Significant Representations

• Represented several national financial institutions and national insurance companies in disputes involving lender liability, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, foreclosures, and collections.

• Handled 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.

• 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.

• Defended national real estate holding company in breach of real estate contract and fraudulent inducement claims.

• Handled appeals before Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals.

• 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

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

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

• Recognized by Best Lawyers^® as the Orlando Litigation - Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year” in 2017, 2019 and 2021
• Named an Outstanding Trusts and Estates, Real Estate and Construction Litigation Attorney in The Best Lawyers in America^®, 2013-2021
• Recognized by Florida Trend magazine as one of the 2019 Orlando Region “People to Know”
• Selected in Orlando Family Magazine’s 2019 Readers’ Choice survey as one of the leading lawyers for Commercial and Civil Litigation
• Named one of Orlando's Best Lawyers by Orlando Magazine, 2015-2019
• Martindale-Hubbell: Preeminent AV Rating

"Need business litigation advice? Here's why Marc Chapman is your guy", Orlando Business Journal, August 29, 2014