Mark A. Hanley

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Practice Area

Labor & Employment

Practice Profile

Mark has practiced labor relations and employment law since 1982. He has extensive experience in litigating class action and single plaintiff suits brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. He also handles whistleblower and retaliation claims. Mark is a frequent lecturer on a local, state, and national level on all areas of labor and employment law. He has also helped author numerous articles on labor and employment law. He is a former adjunct professor at Stetson University College of Law, where he taught the Advanced Employment Discrimination Seminar. Mark has served as Chairman of several local bar committees, including the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Fee Arbitration Committee, 13-F Grievance Committee and Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.

Education

  • Stetson University College of Law, J.D. cum laude (Stetson Law Review), 1980
  • Ball State University, M.B.A., 1982
  • University of Florida, B.S.B.A. with high honors (Banking and Finance), 1978

Professional Recognition

  • AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Tampa Employment Law - Management
    Lawyer of the Year
  • Chambers USA, Labor & Employment
  • The Florida Circuit-Civil Mediators Society (Mediation Calendar)
  • Florida Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor (Florida Top 100 List)
  • Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite, Labor & Employment and Mediation
  • Tampa Bay Magazine's Tampa Bay's Top Lawyers
  • U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms, Employment Law

Certification

  • Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Labor & Employment Law
  • Certified Circuit Court Mediator
  • Certified District Court Mediator for the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida

Bar Admissions

  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Selected Professional and Civic Activities

  • Bright Horizons (Past Board Member)
  • Catholic Charities (Past Board Member)
  • Exchange Club (Past Board Member)
  • Hyde Park United Methodist Church (Past Lay Leader)
  • Labor and Employment Law Certification Grade Review Panel
  • Leadership Tampa, Class of 1992
  • Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind (Past Board Member)
  • The Children's Home (Past Board Member)
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida (Past Law Clerk to Chief Judge George C. Young) 
  • University of Tampa, Board of Counselors and Board of Trustees (Past President, President-Elect, Trustee)

Publications

  • Mark A. Hanley, Contributing Author, Thompson's HR Employment Forms, Thompson Publishing Group Rev. 3rd Ed. (2008).
  • Mark A. Hanley, Judicial Review of NCAA Decisions: Does the College Athlete Have a Property Interest in Interscholastic Athletics?. 10 Stetson L. Rev. 483 (1981).
  • Mark A. Hanley, A Personal Right to Exclusion - A Criticism of U.S. v. Calandra, 9 Stetson L. Rev. 309 (1980).