ALLAN F. BROOKE II has degrees in physics, astronomy, literature, theology, and law. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1979, and Dallas Theological Seminary in 1986. In 1992, Mr. Brooke graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where he was Executive Editor of the Texas Law Review and Associate Editor of the American Journal of Criminal Law. His legal publications include articles on commercial damages and Supreme Court history and, as editor, a book on Texas litigation practice. Mr. Brooke interned with the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, the Honorable Thomas R. Phillips, and came to the Bedell firm in 1993 after clerking for the Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit, the Honorable Gerald B. Tjoflat. He is a member of the Florida and Texas bars, and is admitted to practice in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He formerly served on The Florida Bar's Committee on Technology. He is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Chester Bedell Inn of Court. Mr. Brooke's areas of concentration include complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on products liability and technical cases, and complex white-collar criminal defense. He and his wife, Katherine, have five children. EMail: afb@bedellfirm.com.