bar Association Jury Selection in the 90's, 1994; American Bar Association Arc Lawyers Above the Law, 1995. Member, Criminal Jury Instruction Committee, Florida Supreme Court, 1995-1998.