Before going to law school I served four years as a Coast Guard line officer. The first year I was assigned to a high endurance cutter out of Pensacola, FL. The following year I was given command of a 95' Coast Guard patrol boat stationed in West Palm Beach, FL. We mostly did patrols of the Florida Keys doing search and rescue work, drug interdiction, and other law enforcement. The next year I commanded an 82' patrol boat out of DaNang, Vietnam doing coastal patrols. The fourth year I taught cadets at the Coast Guard Academy and then the Coast Guard sent me to law school. I spent a total of nine years on active duty, then left to become a felony prosecutor in the State Attorney's office in West Palm Beach.
Admitted in FL, AL, MS. Board Certified in Admiralty and Maritime Law by the Florida Bar.
Married, two daughters, three grandsons.