Darren is the current Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee and member of the Computer Law and Technology Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar.  He is also the past Chair of the E-discovery Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar (2019-20). He is also a Board Member of the Federal Bar Association Broward Chapter and current Secretary of the Board. Darren is a member of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida, the First Amendment Lawyers Association and the Broward County Bar Association.

Awards & Accolades: Darren has been honored as AV Rated with Martindale Hubble 2015-2022 and with the Super Lawyers Rising Stars Award for 2009-2011, 2013- 2018, Super Lawyers Award 2019-2022, and Top Attorneys Florida Outstanding Young Lawyers Award for 2011, 2013-2017; America’s Most Honored Professionals Top 1%, 2016-2019.

Darren is also a frequent presenter and public speaker on Intellectual Property, Computer Law and First Amendment topics. Some past speaking experience includes:

• Ephemeral Electronic Evidence Preservation and Discovery Obligations, and Best Practices : Florida Bar E-Discovery Committee Panel (June 2022)
• Financial Poise Webinar: Copyrights, Patents, and trademarks...Oh My! (March 2022)
• Financial Poise Webinar: Choosing Building and Protecting Your Brand (July 2022)
• Financial Poise Webinar: Buying & Selling IP (June 2021)
• Clear Law Institute Webinar: How to Select Protect and Grow Your Brand (June 2019)
• Pro Imaging Connect: “The Legal protections you need to know: Trademark, Copyright and Computer Law” (Orlando 2019)
• CJE with Southern District of Florida Bankruptcy Judges: Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence in Your Courtroom (Hutchinson Island FL 2019)
• Financial Poise Webinar: “One Hour Law School: Intellectual Property in an Hour.” (2019)
• NAHB International Builders Show: Social Media & Website Blunders: How to Build Online Assets & Avoid Killing Your Business (Orlando 2018)
• E-Discovery and First Amendment Law (Denver 2018)
• E-Discovery and Digital Evidence in Today’s Connected World (Orlando 2018)
• Financial Poise Webinar: Nuts & Bolts of Trademarks (2018)
• Financial Poise Webinar: IP Issues for the Newish Business, Setting Up A Website (2017)
• CJE with Miami-Dade 11th Judicial Court Judges: Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence in Your Courtroom (Miami 2017)
• NAADAC Annual Conference: Protect Your Business Through Trademark, Copyright & Computer Laws (Denver 2017)
• Financial Poise Webinar: IP Issues for the Newish Business, Choosing, Building and Protecting Your Brand (2017)
• Florida Festival & Events Convention (Orlando 2017)
• Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization National Conference (Tampa 2016)
• Financial Poise Webinar: The Nuts and Bolts of Trademarks (2016)
• International Conference on Business Incubation: Intellectual Property Essentials: Trademark, Copyright and  Online Reputation Management (Orlando 2016)
• Nightclub & Bar Convention: Intellectual Property Law: Trademark, Copyright & Internet Issues (Las Vegas 2016)
• Financial Poise Webinar: The Nuts and Bolts of Trademarks (2015)
• Legal News and Review, 1230 am WBZT and iHeart Radio: Intellectual Property (2015)
• Florida Business Incubator Association: Intellectual Property Concepts: New Changes in Patent Laws & Practical Reminders for Trademark and Copyright Law (Daytona Beach 2015)
• Financial Poise Webinar: Choosing and Protecting Your Brand (2015)
• Digital Imaging Conference Presented by PMA: Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Trade Secret, Trademark, and New Online Protection Laws (Las Vegas 2014)
• Public Relations Society of America South Florida Chapter: Intellectual Property Law in the Public Relations World (South Florida 2014)
• Digital Imaging Conference Presented by PMA: Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Trade Secret, Trademark (Las Vegas 2013)