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4.7 /5.0
21 Client Reviews
$ 275-375 per hour
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Christopher Todd Marks
also known as Todd Marks
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About Christopher
Biography
Thankful for life, liberty, and happiness.
Mr. Marks uses his personal and professional business, legal, and government experience to assist his clients with transactions in business and in residential and commercial real estate. Mr. Marks regularly drafts contracts and agreements.
As the managing attorney, Mr. Marks works closely with an associate attorney at the firm who is board certified in marital and family law and Mr. Marks is experienced in divorce, timesharing, and custody issues as well as domestic violence cases. He uses his business and litigation experience to assist family law clients to shed light on these issues in family law cases. Mr. Marks has drafted numerous premarital agreements between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and post-marital agreements.
Mr. Marks founded Westchase Law, P.A. and Westchase Title, LLC in Tampa, Florida and attended the George Mason School of Law.
While in law school, Mr. Marks graded on to the Law Review and served as the Symposium Editor before practicing in Virginia and in Washington, D.C. where he practiced in the emerging companies and commercial real estate practice groups at a prominent law firm and gained experience at another multi-state law firm in commercial litigation while he developed a general practice which included estate planning and other business law matters.
His experience also includes real estate closings and disputes, commercial leases, commercial litigation, corporate formation and transactions, estate planning (including wills, revocable living trusts, and power of attorney documents), probate, defamation litigation, and business law.
Mr. Marks serves on the Board of the Westchase Charitable Foundation and has served on the Board of Church at the Bay.
We provide quality legal services in a consistently ethical, timely & cost-effective manner.
Practice Areas
5
Practice Areas
Divorce and Separation
35%
20 years
Wills and Living Wills
20%
25 years
Contracts and Agreements
15%
25 years
Litigation
15%
25 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
Hourly Rates
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
Awards
2013
Licenses
Licensed in Florida for 20 years
State: Florida
Acquired: 2006
No misconduct found
Licensed in District of Columbia for 23 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
Licensed in Virginia for 24 years
State: Virginia
Acquired: 2001
No misconduct found
Location
Westchase Law, P.A.
(813) 214-6969
Mobile
12029 Whitmarsh Lane, Tampa, FL, 33626-1737
westchaselaw.comOnline Presence
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Christopher Todd Marks's Reviews
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Practice Areas
Real Estate (6)
Divorce & Separation (4)
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Child Custody (2)
Foreclosure (2)
Business (1)
Child Support (1)
Contracts & Agreements (1)
Debt Settlement (1)
Estate Planning (1)
Family (1)
Landlord & Tenant (1)
Marriage & Prenuptials (1)
Partnership (1)
Power Of Attorney (1)
Residential (1)
Wills & Living Wills (1)
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Case Results (12)
Recommendation (9)
Practice Area Knowledge (8)
Advocacy (7)
Cost of Services (6)
Professionalism (6)
General Knowledge (4)
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Staff & Support (4)
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Showing 6 - 8 of 8 reviews | Practice Area Knowledge
Posted by Shane | June 11, 2012 | Estate Planning
Prompt Estate Planning
Mr. Marks and his team prepared several documents for my wife and I as part of an Estate Planning package. The documents consisted of our Last Will, Living Will & Designation of Health Care Surrogates, and Power of Attorney. This was easily conducted via email by completing questionnaires, with the f...
Posted by Joe | February 18, 2019 | Divorce & Separation
Poor legal services
Poor legal services! Westchase Law did not represent myself in my legal manners as they were paid to do. They were not prepared for trial and the attorney that was handling case Kelly Husk Albanese, does not understand family law, or the process. I believe I was her first family law case. When I orig...
Christopher Marks
Replied last February 18, 2019A lawyer’s duty to keep client confidences has few exceptions and in an abundance of caution I am not at liberty to respond in a point by point fashion in this forum. Suffice it to say that I do not believe that the post presents a fair and accurate picture of the events. Thank you.
Posted by anonymous | March 14, 2013 | Divorce & Separation
The Worst Experience of My Life
She left his firm. He would not tell me where she went. I was left hanging with no real answers. I sat in his office and through my tears could see 4 cell phones on his desk. He kept trying to answer all of them. I felt like I did not matter. People were coming and going from the office and in...
Christopher Marks
Replied last April 26, 2013The reviews that I have received through the years on AVVO or otherwise include at least first names. This does not. The first paragraph of this "review" is telling as to its authenticity. This sounds much like that of a disgruntled former colleague. It is a modern day advantage that individuals who masquerade as legitimate former clients while maligning others professionally while hiding behind a keyboard may be discoverable by their IP address. Beyond that I would like to briefly address this piece of fictional writing: I do not own four "cell phones" and make it a policy to not review my mobile phone during client meetings. In the number of years in which I have practiced in Florida, my children have rarely been to my office and certainly are not permitted to roam freely. We are not permitted by the Florida Bar to hold ourselves out as "experts". I have not had a problem addressing concerns of "military divorce" clients. I do not have a "Partner", so this statement is false. We do not yell at each other in our office. Quite the contrary, we engage internally and externally in a respectful manner so that we do not harm our clients by unnecessarily inflaming the situation. No client has ever been denied a meeting with me personally. I will find out the true author of this post and respond accordingly. Thank you for taking the time to read my brief response.
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Experience
Work Experience
2006 - Present
Managing Attorney, Westchase Law, P.A.
2001 - 2005
Associate Attorney, Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge
Associations
Florida Bar Association
Member
Virginia State Bar Association
Member
District of Columbia Bar Association
Member
Federal Bar Association
Member
American Bankruptcy Institute
Member
Education
2001
George Mason University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1996
University of Cincinnati
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2019
Inn of Court
An Attorneys' Perspective on Running for Elected Office
Languages
English
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