Practice Focus
- Represent clients in family laws matters through all aspects of a case, including negotiation, mediation, litigation and appeal of such issues as divorce, paternity, child support, financial support issues and relocation
- Draft and defend prenuptial, postnuptial and marital settlement agreements
- Negotiate and litigate alimony, child custody and child support matters
- Enforcement and modification of agreements
- Civil trial practice
- Contract disputes
- FINRA arbitrations
Practice Areas
Appellate Decisions
- City of Naples v. Int’l Charter Servs., Inc., 2016 WL 2609814 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016) (per curiam)
- Zepeda v. Zepeda, 32 So. 3d 679 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010) More
- Cecemski v. Cecemski, 954 So. 2d 1227 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007) More
- Baron v. Baron, 941 So. 2d 1233 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) More
Certifications
- Board Certified, Marital & Family Law, The Florida Bar
- Certified Financial Litigator (CFL™), American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators
Education
- Florida State University, Juris Doctorate, 1983
- University of Central Florida, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, cum laude, 1980
Bar Admission
- Florida, 1983
Recognitions
- AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Naples Illustrated’s 2020 list of Top Lawyers
- Selected to Florida Super Lawyers®, 2015 – 2020
- Selected to Best Divorce Lawyers in Naples, by Expertise, 2020
Professional Associations
- Collier County Bar Association
- The Florida Bar
- Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
- Chairman, Florida Bar Annual Meeting, 1999
Community Activities
- Board of Directors, Children’s Museum of Naples
- Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, 2000 – present
- Fire Commissioner and current Chairman, North Naples Fire Commission & Rescue, 1998 – Present
- President, Friends of the Collier County Museum, 1989-1997
- Chairman, Committee to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Everglades National Park, 1997
