Areas of Practice

  • Business Organizations
  • Complex Probate Litigation
  • Complex Trust Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Contracts
  • Eminent Domain
  • Environmental law
  • Estate Planning
  • Land Use & Zoning
  • Landlord/Tenant
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Real Estate Law
  • Trusts
  • Wills

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Real Property Law, State Bar of Florida

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, 1973
  • U.S. Federal Court, 1973

Education

  • Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida
    • J.D. – 1973
    • Honors: With Honors
  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
    • B.A. – 1970

Published Works

  • Legal Description, Survey Law, Easements and Boundary Litigation – Real Property Certification Review Course, 1990 – Present
  • Use of Surveys in the Closing Process, Acts Resulting in Changes to Boundaries The 1987 Real Estate Team Seminar, 1987
  • Boundary Remedies With or Without Litigation, Changes to the Ordinary High Water Mark Lawyer/Surveyor Seminar, April, 1989
  • Judicial Guidance for the Location of the Boundary to Submerged Lands, May, 1989

References

  • Honorable Edwin Sanders
  • Honorable Warren H. Cobb

Honors and Awards

  • Top 10 of American Heart Association
  • Deland High Athletic Boosters
  • Bulldog Boosters Award

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Co-Chair Uniform & Model Acts Committee RPPTL, 2015 – Present
  • Executive Council RPPTL, 1980 – Present
  • Real Property Problem Study Committee RPPTL, 1998 – Present
  • Lake Beresford Yacht Club, Commodore, 1987 – 1989
  • American Heart Association, Chairman, 1981 – 1982
  • United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant Colonel, Retired
  • Florida Bar Association, Chairman, Survey Law Committee, RPPTL, 1986 – 1995
  • President and Director, T-S Ferneries, Incorporated, 1979 – Present
  • President and Director, Unadilla Corporation, 1970 – Present
  • Director, Surety Bank, 1978 – Present

Languages

  • German

Fraternities/Sororities

  • Tau Kappa Epsilon