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Mark
Elias NeJame
Criminal
Defense Attorney
Mark
NeJame was born in Orlando, Florida, in 1955. In 1976
he received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Florida
and graduated with his Juris Doctorate in 1980. He is admitted
to the bar the same year (Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle
District of Florida), to the Florida Supreme Court in 1984, and
to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit in 1991. Mark
NeJame has practiced criminal defense law in the U.S.
District Court - Southern District of Florida, U.S. District Court
- Northern District of Florida, District Courts in Georgia, N.
Carolina, New York, Texas, and Michigan.
Mark’s
has devoted his whole attorney career to the criminal defense practice.
His reputation has been achieved over 25 years representing clients
with tough cases.
Mark has
been a lecturer at the Florida Police Chief's Association, the Orange
County Sheriff's Department Drug Unit, and the Federal Sentencing
Guideline Seminar.
Mark
NeJame is a member of the Orange County Bar Association
- the Judicial Relations Committee, 1992; The Florida Bar - Criminal
Law Section and the Forfeiture Committee, 1994; The Central Florida
Criminal Defense Attorneys Association - Board of Directors 1992-98,
Vice President 1994-95, and President 1996-97; The Academy of Trial
Lawyers Association; The National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers; and The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Mark practices
criminal law and his reported cases are as follows:
- State
vs. Richard Kelly Hysell, 596 So.2d 866 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990)
- State
vs. John Wayne Joiner, 682 So.2d 1083 (Fla. 1994)
- State
vs. David Lee Richardson, 625 So.2d 967 (5th 1993)
- Sheldon
Polakoff vs. Department of Insurance, 551 So.2d 1223 (1st 1989)
Willie
Bell, Jr. vs. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 487
So.2d 1198 (5th 1986.)
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Mark’s
experience as a criminal defense attorney has
been honored by different criminal defense associations. Mark was
appointed
Vice-President 1994-1995 and President 1996-1997 by the Central
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Martindale Hubbell,
the
Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys, rated Mark AV, the highest
possible rating given. Mark is also listed in the National Register
of Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals.
MEMBER:
- Orange
County Jail Oversight Committee: Past President Central Florida
Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Orange County Bar Association - the Judicial Relations Committee,
1992
- Florida Bar - Criminal Law Section and the Forfeiture Committee,
1994
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Central Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Judicial Relation Committee; Bail Bond Committee
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Academy of Trial Lawyers Association
LECTURER: Florida
Police Chief’s Association; Central Florida Intra-Agency Detectives;
Federal Sentencing Guideline Seminar; Panelist on Public Television,
Court TV; Orange County Sheriff’s Department Drug Unit:
Guest Speaker; Frequent interviewee on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX
affiliates, featured in profile Orlando Sentinel “Defender
is a Contender.”
. Panelist on public television on "Ask a Lawyer."
PRACTICE
AREAS: Criminal Law.
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