• J.D., Stetson University College of Law

• B.A., Stetson University

• Board Certified in Appellate Practice
  by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization

• Florida

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

• Named among Chambers USA's "Leaders in their Field" for Litigation: Appellate, Florida (2023-2025)

• Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Appellate Practice (2022-2024)

• AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

• Selected as a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Florida Super Lawyers magazine (2018-2023)

• Selected as Naples Illustrated "Top Lawyer" - Appellate Practice (2019-2023)

• Selected as a "Legal Elite" in Appellate Practice by Florida Trend magazine (2018-2021)

• Selected as a "Florida Rising Star" by Florida Super Lawyers magazine (2010-2011, 2014-2017)

• Selected as a “Legal Elite Up & Comer” by Florida Trendmagazine (2016)

American Inns of Court Member, Michael R.N. McDonnell Inn

• President (2018-2019)

• President Elect (2017-18)

• Former Secretary (2016-17)

• Former Program Director (2015-17)

Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section

• Chair (2020-2021)

• Chair Elect (2019-2020)

• Vice Chair/Treasurer (2018-2019)

• Executive Council Member (2014-Present)

• Chair of the CLE Committee (2016-2018)

• Co-Chair of the Telephonic CLE Committee (2014-16)

• Delegates Reserve Committee Member (2023-Present)
  

Collier County Bar Association

• President (2024-2025)

• President Elect (2023-2024)

• Treasurer (2022-2023)

• Secretary (2021-2022)

• Board of Directors (2018-2021)

• Trial Law Section Chair (2020-2021)

• Trial Law Section, Board Member (2016-Present)

• Young Lawyer's Section, Former President

• Second District Court of Appeals Liaison (2009-2024)

• Sixth District Court of Appeals Liaison (2024-Present)

Collier County Bar Association Foundation

• President (2023-2024)

• Treasurer (2022-2023)

• Secretary (2021-2022)

Lee County Bar Association, Member

ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers, Member

Federalist Society, Member

• Welcome to the Sixth District Court of Appeal - Adverse Witness, Collier County Bar Magazine (October 2022)

• Review of Quasi-Judicial Decisions - Florida Appellate Practice, Chapter 25 (12th ed.) (2022)

• Standing in Quasi-Judicial & Administrative Proceedings - FMAA Annual Convention 2021 Notebook (July 2021)

• New Year, New Appellate Rules - The Record, Florida Bar’s Appellate Practice Section’s Online Journal (January 2021)

• Review of Quasi-Judicial Decisions - Florida Appellate Practice, Chapter 25 (11th ed.) (2020)

• Come on Judge, you should just know the law! - Res Gestae, Lee County Bar Magazine (December 2019)

• Come on Judge, you should just know the law! - Adverse Witness, Collier County Bar Magazine (November 2019)

• The City Attorney's Guide to Land-Use Appeals - FMAA Annual Convention 2018 Notebook (July 2018)

• Five common canons of interpretations - Adverse Witness, Collier County Bar Magazine (April 2018)

• Two's a Company in the Florida Sunshine - FMAA Annual Convention 2017 Notebook (July 2017)

• Holiday Gifts from the High Court - Res Gestae, Lee County Bar Magazine (February 2015)

• Appellate Attorneys' Fees: A Trap for the Unwary in Florida - Business Litigation Committee Newsletter (Winter 2014)

• Ten things to remember about getting paid on appeal - Adverse Witness, Collier County Bar Magazine (November 2013)

• “Legal Writing”- Co-speaker - Southwest Florida Federal Bar Association (October 2023)

• “Swashbuckling Uncertain Appellate Seas as a Mediator”- Lee County Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (May 2023)

• “Ethics in Appellate Practice”- Collier County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section’s Annual Ethics Seminar (June 2022)

• “Mechanics of Nonfinal Appeals”- Florida Bar’s Appellate Practice Section’s Nonfinal Appeals (May 2022)

• “Standing in Quasi-Judicial and Administrative Proceedings”- Florida Municipal Attorney’s Association (July 2021)

• “Appellate Updates & Tips for the Family Law Appellate Dabbler”- Collier County Bar Association’s Family Law Section (May 2021)

• “The Role of Stare Decisis”- Florida Bar’s Appellate Practice Section’s Hidden Essentials of Appellate Practice (January 2021)

• “Everything You Need to Know About Land-Use Appeals”- Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar, Webcast (April 2020)

• “Everything You Need to Know About Land-Use Appeals” - Speaker- Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar, Webcast (April 2020)

• “Appellate Workflows”- Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office (February 2020)

• “Appellate Workflows” - Co-Speaker- Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office (February 2020)

• “Preservation of Error: A Practical Guide to Avoiding Hard Lessons”- Southwest Florida Federal Bar Association (December 2019)

• “Preservation of Error: A Practical Guide to Avoiding Hard Lessons” - Co-Speaker- Southwest Florida Federal Bar Association, Ft. Myers, FL (December 2019)

• "The War of the Roses: Appealing Family Law Decisions" - Speaker- CCBA Family Law Section's Family Law Forum, Naples, FL (November 2019)

• "Avoiding Sunburn in Florida's Sunshine" - Speaker- Councils for Villages ofEstero & the City of Bonita Springs, Estero, FL (November 2019)

• "Making and Unmaking Land Use Decisions" - Speaker- CCBA Real Estate Section, Naples, FL (September 2019)

• "Administrative & Quasi-Judicial Proceedings: How Land Use Decisions are Made and Unmade" - Speaker- Land Use Law: How to Insights from Experienced Practitioners, CLE International, Tampa, Florida (August 2019)

• “An Introduction to Land Use Approvals and Appeals”- Co-Speaker – Florida Planning & Zoning Association, Surfcoast Chapter, Key West, FL (June 2019)

• "Challenging and Defending Local Government Quasi-judicial Decisions”- Co-Speaker – The Florida Bar’s Advance Topics Seminar 2019, Tallahassee, FL (May 2019)

• “Challenging & Defending Quasi-Judicial (Local Gov’t) Decisions”- Co-Speaker – The Environmental & Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar, Webcast (April 2019)

• "Appellate Update on New Rules, Standards of Review, and Preservation of Error"- Co-Speaker, CCBA Trial Law Section, Naples, FL (April 2019)

• “The Metes & Bounds of Land-Use Appeals”- Sarasota County Bar Association’s Appellate & Property Law Sections (October 2018)

• “An Introduction to Land Use Approvals & Appeals”- Kimley-Horn, Fort Myers, Florida (2018)

• “The City Attorney’s Guide to Land-Use Appeals”- Florida Municipal Attorney’s Association (July 2018)

• "Bettering the Odds in Land Use Appeals"- LCBA Land Use and Government Section (May 2018)

• "Avoiding Sunburn in Florida's Sunshine"- City of Naples City Council (April 2018)

• “#ModernAppellatePractice 2.0”- CCBA Trial Law Section (August 2017)

• “Two’s a Company in the Florida Sunshine”- Speaker, Florida Municipal Attorney’s Association, St. Petersburg, Florida (July 2017)

• “Coffee with the Court: What really happens behind the scenes?”- Moderator, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Tampa, FL (February 2017)

• “Practicing with Professionalism”- Moderator, The Florida Bar, Bonita Springs, FL (November 2016)

• "#ModernAppellatePractice"- Lee County Bar Association, Fort Myers, FL (December 2015)

• “Practicing with Professionalism”- Panel Member, The Florida Bar, Bonita Springs, FL (November 2015)

• "Evidentiary Issues in Business Litigation"- Co-Speaker, CCBA Trial Law Section, Naples, FL (November 2015)

• "Ethical Issues with Attorney's Fees as Sanctions"- Co-Speaker, CCBA Young Lawyer's Annual Ethics Seminar, Naples, FL (January 2015)

• "Principles of Appellate Review"- Co-Speaker, CCBA Trial Law Section, Naples, FL (April 2014)

• "Practical Tips on Building your Appellate Practice within the Confines of the Florida Bar's Advertising Rules"- Moderator, Florida Bar Appellate PracticeSection (March 2014)

• "Ethics in Appellate Practice"- Speaker, CCBA Young Lawyer's Annual Ethics Seminar, Naples, FL (January 2014)

• "Practicing with Professionalism"- Panel Member, The Florida Bar, Bonita Springs, FL

• "Inquiring Minds Want to Know: The Panel Responds to Questions About Appellate Practice & Ethics"- Moderator, CCBA Appellate Practice Seminar, Naples, FL

• "Pet Peeves, Oral Argument Issues, and the Decline of Professionalism in the Second DCA"- Moderator, CCBA Appellate Practice Seminar, Naples, FL

• "Ethical Issues in Appellate Advocacy"- Moderator, CCBA Appellate Practice Seminar, Naples, FL

• Don’t take that tone with me, Counselor (June 2021)

• I am not a Cat! (February 2021)

• Merely a Footnote (October 2020)

• Argument in Reply (July 2020)

• Issues on Appeal Podcast: "Appellate Workflows Part 2" - Guest Speaker (September 2019)

• Issues on Appeal Podcast: “Appellate Workflows Part 1” - Guest Speaker (August 2019)

• Collier County Bar Association Wellness Initiative, Peer-to-Peer Program Panel Member (2022-Present)

• Judge at Moot Court Competitions

• Judge at Mock Trial Competitions

• Fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club (2010-2011)

• Attends Summit Church

• High School Moot Court Coach