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Education
BA at Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida 1985
Juris Doctorate from Nova University Law School, cum laude 1988
Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Experience
- Elected to the County Court bench in 2016
- Assigned all County Court cases in the Plantation Key Division and
- Acting Circuit Judge for Dependency, Family, Domestic Violence, Probate
- And Duty Judge assignment
- Served in a quasi-judicial capacity as a magistrate from 2005-2015
Legal Experience
- Private practice in Monroe County, Florida since 1989
- Areas of practice: family, civil, criminal, juvenile, dependency, mental health and probate at the county and circuit levels
- Served as General Counsel for the 16th Judicial Circuit
Served as the Director of Judicial Case Management for the 16th Judicial Circuit
Association
Served on the Community Based Care Board for the children of Monroe County
Served on the 16th Circuit Juvenile Justice Advisory Board for Monroe County
Served on the Community Based Care Board for Dade and Monroe County
16th Judicial Circuit Representative for the Committee on Professionalism
Member American Business Women’s Association