Admitted: 1988, Florida; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and Trial Bar; 1990, District of Columbia; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1997, Bar of France (Paris), Avocat Accrédité, Consulate General of France at Miami; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School: University of Miami, J.D.
Member: The Florida Bar (Member, International Law Section, Chair-Elect, 2003-2004; Secretary, 2001-2002; Treasurer, 2000-2001; Executive Council, 1992; Co-chair, Committee to Certify Foreign Legal Consultants, 1992; Chair, Subcommittee on Careers in International Law, 1991-1993; Florida bar Journal/News Editorial Board, 1990-1993); National Association of Civil Law Notaries (Board of Directors, 1999; Secretary, 2000); Inter-American bar Association (Vice-Chair, Committee IV, Civil law and Procedure, 1991-1994; Chair, 1994-1998); Florida Importers & Exporters Association (Director, 1993); Japan Society of South Florida (Founding Director, 1990-1992); Miami Council for International Visitors (Treasurer, 1990-1991; Director, 1994-1995).
Biography: Law Clerk, Law Offices of Fujii & Toda, Tokyo, Japan, 1986-1987. Author: "Why We Need Foreign Legal Consultants in Florida", 64 Florida Bar Journal 23 (1990); "Observations on Comparative Legal Education in the United States", First Prize - Best Paper, Inter-American Bar Association XXVII Conference (1989); Editor, Comparative Judicial Review, Pan-American Institute of Comparative Law (1981-1998).
Born: Miami, Florida, March 1961
Languages: French, Spanish and Portuguese