First Admitted: 1999, Florida

Professional Webpage: https://www.rankinlawoffice.com/biographies/mark-p-rankin/

Bar / Professional Activity:

Florida
Federal Bar Association, Qui Tam Section, 2016 - present
Hillsborough County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, Chair, 2007 - 2013
Federal Bar Association, Tampa Bay Chapter, 2003 - present; Board of Directors, 2006 - 2009, 2011 - 2015, 2017 - present; Criminal and Government Investigations Practice Committee, Chair, 2017 - present; The Florida Bar Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, 2006 - 2009
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2003 - present; Board of Directors, 2007-2009; White Collar Crime Committee; Sentencing Committee, Co-Chair, 2009 - 2013
Herbert G. Goldburg-Ronald K. Cacciatore Criminal Law American Inn of Court, 2003 - 2016
Colorado
United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Florida Bar Federal Court Practice Committee, 2017 - present; Federal Roundtable Subcommittee; Rules Subcommittee; Federal Judicial Guide Subcommittee

Pro bono / Community Service:

Best Buddies Tampa Bay, Advisory Board, 2019 - present
St. Petersburg-Clearwater Film Society’s SunScreen Film Festival, Board of Directors, 2006
PARC, Pinellas Association for Retarded Children, Board of Directors, 2009 - 2011
Northeast Park Neighborhood Association, Safe Streets Committee, Board of Directors, Chair, 2009 - 2011
Champion Magazine, Advisory Board, 2007 - present

Honors:

Marcelino “Bubba” Huerta III Award for Professionalism and Pro Bono Service, 2017
Up & Comer, 2007, 2008, 2009; Criminal Law, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, Florida Trend’s Legal Elite
Rising Star, 2009 - 2012; Super Lawyer, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, Florida Super Lawyers
Recipient, 2007-2008, ABA’s Litigation Section Outstanding Service Award
Criminal Defense: White Collar and Non-White Collar, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; Criminal Defense, General Practice, 2020; Criminal Defense, White-Collar, 2020, Best Lawyers in America®

Educational Background:

Old Dominion University, B.S. Criminal Justice, magna cum laude, 1996

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

Panelist, “Grouping and Firearms Offenses,” National Seminar on Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 2004 & 2006
Co-Author, “Traps for the Unwary: Cross References and Guideline Sentencing,” The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, at 52, September/October 2006
Co-Author, “Something Funny Happened On The Way To Discretionary Sentencing: Why A Presumption Of Reasonableness Violates The Holding of Booker,” Committee on Criminal Litigation, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 2007
Author, “Surprise, Surprise: Is Proper Notice Still Required for an Above-Guidelines Sentence in Federal Court?” The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, March 2007
Co-Author, “Substantial Assistance – The Key to Freedom: Representing a Cooperating Defendant in Federal Court,” The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, at 12, July 2007
Author, “Evidence Law Trumps the Fifth Amendment – Florida Rule of Evidence 806,” HCBA Lawyer at 20, February 2008
Author, “Informal Opinion: Watson v. United States The Supreme Court Limits the “Use” Prong Of Section 924(c),” The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, at 51, March 2008
Author, “Informal Opinion: Irizarry v. United States,” The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, at 55, September 2008
Author, “Informal Opinion: The Post-Booker World: Does the Ex Post Facto Clause Still Apply at Sentencing?” The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers at 59, October 2008
Co-Author, “Nobody Looks Good in Orange: Keeping Your Client and Yourself Out of Prison,” Business Law Today, at 43, November/December 2008
Co-Author, “Parole’s Essential Role in Bailing out Our Nation’s Criminal Justice Systems,” The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, at 47, January 2009
Author, “Crawford Extended: United States and Supreme Courts Expand Confrontation Clause Protections,” St. Petersburg Bar Association, 2009
Author, “Pardon Me: Jury Nullification in Florida and the Eleventh Circuit,” HCBA Lawyer at 22, September 2009
Author, “Rule 35(b) Meets Section 3553(a) – What Can a Federal Court Consider?” The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, at 61, September/October 2009
Author, “E Original: The Best Evidence Rule in Florida,” HCBA Lawyer at 20, October 2009
Author, “Supreme Court Examines Effect of Invocation of Counsel,” HCBA Lawyer at 22, December 2009
Author, “Padilla: Supreme Court Requires Defense Counsel to Advise on Deportation” – HCBA Lawyer, June 2010
Co-Author, “Grid & Bear It. Let the Seller Beware: Sentencing Entrapment and Manipulation in Federal Court” – The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers at 42, August 2010
Author, “It’s Time to Rethink America’s Rate of Incarceration”, The Tampa Tribune, April 2013
Author, “U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Important Traffic Stop Case”, HCBA Lawyer Magazine, December 2013
Chair, National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 2012 - 2015
Panelist, “Avoiding Jail, Disbarment and Other Bad Consequences: What You Need to Know About Real Estate Collateral,” ABA Real Estate Financing Subcommittee, ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 2008
Moderator, “Chapter Three Adjustments,” 18th Annual Federal Sentencing Guidelines Seminar, Tampa, FL, May 21-22, 2009
Panelist, “Orange Jumpsuits Aren’t Flattering: The Expanding Threat of Criminal Liability for Lawyers,” 2009 Aon Large Law Firm Symposium, San Francisco, CA, October 15, 2009
Panelist, “Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Civil and Criminal Damages,” ABA 20th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud, Miami, FL, May 14, 2010
Moderator, “Privileged Communications: What’s Protected Under Federal and Florida Rules of Evidence,” CLE hosted by Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers and Federal Bar Association, Tampa, FL, February 28, 2019
Criminal Justice Act Panel, Middle District of Florida, 2006 - present

Mark P. Rankin