Sidney was born in Webster City, Iowa, March 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Florida U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee; University of South Florida (B.A., cum laude, 1972); St. Catherine College, Oxford University Florida State University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Delta Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa. Beta Gamma Sigma. Best Moot Court Brief, 1973. Member, Florida State University Law Review, 1973-1974. Lecturer; Labor Relations Forum, 1976-1977, 1980; Local Government Law, 1977. Co-Chair, Public Employment Labor Relations Forum, 1978. General Counsel: Florida Education Association United, 1976; Tobias Simon and Elizabeth DuFresne, P.A., 1975-1976. Ylember. Tallahassee (Board Member, 1999; Treasurer, 1976) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates (Florida, Associate; Charter Member, President, 1999, Tallahassee Chapter).