Stephen C. Page

Shareholder

Stuart

• Tel (772) 221-7757
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• E-mail: spage@pm-law.com
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Admitted to Practice

• Florida

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Stetson Law School
• B.S., with distinction, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Stephen C. Page is one of the founding shareholders of the Firm. For twenty-three years, Steve practiced with the Firm of Gunster, Yoakley, & Stewart, P.A., and for a number of years served as Chairman of its Executive Committee, leaving to found Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose in February 2000.  Steve was selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law, Florida’s Legal Elite, and Florida SuperLawyers magazine in the areas of Business Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation.  Steve routinely represents the Firm’s clients in both state and federal courts, as well as representing clients in arbitrations, mediations, and before administrative panels.  Steve practices in the areas of Complex Commercial and Business Litigation with an emphasis on Probate Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Land Use Disputes, Securities Litigation and Professional Malpractice Defense.  Steve routinely serves as a general counselor to a number of corporations and real estate developers.  His extensive experience representing several of the Firm’s largest corporate clients, includes representation of several national pharmaceutical companies in their intellectual property, trade secrets, and product liability disputes in both state and federal courts throughout the country.  Over the years, Steve’s practice has encompassed the defense and prosecution of numerous claims on behalf of the firm’s financial institution clients, as well as representing several of the Firm’s high-net worth clients in trust and estate disputes.  A resident of Stuart for over 30 years, Steve has been, and remains, an active member of the Martin County business and legal community.  When not at work, Steve and his wife enjoy boating and fishing in the Sailfish Capital of the World.

• Served as special counsel toMartinCountyon numerous matters, including land use disputes, from 1983 to the present.
• Represented national pharmaceutical companies in both state and federal proceedings concerning intellectual property (patent and trademark infringement) and trade secrets disputes, licensing disputes, product disputes, and FDA approval proceedings.
• Represented national athletic company in multi-million dollar patent and trade secrets dispute.
• Routinely represents clients in business disputes involving shareholder, corporate dissolutions and non-compete clauses.
• Routinely represents national and state financial institutions, including the RTC, in various disputes.
• Represents Firm clients in probate and trust disputes throughout Florida.
• Successfully settled several multi-million dollar trust and estate disputes for one of the Firm’s high-net worth clients.
• Successfully represented foreign international company in multi-million dollar contract, licensing, and intellectual property dispute in federal court.
• Routinely represents developers, including recent representation of developers of large projects in many different kinds of disputes.
• Successfully prosecuted claims on behalf of one of the largest cement companies in the United States in state environmental litigation involving groundwater contamination.

• Member, Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, Appointed by United States District Court Judge Marino, Southern District of Florida, 2011-Present
• Past Member, Martin County Economic Council
• Past Member, Martin County Chamber of Commerce
• Past Chairman, Fourth District Court of Appeal Liaison Committee for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
• Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Member, American Bar Association, General Practice Section
• Past Executive Committee, The Florida Bar, General Practice and Small Firm Section Member, Orange Bowl Committee, 1989-present
• Past Chairman, General Practice and Small Firm Committees of the Florida Bar Association (Various)
• Past President, Martin County Bar Association
• Past Chairman, Martin County Bar Association Trial Lawyers’ Committee
• Past Chairman, Law Day Committee, Martin County Bar Association
• Past Vice President, Martin County Bar Association
• Past Secretary, Martin County Bar Association
• Past Treasurer, Martin County Bar Association
• Member, Executive Committee, Circuit Court Civil Practice Committee
• Past Chairman, Florida Bar, Law Office Management Advisory Service
• Past Chairman, Florida Bar, General Practice Section
• Past Member and Chairman, Martin County Judicial Liaison Committee
• Past Budget Committee Chairman, The Florida Bar, General Practice and Small Firm Section
• Past Secretary/Treasurer, The Florida Bar, General Practice Section
• Past President, Federal Bar Association, Gold Coast Chapter
• Past President-Elect, Federal Bar Association, Gold Coast Chapter
• Past Secretary, Federal Bar Association, Gold Coast Chapter
• Past Treasurer, Palm Beach County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Shawmut National Trust Company ofFlorida

• Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Florida Super Lawyers, Business Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation, (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Florida Trend’s Legal Elite (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Martindale-Hubbell AV-Rated (2008 – Present )
• Stetson Law Review, Managing Editor (1976 – 1977)

            Published Works

• Legal Malpractice and How to Avoid It, The Florida Bar
• Substantive and Procedural Remedies of the Commercial Landlord, General Practice Section, The Florida Bar
• Mandatory CLE, The Florida Bar General Practice Section Newsletter
• Admission to Federal Practice in Florida, The Florida Bar General Practice Section NewsletterSouth Florida Business Journal, Cases Involving University Admissions Could Have Implications for Business, Regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s Then Impending Decisions in the University of Michigan cases, May 23, 2003 Where the Injured Fly  for Justice:  Report and Recommendations of the Florida Supreme Court Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Commission, as Commission Chairman, with Commission Executive Director, Debra Hardin Wagner, December 1990 and December 1991
• Piracy’s High Cost, High Stakes, Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine
• The Single Transaction Rule in Florida, Stetson Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 1

            Presentations

• Speaker, Florida Bar Seminar: Developments in Commercial Litigation, Florida Bar (2000 – 2001)
• Speaker at numerous Florida Bar Seminars regarding Legal Malpractice and Commercial Litigation

• State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Steinberg, 393 F.3d 1226 (11th Cir. 2004)
• State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Steinberg, 2003 WL 25730505 (S.D.Fla. 2003)
• Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Shalala, 973 F.Supp. 443 (D.Del. 1997)
• Roschman Partners v. S.K. Partners I, Ltd., 627 So. 2d 2 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)
• Executive 100, Inc. v. Martin County, 922 F. 2d 1536 (11th Cir. 1991)
• Executive 100, Inc. v. Martin County, 739 F. Supp. 1521 (S.D.Fla. 1990)
• Roschman Properties, Inc. v. S.K. Partners I, 545 So. 2d 316 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989)
• Marceca v. Southeast Bank, N.A., 521 So. 2d 156 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988)
• TheFloridaBar re Amendment to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar (Continuing Legal Educ.),
• 510 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 1987)
• The Florida Bar re: Amendment to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar (Continuing Legal Educ.),
• 510 So. 2d 583 (Fla. 1987)
• Morris-Edge Masonry, Inc. v. Tonn & Blank, Inc., 461 So. 2d 1036 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985)

• Shareholder and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.