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Marc D. Chapman

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Mr. Chapman is the managing shareholder of the Orlando office and the Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department. He focuses his practice in the areas of commercial litigation including banking, construction, real estate, commercial landlord/tenant and probate litigation as well as creditors’ rights, creditor bankruptcy litigation and non-compete/trade secret enforcement.

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Additional Representative Experience

Significant Representations

  • Represented several national financial institutions and national insurance companies in disputes involving lender liability, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, foreclosures, and collections.
  • Successful handling of numerous injunction proceedings to enforce and defend non-compete agreements and trade secret protection statutes.
  • Represented large commercial landlords in virtually every aspect of lease enforcement and tenant litigation.
  • Represented national residential builder in breach of contract, easement, and fraud litigation.
  • Represented national oil company in declaratory relief, recorded declaration, and development litigation.
  • Successfully prosecuted and defended cases involving a wide variety of subjects including business contracts, corporate/partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, employment contracts, probate, trust and will disputes, declaratory actions, and commercial torts.
  • Successfully defended national real estate holding company in breach of real estate contract and fraudulent inducement claims.
  • Successful handling of appeals before Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals.

Professional and Civic Activities

  • The Florida Bar
    • Board of Governors/ Young Lawyers Section - Former Member
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • The Florida Bar Foundation, Inc. - Fellow
  • Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee - Former Member

Education

  • Juris Doctorate: University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1989
    • Chairman, Moot Court Team
  • Undergraduate Degree: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, with honors, 1986

Bar Admissions

  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida

Recognition & Awards

  • Martindale-Hubbell: AV Rating