David has extensive experience in representing clients in contested family law matters, including mediations, hearings and trials. He is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and its Family Law Section. David is also a member of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association and its Military Law Committee.

He completed Regular Army Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri in 1986 and graduated first in his platoon at the ROTC Advance Camp in Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1987 before being commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve in 1990. He graduated the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1994 and continued to serve in the Individual Ready Reserve as a Field Artillery Officer until he was Honorably Discharged in 1999.

On a personal note, David is a life-long resident of Florida and is fluent in Spanish. He is a volunteer assistant coach with the University of Tampa junior varsity baseball team. He is married and resides with his family in the Hyde Park section of South Tampa. He was born in Miami in 1965.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

Member, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 2009

AV-Rated, the Highest Rating by Martindale-Hubbell

(Note: According to Martindale-Hubbell: “An AV rating is a significant accomplishment – a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating.")

BAR ADMISSIONS

The Florida Bar, 1992

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 1993

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1994

Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator, 2000-2006

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, The Florida Bar (Member, Family Law Section)

Member, Hillsborough County Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section)

Member, American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section)

Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

Former Member, Family Law Inn of Tampa, 2000-2005

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor of Arts, University of South Florida, Tampa, FloridaBachelor of Arts, 1987

Juris Doctor, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1991

MILITARY BACKGROUND

Field Artillery Officer, United States Army Reserve, 1991-1999

Member, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)

Member, Tampa Chapter of MOAA

PUBLICATIONS & SEMINARS

Co-Author, Modification of Child Support, Florida Proceedings After Dissolution of Marriage, The Florida Bar (9th ed., 2009)

Speaker & Author, Working With Divorce Clients and Opposing Counsel, HalfMoon Seminars (2002)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Assistant Coach, University of Tampa Junior Varsity Baseball

Coach, Bayshore Little League Baseball

Member, Board of Directors, VETMADE, Inc.