Biography
Representative from Florida; born in the Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., April 1, 1957; graduated Horace Mann School, New York, N.Y., 1975; B.A., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 1979; J.D., Yale University School of Law, New Haven, Conn., 1982; lawyer, private practice; director and founder, Broward County, Fla., Medicare information program, 1981-1982; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1982-1993; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2005); not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 2004.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
