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Mark Schecter, Florida AttorneyMark S. Schecter is the founder of Schecter Law, Fort Lauderdale’s commercial litigation and real estate law firm.

Mark was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Searingtown, New York.

He received a congressional appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, at Kings Point, New York. While at the Academy, Mr. Schecter was a member of the Varsity Basketball team.

After serving his country overseas, including time in Vietnam, Mr. Schecter decided that he wanted to be an attorney. He then enrolled in the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.

Mark graduated magna cum laude. While in law school, he was an editor of the law review, a justice of the moot court board, and received numerous academic awards, including inclusion in Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities.

Mark’s practice emphasizes commercial litigation and real estate law. He is an aggressive and tenacious litigator. His extensive trial and transactional law experience – coupled with his extensive knowledge of real estate law makes him uniquely qualified to handle both sophisticated civil litigation and transactional matters.

During his leisure hours, Mark spends time participating and watching numerous sports. His favorites are basketball, football and lacrosse. For years, he traveled to watch his son, David, play varsity lacrosse at Yale University, where David was a two-time All-Ivy player and played professionally in Major League Lacrosse.

Practice Areas:

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Residential Real Estate
  • Business Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Contract Law
  • Construction Law

Admitted:
1974, Florida

Law School:
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1974.

College:
United States Merchant Marine Academy, B.S., 1968.

Professional Associations & Memberships:
Broward County Bar Association
The Florida Bar
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Legal Biography:
Associate Justice, Cumberland Moot Court Board

Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Awards for: Excellence in Real Property; Uniform Commercial Code; Administrative Law

Associate Editor, Cumberland-Samford Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: “Securities-Fraud-Relaxation of Purchaser-Seller Requirement to Maintain a Section 10(b) or Rule 10b-5 Action,” 3 Cumberland-Samford Law Review 541, 1972.

Assistant City Attorney, City of Plantation, Florida, 1975

Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Military:
Lieut., USNR, 1968-1974

Born:
Brooklyn, New York, April 4, 1947

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Mark Schecter, Fort Lauderdale attorney

For more than 37 years, Mark Schecter has represented individuals and businesses of all sizes in a wide range of real estate, litigation, and transactional law matters.

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