ABOUT ETAN MARK
“My company has more than $1.5B in assets under management and works with a half-dozen different attorneys every quarter. Etan is not just our lawyer – he is our company’s consigliere. His responsiveness, counsel and advocacy skills are true differentiators.”
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TEAM BIOS >>>
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ETAN MARK
MICHIGAN, 00 | GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW, 03
Etan is a Chambers-ranked litigator with a fondness for darts, history and Game of Thrones. He readily combines strategic thinking with action and often advises clients on what they should and (often) should not do when presented with the unique challenges of a business in (or near) litigation.
Etan has been ranked by Chambers & Partners USA in commercial litigation. Sources interviewed by Chambers have said that “He’s absolutely fantastic; a very smart, strategic litigator. His ability to present in court is outstanding.” Others were not so complimentary: his mother was quoted as saying: “He is a good boy but he should’ve been a cardiologist.” His twin brother complained as well, calling him “a pain in the ass.”
Many of Etan’s cases touch either real estate or allegations of fraud; often both. He also serves as an “inside-outside” counsel, helping clients avoid or mitigate risk in the day-to-day operations of their businesses. His representative clients include public and private companies, real estate developers, investors and owners, tech entrepreneurs, family offices, hotels and banks. For some strange reason, Etan is particularly enamored with the ins and outs of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and has written and read extensively on the subject. The rest of the time, he can be seen asking his son to please stop watching videos of other people playing Fortnite and stressing out about climate change.
Etan began his legal career working as a business and securities litigator at a top 10 American Lawyer “Big Law” firm in New York. Since leaving New York for more . . . challenging sea levels, Etan has become a devotee of alternative value propositions focused on efficiency, collaboration and bespoke service (that are sometimes hard to come by in “Big Law”). Etan worked as a law clerk to a federal district court judge in Miami, where he gained an insider’s view on effective advocacy. Following his clerkship, Etan owned and was the CEO of a company that leveraged the global marketplace by outsourcing certain legal services to top attorneys and other legal service providers in India. Prior to founding MM&H, Etan was a partner at Berger Singerman’s Miami office, and was manager of the firm’s Dispute Resolution team.
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- Chambers & Partners USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, General Commercial Litigation, 2019-present
- South Florida Legal Guide: Top Up and Comer, 2016-2018; Top Lawyer, 2019-present
- Best Lawyers in America: Litigation – Real Estate, 2021-to present
- Florida’s Super Lawyers: Rising Star, 2009-2018; Super Lawyer, 2020-present
- Florida Trend, Legal Elite: 2018, Commercial Litigation; Legal Leaders, 2020
- Florida Trend, Legal Elite: Top Up and Comer, 2013, 2016, 2017
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ rated
- South Florida Business Journal: Top 40 Under 40, 2015
- Daily Business Review: Rising Stars 40 Under 40, 2013
- Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association (South Florida Chapter)
- Board of Trustees, HistoryMiami
- Treasurer, Board of Trustees, Temple Beth Sholom
- Chair, 11th Judicial Circuit Historical Society
- Leadership Miami, 2009 Graduate
- 11th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee of the Florida Bar (former Chair)
- Member of Miami Beach Bar Association
- Member, New York City Bar Association
- Berger Singerman LLP, Partner
- iDiligence, LLC – CEO
- Law Clerk to the Honorable K. Michael Moore, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Florida
- Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP – Associate (New York)
COULD FLORIDA CLOSE 14 COURT CIRCUITS? AND WHAT MIGHT THIS MEAN TO LAWYERS?
Read the full article on: Daily Business Review Summary: The Florida Supreme Court has appointed a 14-member Judicial Circuit Assessment Committee to consider whether consolidation of the state's 20 circuits is necessary. The committee [...]
AFTER IAN: SOUTH FLORIDA’S CONSTRUCTION COSTS, INSURANCE TO RISE
After Ian: South Florida’s construction costs, insurance to rise Costs could rise again just as developers got a slight reprieve on supply-chain and labor bottlenecks October 19, 2022 | By Lidia Dinkova and Katherine Kallergis [...]
FLORIDA BAR’S REJECTION OF NON-ATTORNEY OWNERSHIP THWARTS INNOVATION
Florida Bar's Rejection of Non-Attorney Ownership Thwarts Innovation By Etan Mark, Don Hayden and Josh Migdal, Mark Migdal & Hayden | Bloomberg Law, January 12, 2022 Co-founders of Miami law firm Mark Migdal & Hayden [...]
JUDGE STOPS CLOSURE OF SOUTH BEACH CAFES IN LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PERMIT PROCESS
By Martin Vassolo,Miami Herald | December 29, 2021 2:25 PM Thirteen South Beach restaurant owners who were ordered to shut down their sidewalk cafes scored a legal victory Wednesday when a Miami-Dade circuit judge ruled [...]
WHAT FLORIDA LOCAL FEDERAL COURT RULE CHANGES MEAN FOR ATTORNEYS
By Yaniv Adar and Etan Mark (October 28, 2021) While the first week of December in South Florida is typically associated with the international art fair, Art Basel, litigators in the region eagerly embrace another [...]
POLL WORKERS DIDN’T SHOW UP AT SOME PRIMARY ELECTION PRECINCTS ON TUESDAY BECAUSE OF COVID-19 CONCERNS, LIMITING PEOPLE’S ABILITY TO VOTE
A voter wears a protective mask while exiting a polling station after casting a ballot in Miami, Florida, on March 17, 2020. Jayme Gershen—Bloomberg/Getty Images By Madeline Carlisle, TIME Magazine | March 17th, [...]
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
April 27, 2020 Lawsome Podcast,
Ep 120 – Legal Reform, Fraud & Future Law
May 10, 2019 Good Law | Bad Law Podcast,
#133, “Inside The Pyramid: A Conversation With Etan Mark”
April 1, 2019 Greater Miami Jewish Federation 2019,
Annual Judicial Reception, Co-Chair
July 15, 2015 Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s 18th Annual Sunset Over Miami
July 14, 2014 CBIZ/ MHM Connections 2014,
“The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Corruption Enforcement in the U.S. and Abroad: What Does It Mean for You”
April 10, 2014 Roundtable Discussion at History Miami Museum,
“The Future of Gaming in Florida”
April 1, 2011 Construction Law Institute,
“Inadvertent Document Productions and the Threat of Attorney Disqualifications”
March 2011 Joint Association of Certified Fraud Examiner and Institute of Internal Auditors 2011 Fraud Conference,
“Corporate Investigations and E-Discovery”
ARTICLES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 7, 2020 The Daily Business Review,
“Everyone Wins With Zoom Motion Calendar (Except the Loser)”
January 15, 2020 The Daily Business Review,
“Come for the Tax Break, Stay for the Courts?”
December 2019 South Florida Business & Wealth,
“Underfunding Our Courts is Bad Policy” (pg. 81)
July 3, 2019 The Daily Business Review,
“Etan Mark Stays Steady in the Changing Tides of Legal Sea”
January 8, 2018 The Miami Herald,
“Signing a document? Proceed with caution- even if it says it’s not a contract”
October 9, 2015 South Florida Business Journal,
“PHOTOS: Greater Miami Jewish Federation draws over 500 to real estate event”
January 2012 The Florida Bar Journal,
“Que RICO? Discarding The Fallacy That Florida RICO And Federal RICO Are Identical”
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Case No.692
[SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE] MM&H represents the plaintiff and one of the equity owners of the historic Greystone Hotel in Miami Beach in a knock-down-drag-out dispute with his former best friend, equity partner and co-guarantor. In late 2020, one of the equity owners of The Greystone purchased the $30MM+ debt on the property and sued […]
Industry: Hospitality & Food Services
Case No.686
[GOVERNMENT/MUNICIPALITY] The sidewalk cafés of Lincoln Road are a staple of the iconic pedestrian thoroughfare located within the City. The ability to offer outdoor dining on the City’s sidewalks is essential to dozens of the businesses located on or near Lincoln Road. Should these businesses be stripped of their ability to provide outdoor […]
Industry: Hospitality & Food Services
Case No.674
For the past several years, 13th Floor has been working to development approximately 165 acres of a former golf course in the City of Tamarac into a residential community. In connection with the Project, on January 25, 2019, Developer filed a Large-Scale Land Use Map Amendment Application to amend the property’s land use […]
Industry: Government & Administration
Case No.347
MM&H obtained largest settlement by City of Miami Beach history ($35 million) for general contractor in dispute arising out of $500 million renovation and expansion of the historic Miami Beach Convention Center. The settlement occurred mid-trial. The claim resulted from extensive mismanagement and interference in the Project by the City and its construction […]
Industry: Construction
Case No.346
After two years of hard fought litigation, MM&H secured summary judgment against Sunset Islands HOA 3&4, one of the wealthiest homeowners’ associations in Miami. From 2014-2016, a luxury condominium called The Palau was built on Miami Beach. The developer of that condominium was met with some opposition from the neighboring islands, the Sunset […]
Industry: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
Case No.321
After a multi-year representation involving two parallel proceedings, MM&H settled a first of its kind federal class action lawsuit against Los Angeles-based Herbalife International of America, Inc. as well as top distributors and current and former members of the company’s board of directors. The claims involved several counts brought under the Racketeer Influenced […]
Industry: Consumer Goods & Services
Case No.261
Counsel to real estate developers in connection with allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference relating to the purchase and potential sale of tracts of land in Broward County.
Industry: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
Case No.260
Obtained final judgment in action to quiet title, allowing purchase and sale of golf course community in Palm Beach County to proceed.
Industry: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
Case No.172
MM&H is counsel to a homeowners’ association of another high-end condominium building located on South Beach. The association claims significant damages against the general contractor and several of the subcontractors for this prominent development to the structure as a result of structural deficiencies.
Industry: Construction
Case No.138
MM&H found itself in the center of a high-profile cross-border dispute brought by David Boies and the law firm of Boies Schiller on behalf of a US Trust that was supposedly assigned the interests of PDVSA, the Venezuelan government-owned oil company, in an alleged multi-billion kickback scheme. After a two-day evidentiary hearing, the […]
Industry: Oil & Gas
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ETAN MARK
ABOUT ETAN MARK
“My company has more than $1.5B in assets under management and works with a half-dozen different attorneys every quarter. Etan is not just our lawyer – he is our company’s consigliere. His responsiveness, counsel and advocacy skills are true differentiators.”
MICHIGAN, 00 | GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW, 03
Etan is a Chambers-ranked litigator with a fondness for darts, history and Game of Thrones. He readily combines strategic thinking with action and often advises clients on what they should and (often) should not do when presented with the unique challenges of a business in (or near) litigation.
Etan has been ranked by Chambers & Partners USA in commercial litigation. Sources interviewed by Chambers have said that “He’s absolutely fantastic; a very smart, strategic litigator. His ability to present in court is outstanding.” Others were not so complimentary: his mother was quoted as saying: “He is a good boy but he should’ve been a cardiologist.” His twin brother complained as well, calling him “a pain in the ass.”
Many of Etan’s cases touch either real estate or allegations of fraud; often both. He also serves as an “inside-outside” counsel, helping clients avoid or mitigate risk in the day-to-day operations of their businesses. His representative clients include public and private companies, real estate developers, investors and owners, tech entrepreneurs, family offices, hotels and banks. For some strange reason, Etan is particularly enamored with the ins and outs of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and has written and read extensively on the subject. The rest of the time, he can be seen asking his son to please stop watching videos of other people playing Fortnite and stressing out about climate change.
Etan began his legal career working as a business and securities litigator at a top 10 American Lawyer “Big Law” firm in New York. Since leaving New York for more . . . challenging sea levels, Etan has become a devotee of alternative value propositions focused on efficiency, collaboration and bespoke service (that are sometimes hard to come by in “Big Law”). Etan worked as a law clerk to a federal district court judge in Miami, where he gained an insider’s view on effective advocacy. Following his clerkship, Etan owned and was the CEO of a company that leveraged the global marketplace by outsourcing certain legal services to top attorneys and other legal service providers in India. Prior to founding MM&H, Etan was a partner at Berger Singerman’s Miami office, and was manager of the firm’s Dispute Resolution team.
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- Chambers & Partners USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, General Commercial Litigation, 2019-present
- South Florida Legal Guide: Top Up and Comer, 2016-2018; Top Lawyer, 2019-present
- Best Lawyers in America: Litigation – Real Estate, 2021-to present
- Florida’s Super Lawyers: Rising Star, 2009-2018; Super Lawyer, 2020-present
- Florida Trend, Legal Elite: 2018, Commercial Litigation; Legal Leaders, 2020
- Florida Trend, Legal Elite: Top Up and Comer, 2013, 2016, 2017
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ rated
- South Florida Business Journal: Top 40 Under 40, 2015
- Daily Business Review: Rising Stars 40 Under 40, 2013
- Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association (South Florida Chapter)
- Board of Trustees, HistoryMiami
- Treasurer, Board of Trustees, Temple Beth Sholom
- Chair, 11th Judicial Circuit Historical Society
- Leadership Miami, 2009 Graduate
- 11th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee of the Florida Bar (former Chair)
- Member of Miami Beach Bar Association
- Member, New York City Bar Association
- Berger Singerman LLP, Partner
- iDiligence, LLC – CEO
- Law Clerk to the Honorable K. Michael Moore, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Florida
- Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP – Associate (New York)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
April 27, 2020 Lawsome Podcast,
Ep 120 – Legal Reform, Fraud & Future Law
May 10, 2019 Good Law | Bad Law Podcast,
#133, “Inside The Pyramid: A Conversation With Etan Mark”
April 1, 2019 Greater Miami Jewish Federation,
2019 Annual Judicial Reception, Co-Chair
July 15, 2015 Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s 18th Annual Sunset Over Miami
July 14, 2014 CBIZ/ MHM Connections 2014,
“The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Corruption Enforcement in the U.S. and Abroad: What Does It Mean for You”
April 10, 2014 Roundtable Discussion at History Miami Museum,
“The Future of Gaming in Florida”
April 1, 2011 Construction Law Institute,
“Inadvertent Document Productions and the Threat of Attorney Disqualifications”
March 2011 Joint Association of Certified Fraud Examiner and Institute of Internal Auditors 2011 Fraud Conference,
“Corporate Investigations and E-Discovery”
ARTICLES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 7, 2020 The Daily Business Review,
“Everyone Wins With Zoom Motion Calendar (Except the Loser)”
January 15, 2020 The Daily Business Review,
“Come for the Tax Break, Stay for the Courts?”
December 2019 South Florida Business & Wealth,
“Underfunding Our Courts is Bad Policy” (pg. 81)
July 3, 2019 The Daily Business Review,
“Etan Mark Stays Steady in the Changing Tides of Legal Sea”
January 8, 2018 The Miami Herald,
“Signing a document? Proceed with caution- even if it says it’s not a contract”
October 9, 2015 South Florida Business Journal,
“PHOTOS: Greater Miami Jewish Federation draws over 500 to real estate event”
January 2012 The Florida Bar Journal,