While in law school, Mr. Mari served as an Articles Editor for the Florida Law Review. He also served as a Teaching Assistant for Legal Research & Writing, Appellate Advocacy, and Trial Practice and earned the Pro Bono Project Certificate of Excellence. Mr. Mari is a member of the Order of the Coif. Prior to joining Roper, P.A., Mr. Mari served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable G. Kendall Sharp, Senior United States District Judge, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

• Federal Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association, Orlando Chapter

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Obtained final summary judgment, complete exclusion of plaintiff’s prospective expert witness, and an award of attorney’s fees in favor of a municipal defendant and four police officer defendants in an alleged excessive force lawsuit. Sapp v. Marcum, 2023 WL 4405606 (M.D. Fla. 2023).
• Obtained final summary judgment, which was affirmed on appeal, in favor of a community development district on a 42 U.S.C. § 1981 retaliation claim brought by a former management contractor. Elite Amenities, Inc. v. Julington Creek Plantation Community Development District, 784 F. App’x 750 (11th Cir. 2019).
• Obtained dismissal with prejudice, which was affirmed on appeal following oral argument and a petition for rehearing en banc, in favor of a government employee with respect to claims for First Amendment retaliation brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.  Wall-DeSousa v. Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, 691 F. App’x 584 (11th Cir. 2017).
• Obtained final summary judgment, which was affirmed on appeal, in favor of two community development districts with respect to numerous plaintiffs’ failure-to-accommodate claims brought under the Fair Housing Act and Title II of the ADA.  Schwarz, et al. v. The Village Center Community Development District, et al., 672 F. App’x 981 (11th Cir. 2017).
• Obtained final summary judgment, which was affirmed on appeal, in favor of county emergency medical personnel on failure-to-treat claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.  Boynton v. City of Tallahassee, et al., 650 F. App’x 654 (11th Cir. 2016).
• Obtained injunctive relief, which was affirmed on appeal, in favor of a town commissioner who would otherwise have been the subject of an improperly-initiated recall election.  Gibson v. Kesterson, 188 So. 3d 125 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).

A complete list of Mr. Mari’s reported cases is available upon request.