PROFESSIONAL
LICENSES
Member of the Florida
Bar and a licensed Real
Estate Broker
PROFESSIONAL & WORK EXPERIENCE
2009 to Present - Co-President/Broker & General
Counsel ,
Century 21 Lakeside Realty,
Inc., Melrose, Florida
2004 to Present -
Managing Attorney, Law
Office of Franklin Fields, Melrose, Florida
2002 to Present - Owner/Manager
Real Estate Services & Investment Firm, Taft Enterprises, LLC, Melrose,
Florida
2002 to 2009 - Real
Estate Broker
and Sales Associate, Trevor
Waters Realty, Inc, Melrose,
Florida
2000 to 2002 -Deputy,
Chief Information Officer (CIO) & G6, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense
Command, U.S. Army, Ft
Bliss
Texas, Orlando Florida & Operation
Enduring Freedom
1997 to 2000 - Chief
Information Officer (CIO) and Information Mgt Branch Chief - Florida State Area Command, Florida
Department of Military Affairs & The Florida National Guard,
St. Augustine, Florida
1993 to 1997 –
Information Systems/Staff Officer - Camp Blanding Joint Training
Center, Florida
National Guard,
Starke, Florida
1989 to 1993 – Commander,
221st Ordnance Company (EOD), U.S. Army,
Florida and Persian Gulf
War
1986 to 1988 – Operations Officer, Camp Blanding Joint
Training Center, Florida
National Guard,
Starke, Florida
1984 to 1986 – Tactical Computer Operations Chief, 3rd
Infantry Division, U.S. Army, Germany & Italy,
Europe
1982 to 1984 – Fire Direction/Support Specialist, 3d Brigade, 101st
Airborne Division, U.S. Army,
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Honduras
& El
Salvador
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American
Bar Association, The
Florida Bar Association, Florida
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Eighth Judicial
Circuit Bar Association, Real
Property Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar, Environmental
and Land Use Law Section of The Florida Bar, Melrose
Business and Community Association,
Florida Association of Realtors and The
National
Association of Realtors
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor (JD), University
of Florida, Levin College of Law,
Gainesville, Florida
Bachelor of Business
Administration (BBA), Magna Cum Laude, University
of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Major: Management
Graduate,
Real
Estate Broker Course, Florida
Real Estate Institute, Orange Park, Florida
Graduate,
Mortgage Broker Course, Florida
Real Estate Institute, Orange Park, Florida
Graduate,
Advanced Real Estate
Investment Analysis Course, Florida
Real Estate Institute, Orange Park, Florida
MILITARY EDUCATION
Graduate, Command & General Staff
Officer
Course (CGSOC), U.S.
Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas
Graduate, Information Operations (IO)
Course, Lafayette Regional Training Institute, Camp Johnson,
Colchester, Vermont
Graduate, Signal
Corps Officer Branch Qualification
Course, U.S.
Army Signal School, Fort
Gordon, Georgia
Graduate, Information Systems Officer Course (FA
53), U.S.
Army Computer Science School, Fort
Gordon, Georgia
Graduate, Combined Arms and Services Staff School
(CAS3)
U.S.
Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas
Graduate, Logistics Officer
(Ordnance Corps) Advanced Course, U.S.
Army Logistics School, Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, Maryland
Graduate, U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance School, U.S.
Army Ordnance
Missile and Munitions School, U.S.
Army Ordnance School, Redstone
Arsenal, Alabama
Graduate, U.S.
Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal School, Indian
Head Naval Base,
Potomac River Site, Maryland and Eglin
Air Force Base,
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Graduate, Ordnance
Corps Officer Basic
Course, U.S.
Army Ordnance
Missile and Munitions School, U.S.
Army Ordnance School, Redstone
Arsenal, Alabama
Graduate, Officer
Candidate School, Training
and Doctrine Command,
US Army Infantry School & Florida National Guard Military Academy, Camp Blanding Joint Training
Center,
Starke, Florida and other locations
Graduate, Combat Arms RECONDO Course, 101st
Airborne Division School, Fort
Campbell,
Kentucky
Graduate, Cold Weather Orientation Course, United
States Army Alaska's Northern Warfare Training Center,
Ft.
Wainwright, Alaska
Graduate, Jungle Operations Course, Jungle
Operations Training Center (JOTC),
Canal Zone,
Panama
Graduate,
Airborne Air Assault School, 101st
Airborne Division Air Assault School, Fort
Campbell,
Kentucky
Graduate, Army Basic
Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), U.S.
Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
AWARDS AND HONORS
Bronze
Star Medal, Meritorious
Service Medal(2),
Army
Commendation Medal(4), Army
Achievement Medal(2), Humanitarian
Service Medal(2),
Meritorious
Unit Citation (while Unit Commander), Army
Reserve Achievement Medal, National
Defense Service Medal, Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal,
Nuth
al-Tahrir al-Kuwait Southwest
Asia Service Medal, Global
War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed
Forces Reserve Medal,
Florida Commendation Medal, Florida
Governor's Meritorious Unit Citation (while Unit Commander), Rotary
Club Award
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