Mark Thomson is a partner in the Business Litigation Practice Group in the Shutts & Bowen Orlando office. He is also a licensed Landscape Architect and former Vice President of Operations for one of the nation's largest production home builders. His combined areas of experience include an extensive background in:
- Complex business, corporate and construction litigation matters
- Zoning and Land Use
- Commercial and Residential Development and Construction
- Commercial Leasing
- Creation of Governing Homeowner Association Documents
- Business Entity Formation and Corporate Transactions
- Real Estate Transactions
Mr. Thomson is a former Member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Orlando Business Network and has served as Past President. He has also served as Past Chairman of the Federal Emergency Management Association Legal Assistance Program of the Broward County Bar Association, Past Chairman of the Ft. Lauderdale Community Appearance Board, and Past Chairman of the Ft. Lauderdale Unsafe Structures and Housing Appeals Board. He has several published articles and treatises in the areas of title insurance, commercial real estate financing, real estate transactions, and has been a featured speaker at Continuing Legal Education seminars in the areas of title insurance, commercial real estate financing, and land surveying.
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1989
- Syracuse University, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, cum laude, 1981
- State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, B.S., Environmental Sciences, emphasis in Civil Engineering, cum laude, 1980
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Orange County Bar Association