Admitted: 1985, Alabama; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1988, Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 2007, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D.
Member: The Florida Bar; The Alabama State Bar; The American Bar Association.
Biography: Member, Florida Bar Family Law Section; Family Law Section Executive Council, 1996; Family Law Section Secretary, 2008-2009, Treasurer, 2009-2010; Editor: The Family Law Commentator, Family Law Section, 1997-1998; Chair, Florida Bar Journal, Family Law Section, 2000-2001; Chair, Equitable Distribution Committee, Family Law Section, 2006-2007; The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow 1998- ; Secretary/Treasurer, Florida Chapter, 2007-2008; President-Elect, 2009-2010; Florida Bar Marital and Family Law Board Certification Committee, Member 2001-2007, Chair 2002-2003; Member and Vice Chair, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, 1994-1997; Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Nominating Committee, 2002-2004; Author: "Mize: Florida's Disenchanted Response to the Relocation Dilemma," The Florida Bar Journal, December, 1994; "Rights, Responsibilities, and Property of Minors," The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, March, 1994; revised Edition, June, 1996, revised 1998; "Special Equity Revisited," The Family Law Commentator, September, 1996; "Financial Affidavits in Dissolution of Marriage Actions: Are they really mandatory?" The Florida Bar Journal, June, 2005; "Choosing a Valuation Date of Marital Assets in Dissolution of Marriage Actions: Perlmutter and its Permutations," The Florida Bar Journal, May 2007. "Equitable Distribution", The Florida Bar Journal, December 2008.
Born: West Palm Beach, Florida, July 10, 1959
Cases: Benz v. Benz, 557 So.2d 124 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990) White v. White, 717 So.2d 89 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) Varrieur v. Varrieur, 775 So.2d 361 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) Cisneros v. Cisneros, 782 So.2d 547 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001) Cisneros v. Cisneros, 831 So.2d 257 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) Anapol v. Anapol-Norwood, 931 So.2d 951 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) Paskiewicz v. Paskiewicz, 967 So.2d 277 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007).