Florida Bar

Admiralty & Maritime Law Certification Committee: Liaison Member, 2003-2004

Board of Governors: Member, 2001-Present

Board of Governors Liaison to the FL Supreme Court Historical Society Board, 2002-2003

Civil Procedures Standing Committee: Liaison Member, 2004-2005

Code and Rules of Evidence Committee: Liaison 2008-Present

Communications Committee: Member, 2002-2003

Disciplinary Review Committee: Member, 2002-2003

Executive Committee: Member, 2003-2005

FBBE Lawyer Vacancy Screening Committee - 2009

Forum Non Conveniens Subcommittee of Civil Procedure Committee: Chairman, 1996-97

Legislation Committee: Member, 2003-2008

Judicial Nominating Selection Commission:

               Statewide Chair: 2006

               3^rd District Member, 2001 and 2007

Program Evaluation Committee:

                           Chairman: 2007

                           Member, 2003-Present

Rule 1.442; Inapplicability to Class Actions Sub-Committee of Civil Procedure Committee:

               Chairman, 1998

Rules of Civil Procedure Committee: Member, 1994 – 2007; Vice Chair, 2000

Rules Committee: Member, 2008 - Present

Strategic Planning Committee: Member, 2004-2005; 2007

Trial Lawyers Section: Member, 1985 - Present

Florida Bar Foundation, Miami Fellows Campaign Committee

Member, 2003

Florida Justice Association (fka Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers)

Member, 1986 - Present

Director, 1990 - 1996

Allies Committee: Member, 1995 – 1996

Constitutional Challenge Committee: Member, 1999 - 2000

Continuing Legal Education Committee: Member, 1990 - 2005

Eagle Patron 1991 - Present

Environmental Law Section: Chairman, 1990 - 1993; 1995 - 1996

Hurricane Task Force: Member, 1992 - 1993

Legislative Committee: Member, 1992 - 1993

Speakers’ Bureau: Chairman, 1995 - 1997

Florida Supreme Court Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee: Member, 2002-2006

Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

America 2000 Education Committee: Co-Chairman, 1991 - 1993

Black/Hispanic Co-Ventures Committee Member, 1992- 1994

Crime Prevention Committee Member, 1993 - 1994

Education Committee Member, 1991 - 1993

Environmental Awareness Committee Member, 1991 - 1994

Hispanic Affairs Committee Member, 1986 – 1994

Judicial Review Committee Member, 1993 – 1994

Leadership Miami, Graduate 1987

Member, 1986, 2001; Trustee, 1990 - 1994

Multi-Cultural Affairs Committee Member, 1987 - 1992

Immaculata-La Salle Board of Advisors, 2008 - Present

Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.

The Campaign for Justice Committee Member, 1995

Miami Justice Association (fka Dade County Trial Lawyers Association)

President, 1995

President-Elect, 1994

Treasurer, 1993

Secretary, 1992

Director, 1988

Member, 1986 - Present

National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Member of Board of Trustees, 2003 - 2007

Operation Safe Drive

Immediate Past President - 1996

President, 1994 - 1995

Vice President, 1989 - 1993

Member, 1988 — 2000

Spanish American League Against Discrimination

Member, 1986 - 2000

Spellman- Hoevler Inns of Court

Member, 1997-Present

St. Thomas University

Board of Trustees, 2008 - Present

University of Miami School of Law

Adjunct Professor, Litigation Skills, 1992 - Present

University of Miami School of Law Campaign Fund

Member, 2003-2004

University of Miami Citizen’s Board

Member, 2003 – Present

Secretary 2009-2010

Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association (Formerly Black Lawyers Association)

Member, 1999 - Present