Dirtlawyer1

Greetings. I'm Dirtlawyer1, a practicing attorney who specializes in commercial real estate development and related practice areas. If you came to my user page because you were curious what a "dirt lawyer" is, here's the answer: it's professional jargon commonly used by attorneys to refer to a lawyer whose practice includes real estate transactions; "dirt" is lawyer slang for "real estate."

I am originally from the State of Florida, but I am now a permanent resident of Atlanta, Georgia. I graduated from the University of Florida, and I remain an avid fan of the university's Florida Gators intercollegiate sports teams. I actively edit articles related to the university, college sports generally, professional baseball and football, Olympic swimming, and the City of Atlanta. I also actively participate in several WikiProjects whose scope includes those topics.

I was primarily responsible for the elevation of the following fifteen Wikipedia articles to "Good Article" status, and the promotion of one of the fifteen to "Featured Article":

   Andrew Sledd, Latin and Greek scholar, essayist, theology professor, university president;
  Robert Q. Marston, medical doctor, research scientist, director of the National Institutes of Health, university president;
  Albert A. Murphree, university president, mathematics professor;
  John J. Tigert, U.S. Commissioner of Education, university president, College Football Hall of Fame member;
  Theresa Andrews, competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist;
  Catie Ball, competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder;
  Robert Cade, medical doctor, university professor, research scientist, inventor of Gatorade;
  Tracy Caulkins, competition swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder;
  Nicole Haislett, competition swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medalist, eight-time collegiate champion;
  Mike Heath, competition swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time collegiate champion;
  David Larson, competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder;
  Tim McKee, competition swimmer, three-time Olympic silver medalist;
  Mark Stockwell, competition swimmer, three-time Olympic medalist, sports administrator;
  Dara Torres, competition swimmer, twelve-time Olympic medalist, oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal; and
  Mary Wayte, competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, television sportscaster.

Wikipedia articles I have created include the following:

• Buster Bishop, two-time NCAA national championship men's golf coach;
• Andy Brandi, three-time NCAA national championship women's tennis coach;
• Jimmy Carnes, head coach of U.S. Olympic team, president of U.S. Track & Field Federation;
• Randy Reese, four-time AIAW/NCAA national championship swimming coach;
• Mimi Ryan, two-time NCAA national championship women's golf coach;
• Dennis K. Stanley, college football coach, founding dean of College of Health and Human Performance;
• List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members, Florida Gators athletes who have received the highest honor that the university bestows on its athletes;
• List of Florida Gators football All-Americans, Florida Gators football players who received All-American honors;
• Bruce Bennett, college football player, first-team All-American, CFL All-Star;
• Charlie LaPradd, college football player, first-team All-American, college president, entrepreneur; and
• Other articles I created are listed here.

For other editors who need access to archival newspapers or academic journals for their researching, writing and editing of Wikipedia articles, I have access to Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive.com and JSTOR via Wikipedia user accounts. If you require particular archival newspaper or academic journal articles for your Wikipedia work, please let me know and I will see if I can find the article you are seeking through these online services.

I have three alternative Wikipedia registered accounts: (1) Dirtlawyer2: Olympics, (2) Dirtlawyer3: Sock Hunter and (3) Dirtlawyer4: All-Americans. I use all three alternative accounts primarily to maintain large watch lists of certain categories of Wikipedia articles, and rarely make any edits from them.