Mark A. Zimmerman
Senior Partner
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Workers Compensation
- Municipal Law
- Governmental Law
- Mediation
- Land Use & Zoning
Litigation Percentage
- 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Circuit Court Mediator, 1990
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1975
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1976
Education
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- J.D. - 1975
- Law Review: 4 Cumberland-Samford Law Review, "State Aid to Students Attending Sectarian School Found Unconstitutional Due to 'Excessive Entanglement'", 1974
- Law Review: Cumberland-Samford Law Review, Associate Editor, 1974 - 1975
- Stetson University
- B.A. - 1971
Representative Cases
- Melanson v. Nelson, 366 So.2d 1191 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979)
- City of DeLand v. State ex rel. Watts, 423 So.2d 529 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)
- Kent v. Kent, 431 So.2d 279 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983)
- Julian v. Lee, 473 So.2d 736 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985)
- Larry Kent Homes v. Empire of America FSA, 474 So.2d 868 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985)
- Blocker v. Ardmore Farms, 524 So.2d 1081 (Fla. lst DCA 1988)
- Batka v. Duff's Smorgasbord, 560 So.2d 377 (Fla. lst DCA 1990)
- Ardmore Farms v. Wallace, 571 So2d 47 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990)
- Myers v. Holiday House, 578 So.2d 349 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
- LaBree v. Corr Constr, 584 So.2d 163 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
- Hopkins v. State, DOT, 596 So.2d 680 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
- Harris v. McGuire, 600 So.2d 501 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992)
- McConnell v. Florida Furniture Ctr, 611 So.2d 65 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992)
- Brunswick Corp. v. Cummings, 648 So.2d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)
- Almeida v. Longleaf Forest Prods, 648 So.2d 1235 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
- Public Gas Co. v. Monette, 658 so.2d 673 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
- State, Division of Hotels/Restaurants v. Cole, 664 So.2d 291 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
- Jacob Sheet Metal v. Thompason, 667 So.2d 295 (Fla, 1st. DCA 1995)
- Cotoia v. Days Inn West, 673 so.2d 971 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)
- Barnett Bank v. Pelle, 684 So.2d 311 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Volusia County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- The Florida Bar, Member, Workers Compensation Section
- The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Member
- Child Health Assistance Project, Inc., Member, Board of Directors
- Florida Hospital - Deland, Board of Directors
- DeLand Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors, Executive Committee, President-Elect
Past Employment Positions
- City of Deland, City Attorney, 1975 - 1977
- City of Deland, City Attorney, 1992 - 2001
- 7th Judicial Circuit, Volusia County, Assistant State Attorney, 1976 - 1977
Languages
- English
