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- EMIL C. "MARK" MARQUARDT, JR.
- MARQUARDT, JR., EMIL C. "MARK"
- Position: Shareholder, Board of Directors
- Past Firm Chairman
- Practice Areas: Health Care, Real Estate, Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning, Business & Corporate, Auto Dealership
- Telephone: 727-444-1402
- Office: Clearwater
- Email: ecm@macfar.com
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EMIL C. "MARK" MARQUARDT, JR.
| Practice Areas |
Health Care
![]() Real Estate ![]() Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning ![]() Business & Corporate ![]() Auto Dealership |
| Special Areas | Purchase and Sale of Auto Dealerships |
| Practice Emphasis | Health Care, Hospitals, Nursing Home, Ambulatory Care, Home Health Agencies, Physicians, Regulatory Issues, Real Estate Transactions, Estate Planning |
| Education |
Duke University Law School, 1965
![]() University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1962 |
| Court Admissions |
All Florida State Courts
![]() U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida ![]() U.S. Supreme Court |
| Bar and Professional Memberships |
The Florida Bar (Health Care Section)
![]() Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar,1974-1976 ![]() Governor's Task Force on Medical Malpractice, 1986 ![]() Clearwater Bar Association ![]() American Academy of Health Care Attorneys ![]() Florida Academy of Health Care Attorneys (Past President) |
| Community Activities and Memberships |
Chairman, Pinellas County Health Facilities Authority
![]() Director, Habitat of Pinellas ![]() Director, Community Service Foundation ![]() Board, Madonna Ptak Center for Alzheimer's Research ![]() BayCare Monitoring Committee ![]() Finance Committee and Planning Committee, Catholic Diocese of St.Petersburg |
| Related Experience |
Attorney, Office of Economic Opportunity (1965)
![]() Captain, Air Force Judge Advocate (1966-69) |
| Accomplishments |
Listed among Tampa Bay's Top Lawyers by Tampa Bay Magazine
![]() AV Preeminent Peer Rating |

- J. MATT MARQUARDT
- MARQUARDT, J. MATT
- Position: Shareholder, Co-Chair Legal Recruiting
- Practice Areas: Business & Corporate
- Telephone: 727-444-1419
- Office: Clearwater
- Email: jmm@macfar.com
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J. MATT MARQUARDT
| Practice Areas |
Business & Corporate
![]() Real Estate ![]() Banking |
| Practice Emphasis | Mergers & Acquisitions; Representing Lenders; Representing Developers |
| Education |
University of Florida School of Law, J.D., 1993
![]() Princeton University, A.B., English Literature, 1990 |
| Court Admissions |
All Florida State Courts
![]() U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida |
| Bar and Professional Memberships |
The Florida Bar (Business Litigation Section)
![]() Clearwater Bar Association |
| Representative Cases |
Cases Acquisitions of numerous businesses including hospitals, automobile and boat dealerships, and office imaging companies![]() Acquisitions of real estate for single and multi-tenant commercial development ![]() General corporate planning |
| Community Activities and Memberships |
YMCA of Clearwater Board Member
![]() West Pinellas Little League |

- JAMES ADDISON MARTIN JR.
- MARTIN, JAMES ADDISON, JR.
- Position: Shareholder, Board of Directors
- Vice President, Clearwater Office 2006
- Practice Areas: Labor & Employment, Medical Malpractice, Business Litigation
- Telephone: 727-444-1408
- Office: Clearwater
- Email: jam@macfar.com
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JAMES ADDISON MARTIN JR.
| Practice Areas |
Labor & Employment
![]() Medical Malpractice ![]() Business Litigation |
| Education |
Emory University, J.D., with high honors, 1973
![]() Masters of Arts, Brown University, 1972 ![]() Duke University, B.A., 1967 |
| Court Admissions |
All Florida State Courts
![]() U.S. District Court, All Districts in Florida and Texas ![]() U.S. Court of Appeals -- 11th and 5th Circuits ![]() U.S. Supreme Court ![]() U.S. District Courts in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma ![]() U.S. Court of Claims |
| Bar and Professional Memberships |
The Florida Bar
![]() Clearwater Bar Association ![]() American Bar Association ![]() American Board Of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the Tampa Bay Chapter of ABOTA ![]() American Health Lawyers Assoc (former Board Member) ![]() Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys (President 2006-2008, Secretary 2003-2006) ![]() American Hospital Association ![]() American Health Lawyers ![]() Florida Society of Healthcare Risk Managers ![]() Licensed Risk Manager (State of Florida) ![]() Morton Plant Mease Health Care, Inc. – Board Member |
| Community Activities and Memberships |
Board Member, PACT Foundation for Ruth Eckerd Hall
![]() Morton F. Plant Hospital Foundation, including Chairman ![]() Family Service Center (Former Chairman) ![]() Chairborne Rangers ![]() Chapel By the Sea (former Board Member) ![]() Florida Fellowship of Community Churches (former Chairman) ![]() Kiwanis Club of Springtime City |
| Related Experience |
Wrote book entitled: "The Nomination and Rejection of G. Harold Carswell to the United States Supreme Court"
![]() Instrument rated, multi-engine commercial pilot with over 5,000 flight hours ![]() Senior Clerk for The Honorable Paul H. Roney, Judge, United States Court of Appeals (1973-74) |
| Accomplishments |
Listed among Tampa Bay's Top Lawyers by Tampa Bay Magazine
![]() Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2008 – 2011 ![]() Recognized as one of "Florida's Top Lawyers" 2008 - 2011 ![]() Florida Trend's Legal Elite 2010 - 2011 ![]() AV Preeminent Peer Rating AV rated since 1988 |

- NANCY S. PAIKOFF
- PAIKOFF, NANCY S.
- Position: Shareholder
- Co-Chair Legal Recruiting
- Practice Areas: Health Care, Medical Malpractice Defense, Appellate
- Telephone: 727-444-1407
- Office: Clearwater
- Email: nsp@macfar.com
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NANCY S. PAIKOFF
| Practice Emphasis | Health Law, Appellate, Trial Practice |
| Education |
Stetson University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 1990
![]() Northwestern University, B.S., Journalism, 1983 |
| Court Admissions |
All Florida State Courts
![]() U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit ![]() U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida |
| Bar and Professional Memberships |
The Florida Bar (Health Law, Appellate Sections)
![]() Clearwater Bar Association ![]() American Health Lawyers Association |
| Community Activities and Memberships |
Temple Ahavat Shalom (President 2001-2003)
![]() Member, BayCare Pasco-Pinellas Institutional Review Board ![]() Alumnus, Leadership Pinellas ![]() Member of the Florida Holocaust Museum Leadership Council |
| Accomplishments |
AV Preeminent Peer Rating |

- DAVID R. PHILLIPS
- PHILLIPS, DAVID R.
- Position: Associate
- Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense, Health Care Law, Business & Corporate
- Telephone: 727-444-1409
- Office: Clearwater
- Email: drp@macfar.com
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DAVID R. PHILLIPS
| Practice Areas | Business & Corporate Health Care Law Medical Malpractice Defense |
| Education | Florida State University, J.D., 2009 ![]() Stanford University, B.S., 2004 |
| Court Admissions | All Florida State Courts ![]() U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida |
| Bar and Professional Memberships | The Florida Bar ![]() Clearwater Bar Association |
| Community Activities and Memberships |
Leadership Pinellas, Class of 2012 ![]() Clearwater Free Clinic, Board of Directors ![]() Skip Cline Society, Membership Committee |
