Certification/Specialties:

City, County and Local Government, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education

Bar Admissions:

Florida, 1991

U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1993

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1997

Education:

University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1991

J.D.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1991

M.R.P.

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1986

A.B.

Honors: Cum Laude

Published Works:

Author, “Best Practices in First Amendment Land Use Regulations,” Planning and Environmental Law, Volume 51, 2009

Co-Author, “Senate Bill 360 Refined: The Impact of the 2007 Legislative Session on Local Government Growth Management, Part II,” (Co-Author with Chad Friedman and Michelle Vos), The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 81, No. 10, 2007

Co-Author, “Senate Bill 360: Growth Management Reform Arrives and It Is All About Infrastructure,” (Co-Author with Chad Friedman), The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 79, No. 9, October 2005

Author, “Advising the Client Regarding Protection of Property Rights: Harris Act and Inverse Condemnation Claims,” The Florida Bar Journal, Volume LXXXVIII, No. 7, July/August 2004

Author, “Alternatives to Takings: Procedural Due Process, Equal Protection and State Law Doctrine, From Taking Sides on Takings Issues: The Public and Private Perspectives,” ABA, Robert Thomas Ed, 2001

Special Editor, “Inverse Condemnation and Impact Fees Chapters,” Florida Environmental and Land Use Law, February 2001

Author, “Florida Supreme Court Decides That Comprehensive Plan Amendments are Legislative,” Florida Planning, May/June, 1997

Co-Author, “Defensible Exactions After Nollan v. California Coastal Commission and Dolan v. City of Tigard (Co-Author with Nancy E. Stroud), XXV Stetson Law Review

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Growth Management Law, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Public Administration, 1992 - 1993

Honors and Awards:

Recipient, Burns Fellowship in Development Planning

Professional Associations and Memberships:

City of Boca Raton, 1994 - 2000 Member, Environmental Advisory Board

The Florida Bar, Section on City, County and Local Government Section Member, Executive Council

The Florida Bar, Section on Environmental and Land Use Law Member, Executive Council

Board of Directors, Citizens for a Scenic Florida Member

Leadership Boca Raton Class of 1995 Member

Delphi Expert Advisory Panel to the Florida-Based Working Group of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Member

Civic Activities:

Member/Mezzo-Soprano, Master Chorale of South Florida (1991-Present)

Member, Environmental Advisory Board, City of Boca Raton (1994–2000)

Member, Leadership Boca Raton Class of 1995