Honors:
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Leadership Roles and Memberships:
Beginnings:
- Founding Chair, Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers Mentoring Program
- Mentoring Taskforce, Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Board of Directors, Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers
- Advocacy Board, USF Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education
- Real Property, Probate Trust Law, Florida Bar Association
- Rules Committee, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Hillsborough County
- Elder Law, Florida Bar Association
- Tampa Bay Estate Planning Council
- Board of Directors, Alzheimer's Association
- School Advisory Council for following schools: Northwest, Walker, and Sickles
- Vice-President, Business and Professional Women
- Board of Overseers, Stetson College of Law
Beginnings:
- In 1976, graduated from University of South Florida with a B.A. in Social Science Education
- In 1983, graduated from Stetson University's College of Law with a Juris Doctorate (J.D.)
- In 1984, began the practice of law with the firm Battaglia & Ross in Pinellas County
- In 1986, began sole practice including location in Hillsborough County
- In 1988, formalized practice under Deborah Larned Werner, PA in the State of Florida