Current Position:

Shareholder and Managing Partner

Areas Of Practice:

100% of Practice Devoted to Family Law

Martindale-Hubbell Profile

Certfication/Specialties

Marital and Family Law
Florida Bar Board of Certification
1985 to Present

Bar Admissions:

Florida, 1975

Education:

Cumberland School of Law
Samford University
Birmingham, AL, 1975
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Cum Laude

Honors and Awards:

• Recognized in Florida Super Lawyer's Magazine
• Rated AV by Martindale Hubbell
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America
• Board Certified Marital & Family Lawyer, The Florida Bar, 1985
• Recognized in Law & Leading Attorneys: A Florida Consumers Guidebook

Committees/Commissions:

• Member of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, 13-D, 1986-1989
• Florida Supreme Court Study Committee on Child Support Enforcement Matters 1987
• Florida Supreme Court Gender Bias Study Commission, 1987-1989

Community Activities:

United Way of Greater Tampa

• Member, Board of Directors 1991-1994

Athena Society, Inc.

• President 1994-1995
• President-Elect 1993-1994
• Treasurer 1991-1993
• Long-Range Planning Committee 1989-1990

Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce

• Leadership Tampa, Class of 1997

Miriam graduated from the Cumberland School of Law, cum laude, in 1975. She has held numerous positions with the Florida Bar, including serving on the Bar's Long-Range Planning Committee, its Board of Certification for Marital and Family Law, and as Chair of the Family Law Rules Committee. Her roles in the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar were as a member of the Executive Council, Education Chairperson, Secretary/Treasurer, Chair-Elect and ultimately, Chair. Miriam has also been a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1983. She served as President of the Florida Chapter; and, on a national level, the Board of Directors, Secretary and Treasurer. After a three-year Vice Presidential term, Miriam was named President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 1999. Miriam is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is a Diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, and is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell. She is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is also a Master of the Bar and past President of the J. Clifford Cheatwood Inn of Court. Miriam is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

The Florida Bar

• Special Committee on Presidential Election Procedures, 1991-1992
• Family Law Rules Committee, Vice Chair 1992-1994, Chair 1994-1995
• Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 1990-1993
• Florida Lawyers Association for the Maintenance of Excellence, Incorporated (FLAME) Board of Directors, 1990-1991
• Board of Certification for Marital & Family Law, 1988
• Long Range Planning Committee - 1987-1990, Vice Chair, 1988
• Family Law Section
  • Chair 1986-1987
  • Chair-Elect, 1985-1986
  • Secretary-Treasurer, 1984-1985
  • Education Chairperson, 1980-1982
  • Executive Council, 1979-1988

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - National

• Fellow 1983-Present
• President 1999-2000
• President-Elect 1998-1999
• First Vice President 1997-1998
• Vice President 1994-1997
• Treasurer 1993-1994
• Secretary 1992-1993
• Admissions Procedures Committee Chair, 1991-1994
• Chair of Programs 1989-1990
• Chair of CLE Programs 1988-1989
• Board of Directors 1988-1991

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Florida Chapter

• President 1992-1993
• President Elect 1991-1992
• Chair, 13th Annual Institute 1991
• Secretary/Treasurer 1990-1991
• Chair-Sub-Board of Examiners 1988-1990
• Board of Managers 1987-1991

International Academy of of Fellow Matrimonial Lawyers

• Fellow

American College of Family Trial Attorneys

• Diplomat