Education:

• University of Florida, Fisher School of Accounting, B.S. June, 1986
• University of Florida, College of Law, J.D. July, 1989
• Admitted to Florida Bar - September 1989
• Admitted to Southern District of Florida (federal court)

Relevant Work Experience (foreclosures):

• 1990 - 1993 worked for a plaintiff's (the banks) law firm prosecuting foreclosure actions where I handled several thousand foreclosure actions
• 1993 - present represented institutional investors purchasing foreclosed properties
• 2002 - 2007 represented individuals obtaining excess funds from foreclosure sales including negotiating reduced liens payoffs
• 2009 - present represent homeowners in foreclosure cases, represent individuals defending and prosecuting real estate matters in state and federal court, assist other attorneys in handling/understanding the real estate aspects of their cases, assist clients in filing title claims.

Relevant Work Experience (buyers and sellers):

• 1993 - 1997 was underwriting counsel for Nations Title Insurance of New York now known as Fidelity National Title - an title underwriter is someone who helps title agents decide how to close transactions. An agent of mine was hired by Countrywide Home Loans to start a title company in Florida called LandSafe Title and she hired me to help her.
• 1997 - present after working for a law firm/title company devoted solely to real estate closings for 5 1/2 years where I closed over 5,000 transaction I went into partnership with two friends in their title company and then in 2005 started my own title company and law firm.

Personal Information:
My family moved to Broward County, Florida when I was 7 where I lived until I went to college and then returned "almost home" to Palm Beach, County, Florida as that is where my first job as an attorney was. I have worked in Boca Raton, Florida since 1997.