JUDICIAL BIOGRAPHY

Year elected to the bench: 2020

Commissioned in January 2021

ASSIGNMENTS

Administrative Judge, East Circuit Division R

General Civil and Family Law

 

EDUCATION

Law School: Nova University College of Law, 1986

Undergraduate:Stetson University
B.A., Foreign Languages, 1982

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Past President, Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers,  2007-2008

Member, Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers,  1996-present

Member, International Association of Women Judges

Member, Hillsborough County Bar Association

Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator,  2001-present

Director, National Conference of Women Bar Association, 2009-2011

Judicial Master, The William Reece Smith, Jr., Litigation Inn of Court,  2020-2021

Barrister, Ferguson-White Inn of Court,  2009-2011

Appointed to Florida Bar Grievance Committee for the 13th Judicial Circuit, 2005-2008

Rated AV-Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell® (while in private practice)

 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Hands of Hope Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation

Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce

Plant City Chamber of Commerce