Board certified marital and family lawyer. Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. Matrindale Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Recognised in “The Best Lawyers in America”, “Florida Trend Magazine: Legal Elite” and “Florida’s Super Lawyers”. Past Chair, Florida Bar, Family Law Section. Past President, Clearwater Bar Association. Three terms on Florida Bar Board of Governors. President, The Canakaris Inns of Court. Chair, 6th Circuit Florida Bar Grievance Committee. Chair, 2nd District Court of Appeals Judicial Nominating Commission. Florida Bar President’s Award of Merit. Frequent speaker at family law seminars throughout the U.S. Invited instructor of Domestic Relations and Litigation at Stetson College of Law.
