University of Illinois, B.A., 1971; DePaul University, J.D., 1974. The Illinois Bar - 1974, The Florida Bar - 1977, The New York Bar - 2002. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Trial Bar). Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal. Supreme Court of the United States. Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Law 1985- . Member: Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee 1996-2002; Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee 2002-2008; Broward County Bar Association Professionalism Committee 2002- ; Broward County Bar Association Peer Review Council 2003-2004. Assistant NITA instructor at the Hartford Insurance Company 1999-2001.