• Attorney License (Florida) – 1990 to present
• Mediator (Certified by Florida Supreme Court for Civil Circuit) - 2009 to present
• Business Litigation (Certified by the Florida Bar) – 2012 to present

Experience

• Partner
  Shutts & Bowen LLP
  West Palm Beach Office
  2009-2023
• Partner
  Holland & Knight LLP
  West Palm Beach Office
  1995-2009
• Associate
  Holland & Knight LLP
  Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, and West Palm Beach Offices
  1990-1995

Professional and Civic

• The Florida Bar Journal/ News Editorial Board (Member 2021 to present)
• Florida Bar Business Litigation Certification Committee (2014-2020, Chair 2018-2019)
• Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County (Board of Directors 1999-2012)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (previously on Judicial Relations and Civil Practice Committees)
• YMCA of South Palm Beach County (Board of Trustees 2016 to present, Chair 2024-2025)
• Fellow, Florida Bar Foundation

Recognition and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Rated, 5.0 out of 5.0 (highest rating for competence and ethics)
• Best Lawyers in America© (Listed 2018 to present and Lawyer of the Year 2022)
• Award of Merit, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (2008)
• Appellate Award, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County (2004)

Education

• University of Arkansas, J.D., with honors (Assistant Editor Law Review) (1987)
• University of Arkansas, B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) (1984)

Articles

• Florida Bar Publications
  • Anatomy of a Business Divorce: Florida LLCs, The Florida Bar Journal, May/June 2021
  • Florida’s Noncompete Statute: ‘Reasonable’ or ‘Truly Obnoxious?’ The Florida Bar Journal, March 2018
  • Non-Competition Restrictions as Terms in Initial Offers under Buy/Sell Provisions – A Monkey Wrench, The Florida Bar Journal, May 2008
  • Q&A with Judge Paul Huey regarding Florida Bar Certification in Business Litigation, The Capstone, Fall 2017
  • Book Review - Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions – The Florida Bar Journal, November/December 2022
  • Book Review - Broken: The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing’s Golden Age – The Florida Bar Journal, September/October 2023
• Other Selective Articles
  • Subpoena for Documents to a Party’s Accountant – How to Protect the Accountant-Client Privilege, Palm Beach County Bar Bulletin, May 2015
  • Revised Florid Arbitration Code – Temporary Injunctions, Palm Beach County Bar Bulletin, May 2014
  • Shareholder and Member Rights to Accounting Records: What if the Statutorily Required Record Does Not Exist? Palm Beach County Bar Bulletin, September 2013
  • Arbitration Clauses – Specific Provision Does Not Obliterate General Provision, Palm Beach County Bar Bulletin, March 2013
  • Piercing of the Corporate Veil – Extends Only to the Shareholders, Palm Beach County Bar Bulletin, November 2012
  • Ill-Gotten Gains Inadequate to Prove Damages for Breach of Non-Compete, Palm Beach Bulletin, September 2010
  • Uniform Trade Secrets Act Protects Unpatented Machine Design, IP Update, December 2009
  • Employee Noncompetition Agreements – Will They Survive When the Employer is Acquired? Intellectual Property and Technology Newsletter, October 2003
  • Worker’s Compensation – Supervisory Employees are Immune from Tort Actions, Note, 8 UALR Law Journal 523 (1985-86), reprinted in 10 Workmen’s Compensation Law Review 759 (1987) and 2 Nat. Ins. Law Review 393 (1987)

• The Anatomy of a Business Divorce, Sarasota Bar Association—Business Law Section, Feb. 2022
• Florida’s Noncompete Statute – Florida's Supreme Court Weights-In, Statewide Litigation Practice, Nov. 2017
• Recent Developments in Noncompete Restrictions, Palm Beach County Bar Association / Transaction Committee, Feb. 2015
• Best Trends and Practices in Avoiding Trade Secrets and Third-Party Litigation, The Knowledge Group, Webcast, May 2015
• Update on Physician Employee Contracting: Breaking Up Can Be Hard, Florida Association Orthopedic Administrators, Annual Conference, Sept. 2013