Scott Konopka

Shareholder

Stuart

• Tel (772) 221-7757
• Fax (772) 781-6886
• Email: skonopka@pm-law.com
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Admitted to Practice

Education

• J.D., with honors, University of Florida College of Law
• B.A. (English & Russian), University of Florida

Scott W. Konopka is a shareholder with Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, and an experienced trial attorney who practices in the areas of Complex Commercial and Business Litigation with an emphasis on fraud and insurance disputes, securities and brokers’ litigation, real estate and construction litigation, as well as trust and estate disputes.  Scott is a Martindale Hubble AV-rated attorney, and recognized as a Rising Star in the field of Business Litigation by Florida SuperLawyers® magazine in 2009.  In addition to his local practice, Scott frequently travels throughout the state of Florida representing the Firm’s clients, including nationally known pharmaceutical companies, athletic corporations, local businesses and entrepreneurs, and county governments.  Working alongside the firm’s founding members Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, Scott started his legal career at Gunster Yoakley & Stewart before leaving to found Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose’s Stuart office in 2000.  In 2002, Scott became a shareholder with the Firm. His passion for the court room is rooted in his love of competition and problem solving.  Whether he is working as a trial lawyer for a Fortune 500 company, or negotiating a dispute for local business owners, Scott and the Firm’s other attorneys are focused on the end result, using timely, creative and workable legal strategies and solutions for the benefit of the Firm’s clients.

• Board Member, Rupert J. Smith Law Library, 2011- Present
• Member, Grievance Committee, 19^th Judicial Circuit, Florida, 2009 – 2010
• Member, Rotary International, Stuart Chapter, District 6930, 2005 – Present
• Member, Executive Board, Justice Major B. Harding American Inns of Court (19th Judicial Circuit), 2006 – Present
• Member, American Inns of Court, 2004 – Present
• Immediate Past President, Martin County Bar Association, 2010-2011
• President, Martin County Bar Association, 2009-2010
• Vice President, Martin County Bar Association, 2008 – 2009
• Treasurer, Martin County Bar Association, 2007 – 2008
• Secretary, Martin County Bar Association, 2006 – 2007
• Chairman, Trial Lawyers Committee, Martin County Bar Association, 2005 – 2007
• Chairman, Social Committee, Martin County Bar Association, 2004 – 2005

• Florida Trend’s Legal Elite (2011)
• Martindale-Hubbell AV-Rated, January 1, 2008 – Present
• Rising Star (Business Litigation), Florida Super Lawers (2009)
• Order of Coif, University of Florida College of Law
• Book Award, Environmental Law, University of Florida College of Law
• Book Award, International Law, University of Florida College of Law
• Dean’s List, University of Florida
• Phi Beta Kappa, University of Florida
• Phi Delta Theta Scholarship, University of Florida
• Fellow, Criminal Law Council of Ten, University of Florida
• Sigma Tau Delta National English Honor Society, University of Florida

• Developments in Commercial Litigation, Florida Bar, 2000 – 2001

• Company Claims It Was Driven Out of Business By Dreams, by Adolfo Pesquera, Daily Business Review, Palm Beach edition, Vol. 57, No. 180, June 23, 2011
• Martin County Judge to Decide if Airport Lawsuit Should be Given Class-Action Status, by Melissa E. Holsman, TCPalm, December 1, 2009
• Learn Your Legal Rights on Series of MCTV Programs this Fall, by R.J. Harrington, TCPalm, August 28, 2009
• Test-Drive Your New Home, by Nicholas Yulico, TheStreet.com, April 12, 2007
• Scott Konopka Wins Important Ruling on behalf of clients in USDC Southern District of Florida

• Century Land Development, L.P. v. Weits, 2009 WL 252091 (S.D.Fla. 2009)
• State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Steinberg, 2003 WL 25730505 (S.D.Fla. 2003)

• Associate, Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A