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 | Mark A. BrownChair, Real Property Litigation Practice Group
Carlton Fields, P.A. 4221 West Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 1000 Tampa, Florida
33607-5736 (Hillsborough Co.)
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3239, Tampa, FL, 33601-3239
Telephone: 813-229-4317 Fax: 813-229-4133 http://www.carltonfields.com/tampa
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| Practice Areas | Complex Litigation; Real Estate Litigation | | | Education | University of Florida, J.D., with honors, 1980, U.S. International University, A.A., 1974; Eckerd College, B.A., 1975 | | | Admitted | 1981, Florida; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; Florida State Courts | |
| Memberships | The Florida Bar (Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Executive Council 2006—; Chair, Real Property Litigation Committee, 2007—); Florida Land Title Association (1997—). | | | Born | Quincy, Illinois, 1956 | | | Biography | Speaker, "Title Claims," Real Estate Litigation, The Lorman Education Services, Tampa, Florida (March 11, 2008). Speaker, "Attorney/Client Privilege Issues in Title Insurance Claims Handling and Litigation," The Claims Avoidance Roundtable, Florida Land Title Association, Orlando, Florida (April 18, 2007). Speaker, "Title Claims in Florida," Lorman Education Services, Tampa, Florida (March 28, 2007). Speaker, "Avoiding Bad Faith Claims in Florida's Title Insurance Industry," Florida Land Title Association, Orlando, Florida (2006). Speaker, "Real Property Litigation in Florida," Continuing Legal Education Conference, Tampa, Florida (2006). Speaker, "Recent Developments in Class Actions in Real Estate," University of Miami School of Law's 16th Annual Institute on Real Property Law, Miami, Florida (2003). Author: "Are Consequential Damages Recoverable From Title Insurers or Has There Been 'A Change In Policy'?" The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 81, No. 9 (October 2007). Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 editions. Selected for inclusion in Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, 2007 and 2009 editions. Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 editions. Highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Recognized for Exceptional Pro Bono Service in 2005 by the Supreme Court of Florida, Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar, 13th Judicial Circuit's Pro Bono Committee, and the Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association. Recipient of Hillsborough County Bar Association's Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award 2005. Selected by the Florida Supreme Court as winner of the Florida Bar's 1980 Moot Court Competition. Tampa Museum of Art, Board of Trustees (1996-2001). Gasparilla Festival of the Arts (Board of Directors 1989-1997 and 2002-2005, President 1994). Hillsborough County Public Art Committee (2000-2007 and Vice Chair 2006-2007). University of South Florida, Adjunct Professor, teaching Government Law and Advocacy (2001, 2002, 2003). | | | Reported Cases | Hoving v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp., No. 07-15322, 2009 WL 877690 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 30, 2009); Smith v. Lawyers Title Insurance Corp., No. 07-12124, 2009 WL 514210 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 2, 2009); Goldberg v. Merrill Lynch Credit Corp., 981 So. 2d 550 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008); Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co. v. Higgins, 975 So. 2d 1169 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008); Hwang v. Junron Florida, Inc., 965 So. 2d 132 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007); Lehman Bros. Holdings, Inc. v. Hirota, No. 8:06-CV-2030, 2007 WL 1471690 (M.D. Fla. May 21, 2007); Mickens v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co., 902 So. 2d 804 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005); Chicago Title Insurance Co., Inc. v. Alday-Donalson Title Co. of Florida, Inc., 832 So. 2d 810 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002); Gulf Island Resort, L.P. v. Yale Mortgage Corp., 783 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001); Washington Enterprises v. DiMaria, 773 So. 2d 550 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000); Carol M. Read v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 114 T.C. 2 (2000); Chicago Title Insurance Co. v. S. Clark Butler, 770 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 2000); State of Florida, Dept. of Ins. v. Keys Title and Abstract Co., Inc., 741 So. 2d 599 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999); Morales v. Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc., 983 F. Supp. 1418 (S.D. Fla. 1997); Miller v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 99 F.3d 1042 (11th Cir. 1996); Krehling v. Baron, 900 F. Supp. 1578 (M.D. Fla. 1995); Moreno v. Macaluso, 817 F. Supp. 945 (M.D. Fla. 1993); Estate of Smith, Hudson, Smith v. Citibank Federal Savings Bank, 626 So.2d 1379 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Sappal v. Eastern Alliance, Inc., 600 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Bialowas v. Title and Trust Co. of Florida, 581 So. 2d 1317 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991); Calig v. Muller, 542 So. 2d 992 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989); FDIC v. Langley, 792 F.2d 541 (5th Cir. 1986), aff'd. 484 U.S. 86, 108 S.Ct. 396 (1987). | | | ISLN | 908744143 | |
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