AAML Florida Chapter: President (2020-2021) President Elect (2019-2020); Vice President (2018-2019); Treasurer (2017-2018); Secretary (2016-17); Board of Managers (2014-present); Institute Committee (2014-2017; Chair, 2017); Legislation Committee (2017-2021); Co-Chair, Legislation Committee (2005-08); Co-Chair, Membership Committee (2006-11); Amicus Committee Chair, 2006
Legal Organizations
Sarasota Bar Association Member (2016-2022)
The Florida Bar, Family Law Section: Executive Council (2004-11); Secretary of Legislation Committee (2005-06); Co-Vice Chair of Legislation Committee (2006-11); Family Law Rules Committee (1994-98); Vice-Chair of Family Law Rules Committee (1996-97)
Lakeland Bar Association Member (2008-2023)
Highland’s County Bar Association Member (2008-2023)
Polk County Family Lawyers Association: President (2002-03).
Hillsborough County Bar Association: President-Elect Young Lawyers Section (1994-95); Chair & Various Committees (1990-95); Member.
The Florida Bar: Civil Procedure Rules Committee (1990-93).
CLE Presentations
AAML Webinar on Tax Returns and Financial Affidavits with Monica Ospina, CPA (2018)
Florida Bar, Family Law Section, Trial Advocacy Workshop (2017), Direct and Cross Examination of Experts
Florida Bar Certification Marital and Family Law Review Speaker: Evidence (2019 and 2020; 2022); Attorney’s Fees (2018); Practice & Procedure (2017; 2021); Agreements (2016); Alimony (2014); Equitable Distribution (2012; 2013); Modification of Alimony and Child Support (2010; 2011); Final Judgments (2008).
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer Institute: Torts and Family Law (2015); Evidence (co-presented with Elisha Roy, Esq. 2020)
Alimony: Then and Now, Jacksonville Bar Association (2015)
Taming the Evidentiary Beast In Family Law with Retired Judge John C. Lenderman, AAML Webinar (2015)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Speaker: Winning the Battle of the Experts: How to Get Paid (2013)
A Wrinkle In Time: Personal Jurisdiction’s Evolution—Pleading, Proving and Defending Personal Jurisdiction Issues. 87 Fla. Bar J. 16 (Nov. 2013)
View from the Soapbox: The Case for Permanent Alimony, Florida Law Commentator, (Winter 2013)
You Can’t Make Me! Oh, Yes, I Can! – Motions to Compel, Motions for Contempt, and Sanctions, Florida Bar Family Law Section Telephonic Seminar Series (May 2012)
Rule 4-3.3, Candor Towards the Tribunal, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Institute (2011)
Other Accomplishments
Sarasota Family Law Section, monthly luncheon (2020), Alimony: Past, Present, and Future
Sarasota Family Law Section, monthly luncheon (2018), How To Bullet Proof And Challenge Prenuptial Agreements
AAML Webinar on Tax Returns and Financial Affidavits with Monica Ospina, CPA (2018)
Floridom’s Annual Case Law Update (2009-2012)
Legislative Update, Florida Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Institute (2007)
Halfway Houses and Mental Health Treatment Facilities-Establishing Duty In Tort, LXXVII, No. 6, Florida Bar Journal (June 2003)
Family Law Fees, The High Points and the Current State of the Law, LXXIII, No. 4, Florida Bar Journal, April (1999)
“Professionalism,” (Co-Authored with Caroline Black Sikorske, Esq.), Family Law Commentator (Spring 1993)
What Are Wives’ Contributions Worth Upon Divorce: Toward Fully Incorporating Partnership Into Equitable Distribution Vol. 41 University of Florida Law Review, No. 5 (Fall 1989)
