Mark Tinker is Board Certified in Appellate Practice with The Florida Bar—a status earned by less than two-tenths of one percent of all Florida lawyers—and as a former Chair of the Appellate Practice Board Certification Committee, currently serves as an appellate certified member of the Board of Legal Specialization and Education. Mark maintains an AV Preeminent® distinction, the highest available mark for professional excellence issued by Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review Ratings, and he is annually rated by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America® for Appellate Practice, as one of Florida’s appellate Super Lawyers®, and as one of the Nation’s Top Attorneys (Top One Percent) by The National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

Mark is distinguished for heading appeals with industry-wide impact, and he has practiced before the United States Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court, all six of Florida’s District Courts of Appeal, and the Federal Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. With over 22 years of experience, he has been lead counsel in more than 850 appellate matters and has presented over 170 oral arguments in the Florida Supreme Court, all Florida District Courts of Appeal, and the Federal Eleventh Circuit.

In conjunction with his appellate practice, Mark has extensive experience analyzing insurance coverage issues involving property and homeowner’s, personal and commercial auto, commercial general liability, inland marine, directors and officers, errors and omissions, and professional liability policies and certificates. Mark is recognized as a Top-Rated Lawyer in Insurance Law® by Martindale-Hubbell, and he is annually rated as one of The Best Lawyers in America® for insurance law, as well as one of Florida’s insurance law Super Lawyers®.

Mark obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester, with a concentration in Psychology, then earned his Juris Doctorate cum laude from Stetson University College of Law. While attending law school, Mark was selected to the prestigious position of Executive Editor of the Stetson Law Review and received awards for achieving the highest grades in Appellate Practice, Florida Civil Practice, Remedies, Torts II, Research and Writing I, and Research and Writing II. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and the St. Petersburg Bar Association.

Outside work, Mark enjoys physical fitness, travel, food, and virtually anything involving nature and/or animals.