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Two Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose attorneys will be featured as ‘Leaders in their Field’ in the forthcoming edition of ‘Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business’.  Chambersnamed the Firm’s Commercial Litigators as among the nation’s best, and two of Page Mrachek’s founding members, Alan B. Rose and L. Louis Mrachek, as West Palm Beach-area leaders in their field.

The rankings will appear in the 2012 edition of the legal directory, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, due to be published in June. Ratings are based on thousands ofextensive interviews of law firms’ clients, colleagues and competitors.  Inclusion in the directory is determined through a rigorous vetting process whereby Chambers researchers evaluate law firms and attorneys on a number of factors, including: technical legal ability and expertise, delivery and value of services, professional conduct, client services, commercial and business awareness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by the clients.  Rankings are based on services provided in the preceding year, and by references from individual clients.

For more information about L. Louis Mrachek, Alan B. Rose, or Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, please visit http://www.pm-law.com or contact the Firm at (561) 655-2250.

Both Mr. Mrachek and Mr. Rose were recognized in the area of Commercial Litigation.

Best Lawyers, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession, has named L. Louis Mrachek as its 2012 “West Palm Beach Best Lawyers Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year”.

Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is given the honor of being named “Lawyer of the Year”. After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  The current, 18^th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.  The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in the surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers, stated: “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession.  We would like to congratulate L. Louis Mrachek on being selected as ‘West Palm Beach Best Lawyers Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year’ for 20120.” 

Lou Mrachek is a shareholder and founding member of the Firm. He concentrates his practice in the areas of General Civil and Commercial Litigation, with an emphasis on Complex Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy (Creditor’s Rights), and Class Actions.

In another serious blow to the offer of judgment/proposal of settlement statute, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the Florida statute does not apply when the parties have agreed, presumably in a contract, to apply the law of another state. The Supreme Court, in a six to one opinion, ruled that where the parties contractually agreed to a foreign law governing the substantive claims, a proposal for settlement served under Florida statutes is invalid and ineffective. The opinion is contrary to a series of district courts, which held the opposite. Regardless, clients should remain aware of this change in the law, which we have no doubt will apply to all pending cases. See Southeast Floating Docks v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co., 37 Fla. L. Weekly S63 (Fla. February 2, 2012)

Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, PA was once again was given the honor of being listed as a Top Law Firm for its long-standing reputation for quality and excellence.

South Florida Legal Guide is the premier resource serving the tri-county legal community. For more information, visit www.sflegalguide.com.

About Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, PA

Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose provides personalized legal services to its clients involved in complex civil, corporate, and business disputes. With over 15 accomplished trial lawyers accessible to the Firm’s clients, Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose combines the best of large firm knowledge and experience with small firm accessibility. The Firm represents both domestic and internal clients in state and federal courts throughout the United States. For additional information, please visit the firm’s Web site at www.pm-law.com.

The 2007 edition of Chambers USA has listed the litigation practice of Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, P.A. among Florida’s Law Firms and named Louis Mrachek and Stephen Page two of Florida’s Leading Lawyers.

Chambers USA is recognized for the quality of its investigations by experienced researchers who select attorneys for inclusion by conducting thousands of in-depth interviews with firm clients, key in-house counsel and practicing lawyers. Inclusion is based solely on merit. In its 2007 edition, Chambers USA said about the Firm:

“This “aggressive and technically smart” commercial litigation boutique has proved to be very successful for many leading clients and, unlike other larger firms, it rarely has to decline representation because of conflict of interest. As a boutique, it also offers clients “large-firm quality attorneys, just with a more streamlined fee system.” The firm has grown to 14 attorneys in its seven years, with 9 in West Palm Beach and five in the Stuart office, and is known for its vigorous defense of cases, especially in the securities, class action defense and employment litigation arenas. The firm has been representing Citigroup in 26 cases filed by opt-outs from the Worldcom class action, and has been representing a well-known law firm in an attorney professional malpractice case, where the initial demand was for $12 million.”

Chambers USA went on to praise Louis Mrachek and Stephen Page: Louis Mrachek’s performance in trials is outstanding,“according to clients; he has a matter-of-fact presentation style” and “quickly gets to the heart of the matter.” He concentrates on civil and commercial litigation including bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and class actions, and, inter alia, has represented HCA in a high-profile alleged tortious interference case in the past year. Stephen Page is another respected litigation here, who “recognizes early on in the proceedings the practical reality of any chosen route.” He “never bites off more than he can chew, he is careful about the amount of work he takes on so he can handle it properly.”

“Bet-the-Company Litigation” is a new category that recognizes the commercial litigators who receive a much higher consensus of votes than the other listed lawyers. There are only 371 attorneys who make this list nationwide, and just 23 in the state of Florida. “Bet the Company” is a phrase that is often used to describe this top tier of litigators.

Woodward and White’s Best Lawyers in America has been published biennially since 1983. It is highly regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the United States legal profession. The list is compiled through detailed peer-review surveys.

Three Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, P.A. Lawyers are Named Law & Politics Magazine’s Florida Super Lawyers.

July, 2006 – - Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, P.A. is proud to announce that the 2006 issue of Law & Politics Magazine Florida Super Lawyers named three Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, P.A. lawyers “Florida Super Lawyers.” Louis Mrachek, Roy Fitzgerald, and Alan Rose were all identified as Super Lawyers.

Law & Politics mailed approximately 44,000 ballots asking attorneys to nominate the “best lawyers they’ve personally observed in action.” Each candidate is then researched, evaluating indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. From the pool of candidates, only 5% of Florida attorneys are selected as Florida Super Lawyers.