Serving Lake County, Florida and the Surrounding Areas

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs' Practitioner for the past thirteen years. Prior experience includes being a trial partner for nine years with Gruney, Gruney and Handley, Insurance Defense, Orlando Florida and General Practitioner in Charleston South Carolina for ten years.

EDUCATION

Stetson University J.D. & A.B.

BAR ASSOCIATION

Florida, South Carolina and Ohio

BAR ACTIVITIES

Orange County Bar Judicial Relations Committee
Charleston County Bar Executive Committee
Florida Bar Environmental Committee
Florida Bar Individual Rights and Responsibilities

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida Adjunct Instructor, 1961-1981 Criminal Justice I & II Capital Punishment

TRIAL EXPERIENCE

In excess of 100 jury trials, including Plaintiff, insurance defense and criminal

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Formerly: American Trial Lawyers Association, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, American Bar Association

INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE

Claim Adjustor State Farm Insurance Co. Investigator Equifax
Investigator U.S. Army Government
Allotments Commanding Officer CID U.S. Army

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Optimist International Club President, Lt. Governor & Governor 

MILITARY SERVICE

 U.S. Navy, Seaman and U. S. Army, Lt. MPC, aide de camp, JAGC

Legal Assistants: Matthew H. Lee, Sara Sherman