Orlando Criminal
Defense Attorney
Mark E. NeJame
Criminal defense attorney Mark NeJame was born in Orlando,
Florida, in 1955. In 1976 he received his Bachelors Degree from
the University of Florida and graduated with his Juris Doctorate
in 1980. He is admitted to the Florida Bar the same year; to the
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida in 1982; to the
Florida Supreme Court in 1984; to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh
Circuit in 1991; and to the U.S. District Court, Northern District
of Florida in 2005. Mark NeJame has practiced criminal
defense law in the U.S. District Court - Southern District of
Florida, U.S. District Court - Northern District of Florida, District
Courts in Georgia, N. Carolina, New York, Texas, and Michigan.
Mark has devoted his whole attorney career to the criminal defense practice.
His reputation has been achieved over 25 years representing clients with
tough cases.
Mark’s experience as a criminal defense attorney has been
honored by different criminal defense associations. Mark was appointed
Vice-President 1994-1995 and President 1996-1997 by the Central Florida
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Martindale Hubbell, the Bar Register
of Preeminent Attorneys, rated Mark AV, the highest possible rating given.
Mark is also listed in the National Register of Who’s Who in Executives
and Professionals.
Defense Attorney Mark NeJame practices criminal law and his reported
cases are as follows:
* State vs. Richard Kelly Hysell, 596 So.2d
866 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990)
* State vs. John Wayne Joiner, 682 So.2d 704
(5th DCA 1996)
* Polakoff Bail Bonds vs. Orange County,
634 So.2d 1083 (Fla. 1994)
* State vs. David Lee Richardson, 625 So.2d
967 (5th 1993)
* State vs. Argelo Cruz, 582 So.2d 20 (5th
DCA 1991)
* Sheldon Polakoff vs. Department of Insurance,
551 So.2d 1223 (1st 1989)
* Willie Bell, Jr. vs. Dept. of Health and
Rehabilitative Services, 487 So.2d 1198 (5th 1986)
* U.S. vs. Houser, 70 F.30 87 (C.A.11 (FLA)
1995)
* U.S. vs. Harper 972 F.2d 321 (C.A.11 (FLA)
1992)
* Watkins vs. State, 705 So.2d 938 Fla. App.
5th DCA. 1998
MEMBER:
* Orange County Bar Association - the Judicial
Relations Committee, 1992
* Florida Bar - Criminal Law Section and the Forfeiture
Committee, 1994
* Central Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
* Academy of Trial Lawyers Association
* National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
* Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
* Association of Trial Lawyers of America
* Bail Bond Committee
* Downtown Strategic Transition Team
* Orange County Jail Oversight Committee: Past President
Central Florida Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
LECTURER:
* Florida Police Chief’s Association
* Central Florida Intra-Agency Detectives (for over
17 years)
* Federal Sentencing Guideline Seminar
* Panelist on Public Television, Court TV
* Orange County Sheriffs’s Office Drug Unit:
Guest Speaker
* Frequent interviewee on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliates
* Featured in profile Orlando Sentinel “Defender
is a Contender”
* Panelist on public television on "Ask a Lawyer"
* Guest speaker for the FBI regarding Arab-American
issues regarding the FBI in San Antonio.
PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal Law.
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