Born in 1956, he is a member of the Baby Boom generation and witnessed the events of 1968 through the eyes of a twelve-year-old watching The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite every evening. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of South Florida.
Later employed as a litigation paralegal by several national law firms, he spent a 37-year career primarily in labor and employment law, assisting with the legal representation of clients in all phases of litigation, from local traffic court to filing petitions with the U.S. Supreme Court. Now retired and living in Brandon, Florida, he reads American history, engages in weight training, and practices martial arts.