Experience: Mark was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1941, has been a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1965 and joined The Florida Bar in 1998. During his more than thirty years of legal practice in Boston, Mark represented small to medium-sized corporations in such matters as formation, general corporate operations and litigation. Mark's corporate and business practice included serving as general counsel to a corporation which published and internationally distributed magazines and computer software and representing shareholders in close corporations involved in disputes with other shareholders or with the corporation. Additionally, Mark represented individuals in a broad range of claims seeking damages for personal injury and wrongful death. Since becoming a member of The Florida Bar, Mark has continued to represent corporations and individuals in such diverse matters as defense of shareholder derivative actions, enforcement and defense of contract claims concerning misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of non-competition covenants, protection of copyrights to software and prosecution of medical malpractice and wrongful death claims. Additionally, Mark represents personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in a variety of disputes, including actions seeking to invalidate, on the grounds of lack of capacity and undue influence, the estate planning documents executed by testators and trust settlors. Professional: · Admitted to practice in Massachusetts (1965) and Florida (1998) · United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1971) · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1984) · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1991) · Supreme Court of the United States of America (1994) · United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (1999) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2000) · "AV" Rating - Martindale-Hubbell · Consultant in American Juvenile Justice, Swedish National Crime Prevention Bureau, Stockholm, Sweden (1976) · American Bar Association · Massachusetts Bar Association · The Florida Bar · Brevard County Bar Association Civic: · University of Cambridge Alumni Association, Boston Chapter, Convenor · Oxford and Cambridge Society of New England, Member, Executive Committee · Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of New England |