MEET THE ATTORNEYS

Professional Career:

• Flaherty Law Firm, Partner/Trial Attorney, December, 2016 – present
• Paderewski, Dannheisser and Flaherty, September, 1999 – November, 2016
• Assistant State Attorney, 12^th Judicial Circuit, September, 1997 – August, 1999

Professional Activities and Affiliations:

• Member, The Florida Bar and Sarasota County Bar Association
• Member, The Florida Bar and Sarasota County Bar Association- Family Law Section
• Member, The Sarasota County Bar Association Awards Committee (2010-2014)
• Member, Board of Directors, The Florida Bar Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division (2009-2010)
• Member, Board of Directors, The Sarasota County Bar Association (2011-2013)
• Founding Member, Sarasota Collaborative Family Law Professionals (2013-present)
• Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator (September, 2015 – present)

Volunteer and Civic Activities:

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast (2016-present)
• Youth Athletic Coach
  • Miss Sarasota Softball
  • Sarasota Little League
  • Sarasota Cal Ripken Baseball
  • Sarasota Family YMCA Basketball
  • Ringling Redskins
  • FC Sarasota Soccer, recreation and travel soccer
  • Sarasota Heat Travel Softball
  • Team Mizuno Travel Softball
  • Santa Fe Inferno Travel Softball
• Board of Directors
  • Sarasota YMCA – Babe Weiller Branch (2007-2009)
  • First United Methodist –Early Care Center (2003-2004)

Awards/Honors:

• AV Preeminent Peer Reviewed Martindale Hubbell Rating

Education:

• Florida State University College of Law, J.D. with Honors, 1997
• Colby College, Waterville, ME, B.A., 1992

Personal:

• Raised in Reading, MA
• Resident of Sarasota, FL since 1997
• Married to Angela Flaherty and raising three children