• Florida Bar Board Certified in Construction Law, 2005-Present
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017
• AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell*

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Bar Admissions

• State of West Virginia, 1992
• U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1992
• State of Florida, 1993
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2009
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2010

Publications

• Fee Awards in Administrative Proceedings, Part I
• The Florida Homeowners Construction Recovery Fund: How to Collect from an Uncollectible Contractor

Professional Associations

• Florida Bar Construction Law Institute, Member 2012-2013, Conference Co-Vice Chair 2014-Present
• Florida Bar Construction Law Certification Committee, Member 2006-2011, Vice-Chair 2011-2012
• Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Construction Law Committee
• Florida Bar Administrative Law Committee

Lecturer & Speaker Seminars

• 2021 Florida Bar Construction Law Institute: Co-presenter Contractor Discipline
• 2017 Florida Bar Construction Law Institute: Moderator, The Importance of Workers’ Compensation Insurance: How to Stay in Business by Staying Out of Trouble.
• 2015 Florida Bar Practice Before DOAH: Let’s Get Paid Attorney Fees
• 2015 Florida Bar Construction Law Institute: Moderator, View from the Lay/Lawyers Member of Florida Professional Licensing Boards
• 2014 The Seminar Group, Third Annual Construction Law in Florida: Representing the Contractor in Disciplinary Proceedings (CILB)
• 2014 Florida Bar Construction Law Institute: DOAH OR DON’T? Practice Before Florida Professional Licensing Boards, Co-Presenter
• 2013 Florida Bar Construction Law Institute: Licensing Issues for Various Delivery Systems, Co-Presenter
• 2012 Construction Licensing Officials Association of Florida, Inc. (CLOAF): Local Licensing Authority Pursuant to Florida Statutes, Chapter 489
• 2012 Florida Bar, Construction Law Committee: Local Licensing Authority Pursuant to Florida Statutes Chapter 489
• 2010 Florida Bar Construction Law Committee: Administrative Practice Before the Florida CILB
• 2008 Florida Bar Construction Law Committee: Contractor Restitution Hearings in Criminal Court