Contact Information
12131 Panama City Beach Parkway Panama City Beach, Florida 32407
Detailed Information

Admitted

  • The Florida Bar, 2005
  • Federal Court – Northern District of Florida, 2011
  • The Ohio Bar, 2004
  • The Washington, D.C. Bar, 2006

Education

  • The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D., 2004
  • Youngstown State University, B.A., Political Science, with minors in Criminal Justice and Sociology, 2000

Professional Activities

  • President of the St. Andrew’s Bay Yacht Club Inn of Court 2018-2019
  • 4th year as President of the Panama City Lions Club 2015-2019
  • 3rd year as Zone Chair the Lions Club District 35-L, Zone 3 2016-2019
  • Since 2012, has appeared periodically on Law Call on WMBB – ABC 13 in Panama City
  • Featured in the Bay County Chamber of Commerce “Bay Biz” magazine as the April – June edition’s “Ones to Watch” spotlight for Bay Young Professionals
  • President of the Bay County Bar Association (2010), Vice President (2009)
  • Board of Governors Representative to the Florida Bar Association YLD, representing the 14th Judicial Circuit (2008 – 2012); Ex-Officio Representative
  • (2013-2014)
  • President of the Board of Directors for Catholic Charities of NW Florida – Panama City Region
  • (2011 – 2012)
  • St. Andrew’s Inn of Court – Panama City
  • (2010 – present)
  • Emerald Coast Hospice volunteer (2010 – present)
  • Best of Bay 2019 – #1 Attorney in Bay County
  • (Panama City News Herald)
  • Best of Bay 2018 – #1 Attorney in Bay County
  • (Panama City News Herald)
  • Best of Bay 2017 – #1 Attorney in Bay County
  • (Panama City News Herald)
  • Best of Bay 2016 – #1 Attorney in Bay County
  • (Panama City News Herald)
  • Best of Bay 2015 – #1 Attorney in Bay County
  • (Panama City News Herald)
  • Panama City Lions Club (2013 – present)
  • President 2015
  • Junior Achievement of Northwest Florida – Panama City Region (2013)
  • Florida Bar Association member (2005 – present)
  • Ohio State Bar Association member (2004 – present)
  • Washington, D.C. Bar Association member
  • (2006 – present)
  • The Ohio State University Alumni Association
  • (2004 – present)
  • “The Difference Makers” Board of Directors (Youngstown, OH)
  • The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Criminal Defense Trial Lawyers in Florida
  • American Institute of Criminal Lawyers
  • Florida’s 10 Best
  • 2016 – 2017 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics – Honorable Mention by the Better Business Bureau of Northwest Florida

Clerkship

  • The Honorable Judge Gene Donofrio, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals (summers of 2002 and 2003)