District Judge

BIRTH DATE: June 26, 1936

BIRTHPLACE: New Castle, Pennsylvania

SPOUSE: Joel H. Sharp, Jr.

CHILDREN: Four

DEGREES:

    Vassar College, B.A., (Majors English and History), 1958, Phi Beta Kappa

    University of Virginia Law School, Graduate Fellowship 1958-59; transferred

    Stanford Law School, LL.B. Degree, 1961

            Law Review; Order of the Coif;

            Lawyers Title Insurance Company for Top Student in Real Property, 1961

    Honorary Doctorate Degree in Law, Bethany College, 1986

LEGAL OFFICES & POSITIONS:

    Judge, Fifth District Court of Appeal, 1979-present

    Attorney and Partner, Johnson, Motsinger, Trismen & Sharp, P.A., 1963-79

    Associate, Covington and Burling, Washington D.C., 1961-62

HONORS & AWARDS:

    Florida Ass'n of Women Lawyers, Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award 1998;

    American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Award, Outstanding Contribution Field of         Matrimonial Law by a Member of the Judiciary for 1988;

    Orlando Chamber of Commerce Award, "Orlando's Outstanding Professional Women," 1976.

    Selected as one of Outstanding Young Women of America, 1969.

BAR OFFICES & ACTIVITIES:

    ABA; Florida Bar Association, 1964; California Bar Association (non-resident).

    Sec.-Treas., Florida Conference of District Court of Appeal Judges 1991-present.

    Member, Florida Supreme Court Commission on Fairness, 1996-present.

    Chair, Florida Supreme Court Gender Bias Study Implementation Commission 1994-96.

    Member, Florida Supreme Court Matrimonial Commission 1985.

    Commissioner, State Human Relations Committee, 1975-77.

    Member, Governor's Commission on Status of Women, 1973-76

    Member, Past President and Director, Florida Association of Women Lawyers.

The Florida Bar --

    Chair, Florida Bar Appellate Rules Procedure Committee, 2001-2002

        (Member, 1992-2000)

    Chair, Florida Bar Appellate Certification Practice Committee, 1997-1998

        (Member 1993-1999)

    Member, Florida Bar Appellate Certification Liaison Committee 1995-1999

    Co-Chair 1986 Conference National Association of Women Judges,

        (Member 1984-86)

    Chair, Seventh Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee 1993-1995

    Chair, Uniform Law Committee, 1972-73

    Chair, Landlord/Tenant Committee

    Circuit Representative; Secretary of Section, Executive Counsel, 1975-76

    Chair, UCC Committee, 1977-79

    Chair, Education Committee, 1979-80

    Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

OTHER CIVIC ACTIVITIES:

    1998 President of Board of Directors, Child Care Resources Network, Volusia-Flagler County;     member of consortium of government agencies seeking to establish a Downtown Daytona     Beach Child Care Center.

    (Former member of some of these groups -- not able to participate actively now due to being a     judge out-of-town.) Member, Florida Council for Community Mental Health, Inc.; Member,     Advisory Committee, Winter Park Community Trust; Member, League of Women Voters,     Orlando and Winter Park; Member, Women's Executive Committee of Orlando Central     Business District, Inc.; Board Member, Beth Johnson Community Mental Health Center, Inc.;     Board Member, Eccelston-Callahan Memorial Trust; Director, Foundation for Valencia     Community College; Past Director, Christian Service Center; Member, Central Christian     Church of Orlando (Disciples of Christ); Member, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona     Beach.

PUBLICATIONS:

    CLE--Real Property III: Landlord Tenant Chapter (2d ed. 1976); The Florida Bar Journal,     "Instruments of the 3rd Kind," June 1978; CLE--Worked on outline and lecture materials for     courses on U.C.C. Art. 9, 1977 and 1979; Matthew Bender: Florida Family Law, "Enforcement     of Foreign Judgments," Ch. 73; Trial Advocate Quarterly: "Discovery--A view from the     Appellate Bench," Vol. X, No. 3, July 1991.