BENJAMIN, AARONSON - Key Persons

Daniel Aaronson graduated from the University of Florida in 1976 with a degree in advertising from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. After graduating, Mr. Aaronson took a year off from school and worked as the Advertising Director for Frankart Furniture based out of New Roschell, New York. In 1977 Mr. Aaronson enrolled at the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. During his time at Cumberland School of Law, Daniel Aaronson was selected to be one of the initial members of the "American Journal of Trial Advocacy", a law review form of association specifically tailored to trial practice. Mr. Aaronson was also elected to be on the school's Honor Court as one of the justices. In addition, Mr. Aaronson was on the staff of the law school newspaper "Pro Confesso" as a contributing writer and eventually the newspaper's Advertising Director. In December of 1979, Daniel Aaronson completed his courses at Cumberland School of Law, having done the three year program in two and one half years. Upon graduation, Mr. Aaronson sat for and on first try, passed the New Jersey, Georgia and Florida Bar exams. In 1980, Mr. Aaronson was admitted to practice law in the States of Georgia and New Jersey and in early 1981 in the State of Florida. Mr. Aaronson is still licensed to practice law in all three states including the various Federal Courts. During the course of representation of adult clients, Mr. Aaronson has been responsible, either individually or with other attorneys, for having the Martin County Adult Entertainment Ordinance; Dade County Adult Zoning Ordinance; the City of Lauderhill Adult Ordinances; the City of West Palm Beach Adult Zoning Code and others to be declared unconstitutional in violation of First Amendment rights and freedoms. In the case of Daytona Grand v. City of Daytona Beach, Daniel Aaronson may have been the first attorney in the nation to win at trial in Federal Court under the Alameda Books three prong test. The case involved at the trial level of having Daytona Beach's Adult Entertainment Nudity and Adult Entertainment Alcohol and Nudity Ordinances declared unconstitutional.

GARY SCOTT EDINGER graduated in 1986 with honors from the University of Florida Law School. He is currently a sole practitioner in Gainesville, Florida with a wide-ranging civil practice (general litigation, appeals, contracts, real estate - the usual) as well an associate at Benjamin, Aaronson, Edinger & Patanzo. P.A. in Fort Lauderdale, Fl.. However his first love and the emphasis of his practice for the last ten years is First Amendment litigation for a mix of adult and political clients. Within that area of practice, his primary interests are the law of prior restraint (licensing) and zoning issues. Currently, First Amendment litigation makes up approximately 85% of Mr. Edinger's caseload with the majority of those cases being filed in the Federal Courts in Florida and Georgia.Mr. Edinger is a member of the First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA), a group of prominent attorneys responsible for litigating many of the most important Free Speech cases decided by the United States Supreme Court as well as Federal Courts and State Supreme Courts throughout the United States. Mr. Edinger frequently lectures at FALA seminars on issues concerning prior restraints and zoning.Mr. Edinger is active in his local ACLU Chapter and has served as the Chairman of the legal panel for the last two years.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Florida Bar

Job Titles:

• First Amendment Representative Clients