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Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination(60%, 500); ERISA(20%, 100); Whistleblower Litigation(20%, 100)

Additional Information: he Florida Bar (Member, Employment Litigation Section); Federal Bar Association; National Employment Lawyers Association.

Biography: Volunteer Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Regional (Southeast) Deposition Program, 1992—; Co-Author, "Judicial Disqualification for Bias in Florida: How Real is the Remedy?" Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section Newsletter, 1982; "Unfair Claims Practice and Bad Faith," Florida Bar Automobile Insurance Law Manual, l983; "Contingent Fees: How Much is Too Much?," ABA Litigation News 1984. Panel Speaker, Plaintiff's Perspective, ABA Seminar, Employment News, Naples, Florida, 1991. Volunteer Judge, Mock Trial Competition, Jacksonville Bar Association, 1990. Certified Civil Mediator.

Reported Cases: Williams v. Consolidated City of Jacksonville, 341 F.3d 1261 (11th Cir. 2003); reh. denied, 381 F.3d 1298 (11th Cir. 2004) (en banc); cert. denied., 125 S.Ct. 1399 (2005); Thomas v. Dillard Department Stores, 116 F.3d 1432 (11th Cir. 1997); Sole Trial Counsel on behalf of Plaintiffs in Vance v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., 983 F. 2d 1573 (11th Cir. 1993) cert. denied, 513 U.S. 1155 (1995); and Reynolds v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 115 F.3d 860 (11th Cir. 1997); vacated, remanded, 524 U.S. 947 (1998); Rease v. Anheuser Busch, Inc., 644 So. 2d 1383 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Stow v. National Merchandise Co., 610 So. 2d 1378 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992); Federal Ins. Co. v. Norris, 543 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Norris v. Federal Ins. Co., 537 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Evering v. Smithwick, 526 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).