Martin L. Garcia
Of Counsel

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Since 1999 Martin has been Of-Counsel to the law firm. From 1986 until 1999, he was a partner in the trial department and tried over 50 cases to jury verdict in both federal and state courts.His cases included contract, tort, civil rights and civil RICO law. He left the full-time practice of law to start a real estate investment firm culminating in the sale of his real estate investment portfolio to a publicly traded REIT in a $110 Million transaction. He is currently the founder and managing director of Pinehill Capital Partners, a private investment firm.

Martin's legal related activities include service of the following: President of both the Tampa-Bay and Florida chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Chairman of the Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar, member of the Board of Governors of the Florida Bar and member of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission. He currently serves on the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission. In 1995, he was awarded the Michael A. Fogarty Pro Bono Service "In-The-Trenches" Award by the Hillsborough County Bar Association. The Florida Bar honored him with the President's Award of Merit in 1999. The George Edgecomb Bar Association honored him in 2008 with the Founders Award.

Martin has served on the board of the following public companies: Mid-American Waste Systems, Inc. (NYSE) 1995-1997, Plan Vista Corp. (NYSE) 2001 to 2003, and Education Management Corp (NASDAQ) 2003-to 2006. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE), where he is chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. His public company board service has also included serving as chairman of the audit and compensation committees.

Martin is active at Wake Forest University where he has served on the Board of Trustees of the University and chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Law School. He founded in 2004 the Garcia Family Foundation, which awards scholarships to underprivileged students and supports mentoring programs for underprivileged children.

PRACTICE AREAS:
EDUCATION:

University of South Florida, 1978 (B.A., Accounting)

  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Beta Alpha Psi

Wake Forest University, 1981 (J.D.)

  • Order of the Barristers
  • Moot Court Board
  • Member of the National Moot Court Team
  • Winner of the Mugel National Moot Court Tax Competition
BAR MEMBERSHIPS:

The Florida Bar

COURT ADMISSIONS:

All Florida State Courts

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND ASSOCIATIONS:

Member, Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Committee

Member, Hillsborough Education Foundation

Board of Directors

AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by the Florida Bar Association, 1989-1999

Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Civil Trial Advocacy, 1989-1999

President, Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 1993

President, Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 1991

Chairman, Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar Association, 1995

Member, Board of Governors of the Florida Bar Association, 1994 to 1998

Member, Executive Council of the Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar Association, 1989-1996

Member, Executive Council of the Trial Lawyers Section of Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1988-1991

Fellow, American Bar Foundation of the American Bar Association

Member, Board of Directors of Education Management Corp. (NASDAQ), 2003 to 2006

Member, Board of Directors of Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE), 1998 to present

Member, Board of Directors of Plan Vista Corp. (NYSE), 2001 to 2003

Member, Board of Directors of Mid-American Waste Systems, Inc. (NYSE), 1995-1997

Member, Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University, 2003 to 2007

Chairman, Board of Visitors of Wake Forest University School of Law, 2002 to 2003

Member, Board of Visitors of Wake Forest University School of Law, 1997 to present

Member, Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, 2000-2006

Member, Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission, 2005 to present

1995 recipient of the Michael A. Fogarty Pro Bono Service "In-The-Trenches" Award given annually by the Hillsborough County Bar Association in recognition of professional skills that have brought honor to the legal profession

1999 recipient of the Florida Bar Association's President's Award of Merit given annually by the Florida Bar Association in recognition of leadership and public service to the legal profession

2008 recipient of the George Edgecomb Bar Association's Founders Award given annually in recognition of promoting ethnic diversity in the legal profession for the benefit of African Americans

PUBLICATIONS, NEWS & EVENTS:
  • Co-Author: "Joint Tort Feasor Liability: Inconsistencies and Inequities of Florida Law", 63 Florida Bar Journal 6, 1989
  • Co-Author: "Consideration of Employer's Financial Resources in Vicarious Liability Actions for Punitive Damages," 68 Florida Bar Journal 2, 1994
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