Areas of Practice

• General Civil Trial Practice
• Family Law
• Divorce
• Child Custody
• Commercial Litigation
• Real Property
• Probate
• Condominium Law
• Military Law
• Criminal Defense
• Collaborative Family Law
• Real Estate Law

Litigation Percentage

• 85% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties

• Family and Circuit Civil Mediator and Qualified Arbitrator, Florida Supreme Court Certified
• Community Association Mediator

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1975
• Pennsylvania, 1970
• New Jersey, 1974
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1974
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1971
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Education

• Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1970
  J.D.
  
  
• Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, June, 2005
  M.S.
  Major: Conflict Analysis/Dispute Resolution
  
  
• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1967
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Psychology
  
  

Representative Cases

• Florida Discount Properties, Inc. v. Windermere Condominium, Inc., 763 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
• Alston v. Alston, 960 So. 2d 879 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)

Representative Clients

• Broward Community College
• Sun American Bank
• Broward Condominium and Cooperative Association, Inc.
• Hub Cap Heaven, Inc.
• Hans Pade Grundstucks, GmbH
• Dental Centers of America, P.A.

References

• Sun American Bank
• Koch, Reiss & Co., CPA
• Broward Condominium and Cooperative Association, Inc.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Florida Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
  Member (inactive)
  
  
• Broward County Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Association of S. Florida Mediators and Arbitrators
  Member of Board of Directors
  
  
• Collaborative Lawyers of South Florida
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• JAGC, U.S. Army Active Duty, Capt., 1971 - 1975
• JAGC, U.S. Army Reserve, Lt. Colonel, 1975-1995 (retired)

Languages

• German

Fraternities/Sororities

• Tau Epsilon Phi
• Delta Phi Alpha
• Psi Chi

Birth Information

• September 2, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America