He has served on The Florida Bar's Civil Procedure Rules Committee since 1984 serving two terms as chair. For this edition, he was assisted by Judge Peter D. Webster of the First District Court of Appeal, attorney Lori E. Terens who chaired the Civil Procedure Rules Committee at the conclusion of the four-year cycle leading to the 2001 amendments, and attorney Pedro Martinez- Fraga who serves on the local federal court rules committee in Miami.