Areas of Practice

• Florida and Federal Criminal Defense
• Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, and Probate
• Residential and Commercial Real Estate Transactions
• Real Estate Litigation (Foreclosures, Curative Title Work, Boundary Disputes)
• Eminent Domain and Condemnation
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims

Litigation Percentage

• 70% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1977
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1977
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1991
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1992

Education

• Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1976
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  
  
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1972
  M.S.P.A.
  Major: Public Administration
  
  
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1970
  B.S.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Major: Engineering Science
  
  

Representative Cases

• Florida First National Bank of Pensacola v. Phillip Martin, et al., 449 So2d 861 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)
• Surette v. Mark IX, 492 So2d 745 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986)
• McDonald v. Givens, 509 So2d 992 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987)
• U.S.A. v. Adkinson, et al., 135 F.3d 1364 (11th Cir. 1998)
• U.S.A. v. Adkinson, et al., 158 F.3d 1147 (11th Cir. 1998)
• U.S.A. v. Forthernberry, 181 F3d 1232 (11th Cir. 1999)
• Carlton Palms Hotel, Inc. v. Fidelity Trust, Inc., 728 So2d 358 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999)
• U.S.A. v. Steven Watts, 329 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2003)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Escambia/Santa Rosa Bar Association, 1976 - Present
  Member
  
  
• American Arbitration Association, 1982 - 1992
  Arbitrator
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Florida Senate Committee on Transportation, Legislative Analyst, 1972 - 1974
• Eddins & Ridlehoover, Attorneys, Partner, 1995 - 2004

Pro Bono Activities

• U.S. District Court, N.D. Florida, CJA Panel Attorney, 1992 - Present
• Legal Work for Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, 2000 - Present

Ancillary Businesses

• Florida Supreme Court-Certified Circuit Court Mediator

Birth Information

• 1948, Vallejo, California, United States of America