Mark R. Osherow
Top rated Business Litigation attorney in Boca Raton, Florida
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Alternative dispute resolution,
Estate & trust litigation,
Construction defects,
Employment law - employer,
Wrongful termination
Education Qualification:
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Alternative dispute resolution,
Estate & trust litigation,
Construction defects,
Employment law - employer,
Wrongful termination
2101 N.W. Corporate Blvd., Suite 410Boca Raton, Florida, 33431
First Admitted: 1988, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: https://osherowpllc.com/about-us
Bar / Professional Activity:
- Florida Supreme Court Standard Jury Instructions Committee -- Business and Commerical Cases. The Standard Jury Instructions (SJI) Committee — Contract and Business Cases is a committee consisting of attorneys and judges who are appointed by the Florida Supreme Court and meet several times a year to review and amend the jury instructions used within civil courts regarding contract and business cases.
- Chair, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee
- Member, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. Oversees all 27 areas of specialist certification in Florida. Board certification recognizes attorneys’ special knowledge, skills and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice. Established in 1982 by the Florida Supreme Court, board certification helps consumers identify specialists in various areas of law. "Evaluated for Professionalism and Tested for Expertise."
- Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law (UPL)
- Co-Chair South Palm Beach County Bar Association, Professionalism Committee (2017-2018)
- Past Chair, The Florida Bar Business Litigation Certification Committee
- U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York
- Palm Beach County Judicial Information Systems Policy Board Member
- Former Member, Junior Achievement Board of Directors
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- New Jersey, 1990
- New York, 1989
- Connecticut, 1988
- Florida, 1994
- Member, Judicial Information Systems Policy Board, Palm Beach County., 2008
- Past President, South Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2015-2016
Special Licenses / Certifications:
- Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, 2006
- Florida Bar Board Certified Business Litigation, 2006
- Qualified Arbitrator
Pro bono / Community Service:
- 15th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee
Honors:
- Top 100 Miami Area Super Lawyers
- Litigation/Civil Trial Finalist by Leaders in Law, 2014
- Trial Lawyers Care for his pro bono work with the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
- “Florida Legal Elite” by Florida Trend magazine, 2013 and 2014
- “Florida Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers magazine, 2007 – 2018
- “The Best Lawyers in America®”, 2014-2018
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating with Martindale-Hubbell
- Excellence in Writing Award for 2003, The Florida Bar, 2004
Educational Background:
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1985
White Papers:
- Discussion of statute of limitations issues in Florida medical malpractice litigation., Florida Medical Malpractice and the Stature of Limitations, 2003
- Discussion of Inplementation and pitfalls of the Florda Civil Theft Statute., Counsel Beware: Considerations Before Implementing Florida's Civil Theft Statute, 2003
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- “Electronic Discovery Basics – Part I Duty to Preserve,” The Advocate – South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Winter 2013/2014
- “Florida Medical Malpractice and the Statute of Limitations,” The Florida Bar Journal – July 2003
- “Counsel Beware: Considerations Before Implementing Florida’s Civil Theft Statute,” The Florida Bar Journal – March 2003
- “Metatags and Keyword Tags in Business and Trademark Litigation,” The Advocate: South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Fall 2013
- “Ownership of Contacts on LinkedIn,” The Advocate – South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Summer 2014
- “Procuring Cause: When is a Broker Wrongfully Excluded from the Deal?” The Advocate – South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Winter 2018
- “Clear and Unambiguous Exculpatory Clauses for Recreational Activities,” The Advocate – South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Fall 2015
- “Electronic Discovery Basics (Part II): ESI Collection, Analysis and Production," The Advocate – South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Spring 2015
- “The Legal Edges of Employee Computer Use,” Daily Business Review – February 2015
- “Discovery Concerning Consulting Experts,” The Advocate – South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Winter 2015
- “The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 New Federal Protection for Trade Secret Misappropriation”, The Advocate- South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Fall 2016
- “What Employers and Employees in Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Need to Know about Computer Use and Access Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,” The Advocate – South Palm Beach County Bar Association – Winter 2015
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Vice Chair, Business Litigation Certification Committee, The Florida Bar, 2011
- The Florida Bar, Chair, Grievance Committee 15 "G", 2009
- Chair, Business Litigation Certification Committee, The Florida Bar, 2012
Industry Groups:
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Internet
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