ROGER L. BLACKBURN, born Mobile, Alabama, March 18, 1946; admitted to the bar, 1971, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Activities: Florida Blue Key; Phi Delta Phi. University of Florida College of Law, President of the College of Law Alumni Council 1982-1983, Class Representative 1984-present. Member of the University of Florida Law Center Association Board of Trustees 1984-1995, Trustee Emeritus 1995-present. Dade County Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors almost continuously from 1974-1986); American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Director, 1985-1990); Member, Executive Committee 1989-1990; Diplomate 1984-1992; Eagle Patron 1985-1992; Chairman - Continuing Legal Education Committee 1987-1988; Chairman - Academic Task Force Committee 1986-1987); Florida Lawyers Action Group (FLAG); Dade County Trial Lawyers Association (President 1985-1986, Founding Member); DCTLA Political Action Committee (Treasurer 1986-1987, Chairman 1987-present); Federal Bar Association (Member); Diplomate, The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA National Board Member 1991-1993; Chairman, Seminar Committee 1991-1993; Miami ABOTA Chapter President 1990-1991); Special Counsel to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1991-1993; Master - The Eugene P. Spellman Inn of Court 1991-1993; Certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Mediator, 1995; Member - Florida Academy of Certified Mediators; Author: "Formation of Contract," Florida Forms of Jury Instruction, Chapter 30, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., 1988 and revisions; Author: "The Complaint and Responsive Pleadings," Trial Advocacy - Official Handbook of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Editorial Review Board, Florida Torts Reporter, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.; Lecturer for the University of Florida, The Florida Bar, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates and other professional groups; Who's Who in American Law (6th ed. 1989 and subsequent editions).