EDUCATION

• Master of Arts, School Psychology, Western Michigan University, 1970
• University of Miami School of Law, Juris Doctor Magna Cum Laude, 1980

MEDIATION / NEGOTIATION 1988 to present

• 1989 Certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court Mediator.
• Certified Federal Court Mediator, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  1995 Mediator with Mediation, Inc., an organization of former judges
• experienced trial attorneys providing mediation services to the courts of Florida. This group has collectively mediated over 80,000 mediation conferences.

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

• Psychologist. Seven years practice as a school psychologist.
• Attorney/Shareholder, Litigation Department, Steams, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, AJhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. (1986-1989)
  
• Associate, Litigation Department, Arky, Freed, Steams, Watson & Greer.P.A. (1982-1986)
  
• Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Sidney M. Aronovitz, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida (1980-1982)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Chair, Mediation Advisory Committee (1994-1995), United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
• Trial Bar, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida.