JUDICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Appointed to the bench by Governor Rick Scott: 2017
Elected: 2018
Judicial Assignments:
2017 – 2021 Circuit Family Division "J"
2021 – present Circuit Criminal Division "C"
EDUCATION
Law School: University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., 2001 cum laude
Undergraduate: University of Florida, B.S. Environmental Science, 1997, cum laude
COURT ADMISSIONS
Florida, New York, and District of Columbia
CERTIFICATIONS
Civil Trial Law (2010 – present)
The Hague Academy of International Law, Certificate in Public International Law (2015)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
American Board of Trial Advocates (2013-present)
Executive Council & Judicial Liaison, Florida Bar Trial Lawyer’s Section (2021-present)
Florida Bar Standard Jury Instructions in Business Cases Committee (2022 – present)
Conference of Florida Circuit Court Judges, Education Committee (2017 – present)
Florida Bar Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Board Member (2018-present)
Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Stetson University College of Law (2008-present)
Trial Academy Faculty, International Association of Defense Counsel (August 2015)
Goldburg Cacciatore Criminal Inn of Court (2021 – present)
J. Clifford Cheatwood Inn of Court (2004-2006, 2007-2010, 2015-2022)
Stan Givens Family Law Inn of Court (2017-2019)
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow and Executive Board Member (2012-2018)
United Way, Women’s Leadership (2006-2015), Women’s Leadership Steering Committee (2012-2014)
International Association of Defense Counsel (2009-2017), Co-Chair Pro Bono Committee (2015-2016)
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Tampa, Big Sister and Leadership Council (2002-2011)
Leadership Tampa Class of 2005
Hillsborough County Bar Association
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Florida Trend Magazine’s Up and Coming Legal Elite (2006, 2013, 2015)
Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Top Up and Comers Under 40 (2012)
Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Top 30 Professionals Under 30 (2003)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
GrayRobinson, P.A. (2001-2017)