Attorney Profiles

Mark Thompson is a Senior Vice President of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin and serves on the firm's Board of Directors and Associate Compensation Committee. He is also the Regional Managing Partner of the four Florida offices with responsibility for all practice groups, more than 40 attorneys and over 50 managers, paralegals and support staff throughout the state. 

Mark's legal practice is focused in the areas of corporate, premises and products liability defense with particular emphasis in the theme park and brewing industries. During his career, Mark has defended a variety of clients in high profile and complex cases. For almost 20 years, throughout Florida and other jurisdictions, he has had the privilege of representing the former Anheuser-Busch Companies, now operating independently as Anheuser-Busch InBev and SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment. 

AV rated by Martindale-Hubble and recognized in 2006 and again in 2007 as a Florida Super Lawyer, Mark is admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He has tried cases in county, circuit and federal courts and argued before the District Courts of Appeal. In 2010 he represented a client testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington , D.C.   

A graduate of the University of Florida , Mark worked as an insurance adjuster for two years before starting law school. As a law student, he made the Dean's List and was elected to membership of The American Journal of Trial Advocacy where he authored "Protective Orders: Sword and Shield in the War of Discovery" 12:3 The American Journal of Trial Advocacy (Summer 1989). Mark was also active in both moot court and mock trial competitions before graduating from the Cumberland School of Law in 1989.    

After graduating law school, Mark joined the defense litigation firm of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell where he was a partner and practiced for 12 years. In 2001, Mark joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin assuming management of the firm's Orlando office. His responsibilities were increased in 2004 when he was appointed head of the state's casualty practice group and again in 2006 when he was appointed regional managing partner for the four Florida offices. In 2008 Mark was elected by his fellow shareholders to serve on the firm's 9 member Board of Directors.