Mark Elias NeJame

Mark NeJame is the Founder and Senior Partner of NeJame Law. Mark received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Florida and graduated with his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida, College of Law, in 1980. NeJame Law maintains its primary office in Orlando. Mark has routinely handled state and federal cases and clients throughout the U.S. He has practiced in numerous counties throughout Florida and in all 3 Florida federal district courts; the Middle, Northern and Southern. In addition to Florida, he has represented clients and handled cases in numerous other states and districts throughout the United States and the Caribbean, including cases in Georgia, Texas, Massachusetts, California, New York, Virgin Islands, New Jersey, Michigan, North Carolina, and Virginia.

For the first 25 years of his 40+ year career, Mark primarily devoted his practice to criminal defense. He developed a state and national reputation by passionately representing thousands of clients charged with essentially every type of criminal offense. Because of the demand for him and his firm to provide additional legal services, NeJame Law expanded its practice areas 17 years ago to include personal injury and civil/commercial litigation divisions, offering the same standards of excellence, reputation, negotiating, and trial skills for which he and his firm have become renowned.

NeJame Law's vibrant Personal Injury Division and team helps and represents those who have been injured in everything from vehicle accidents, to negligent security, to excessive force by law enforcement cases. Personal attention, a dedication to excellence, and a relentless pursuit for compensatory justice for those in an accident or injured are the cornerstones of the division.

The Civil and Commercial Litigation Division is similarly dedicated with the same measure of excellence to a variety of areas which includes contractual and corporate controversies, defamation, employment cases, sexual harassment, probate disputes, and multiple other matters.

Founder and Senior Partner, Mark is driven in making certain that his Firm and its team of trial attorneys provide creative, aggressive, ethical and compassionate representation in seeking the best results on behalf of its clients.

Although most of Mark's and the firm’s cases involve regular people and their families who find themselves hurt, accused, or needing help with a legal challenge, Mark has handled innumerable high profile and media cases throughout his career and is highly regarded as a media expert and legal analyst. Clients have included lawyers, entertainers, judges, professionals, celebrities, professional athletes, congresspeople, politicians, high ranking law enforcement officials and renowned business people. The majority of such cases often are kept off the public radar and become resolved quietly. A small number of others either necessitate public exposure or proper handling with the media. With his vast media experience, as well as his substantial legal background, Mark has often been called The Fixer as he has vast experience knowing how to navigate and strategize a case and his clients through issues, landmines, adversaries, and the media.

Among the many awards and accolades, Mark NeJame has been honored to receive are:

1. NeJame Law was selected in the Orlando Business Journal annual reader's poll as The Best Law Firm in Orlando Central Florida.

2. For decades Mark has been recognized in the Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys, which acknowledges but a small number of the leading lawyers in the United States.

3. Mark is an AV rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating given by the organization, which is a nationally recognized attorney rating service. This ranking is the top ranking for both legal skills and ethics.

4. Orlando Leisure Magazine has listed Mark NeJame among Orlando's Best Lawyers.

5. Mark has also been recognized in the prestigious Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite as one of the best attorneys in Florida.

6. He has been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, being referred to as "Orlando's Own Johnny Cochran", " The Power Worthy", "Defender is a Contender", "Orlando Power Couple", and the "Voice for the Voiceless".

7. Mark NeJame has been named among Orlando's 50 Most Powerful People for multiple years in Orlando Magazine's Most Powerful annual list.

8. Dedicated to service to others, Mark has been very active in a variety of civil, charity and political functions, having hosted multiple charitable and political events.

9. Mark is co-founder and intimately involved, along with his wife, with Runway to Hope, a charity that provides assistance, research, help and support to children with pediatric cancer and their families. Runway to Hope has raised over $10,000,00 for pediatric cancer patients, has been voted multiple times as The Best Charity Event of the Year in different publications

10. Along with his wife, Josie, they received the Award for Excellence in Fundraising by a Nonprofit, by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) in Runway to Hope’s first year.

11. Mark and Josie were also awarded Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy by AFP in a later year.

12. Mark was contracted as a Legal Analyst and Commentator for both CNN and HLN (HeadLine News), speaking frequently to a national and international audience on the major national cases of the day.

13. At various times, because of Mark’s reputation as a legal and media expert, Mark was also a Legal Analyst and providing legal commentary for WKMG(CBS affiliate), WFTV(ABC affiliate), and Central Florida News 13.

14. Being recognized as Humanitarian of the Year by Onyx Magazine, Florida’s largest circulated magazine to the African-American community, is among Mark’s most treasured awards.

15. Frequently sought out as a legal speaker, lecturer and commentator Mark has been recognized and awarded by numerous organizations. He has been a featured speaker for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Association of Black Narcotics Officers, innumerable other law enforcement groups, the Florida Private Investigators Association and numerous other associations.

16. In addition to the previous regular appearances on CNN and HLN, Mark has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Morning Show, Anderson Cooper 360, Piers Morgan Show, The Canadian News Network (CBC), Nancy Grace Show, The Dr. Phil Show, Dr. Drew Show, MSNBC, FOX News, Joy Behar Show, Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell, Geraldo Rivera, Studio B with Shepard Smith, Inside Edition, Greta van Susteren, Court TV, TruTv, as well others, and a variety of ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox national and local news segments and outlets.

17. Mark had been nominated on two separate occasions as an Emmy Nominee. Along with the rest of the WKMG new team, he provided ongoing legal analysis and commentary on the Casey Anthony trial. He has recently been co-nominated for a heart rendering video that was produced for Runway to Hope.

18. A graduate of Edgewater High School, Mark was selected to join its Hall of Fame.

19. Mark has regularly been interviewed or featured in a variety of news publications and magazines, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, People Magazine, The Atlantic, the New Yorker, the New York Post, as well as numerous others.

20. Because of his legal expertise Mark had been invited as a guest instructor, for over 20 years, teaching law enforcement professionals courtroom and legal strategies and the law.