country service to a career in private practice, one of the founding partners of rumberger, kirk and calwell, and under thom's leadership, the firm's modest beginnings were quickly surpassed as it moved to all kinds of new legal successes. and today, that firm includes 75 trial attorneys in five offices all across several southern states. and, of course, he has been listed as one of florida's super lawyers every year for the last several years. you know, the legend has it that thom rumberger once convinced a federal judge to allow a real automobile in the courtroom as evidence. he convinced the judge to have a window in the courtroom enlarged in a historic courthouse, nonetheless, to accommodate a crane that lifted the car right into the courtroom. and he has been known throughout his life for his infectious sense of humor. often referred to because he had so many different careers, some derisively as a career chamelion , thom worked his way all the way through college, all the way up to these present successes. now, let me tell you what he did to support himself and to pay for his college e