Mark A. Hendricks is a Senior Litigation Partner in the firm's Miami office, where he maintains an active trial and civil litigation practice in Federal, State and Appellate Courts throughout Florida.
Mr. Hendricks' area of practice includes general civil trial and complex commercial litigation, insurance defense, products liability, insurance coverage matters, E & O and professional liability defense, constitutional and civil rights litigation, labor and employment litigation and administrative law.
Educational Background
Mr. Hendricks graduated from the University of Miami where he earned a B. A. Degree in 1985 in English and psychology and a Juris Doctorate degree in 1988, where he graduated with honors. As an undergraduate, Mr. Hendricks was actively involved and assumed numerous leadership positions in various civil and community organizations. He served as Chairman of the Students Rights Agency, Chairman of the Student Legal Services, Vice President of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Co-Founder of the College Republicans, member of the Young Republicans of Dade County, of the White House, Advance Team and has held various positions in numerous local and national charitable organizations.
In law school, Mr. Hendricks was the winner of the University of Miami Law School’s Mock Trial Competition and member of the National Trial Competition Team. He also served as a member of the Inter-American Law Review, member of the Society of Bar & Gavel, Society of Wig and Robe, and was inducted into the school's Moot Court Board.
Employment and Occupational Experience
Mr. Hendricks began his legal career as a law clerk at the Hayden and Milliken law firm in Coral Gables, Florida where he assisted the firm's partners on cases involving Admiralty and maritime defense, Jones Act, commercial maritime litigation and subrogation matters. Thereafter, Mr. Hendricks accepted a summer clerkship for Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Alhadeff & Sitterson working in its downtown Miami office. In his last year of law school, he completed his clerkship training working for the Podhurst, Orseck law firm also in Miami.
Upon graduation, Mr. Hendricks began practicing as an associate Greenberg, Traurig, in the environmental litigation and land use department. Looking to further his litigation experience he accepted a position as a practiced commercial litigation associate with Kimbrell & Hamann.
In 1990, Mr. Hendricks relocated to Palm Beach County where he spent several years practicing insurance defense and commercial litigation at Walton Lantoff. He subsequently joined the firm of Carman, Beauchamp and Sang as a senior associate and trial attorney.
From 1999 thru 2007, Mr. Hendricks was employed as a partner at Panza, Maurer, Maynard & Noel where he served as a senior litigation partner and lead trial attorney for many of the firm's corporate, institutional and governmental clients.
Mr. Hendricks joined the Lydecker, Lee, Behar, Berga and de Zayas, LLC in 2007 as a senior litigation partner and lead trial attorney. He is currently a shareholder in the law firm and is actively engaged in the administration and management of the firm’s litigation practice with close to two decades of litigation experience, Mr. Hendricks continues to provide a high level of service and professional expertise to his clients in the course of his practice.
Mr. Hendricks representative clients include private and public educational institutions, public and private corporations, municipal governments, state agencies and political subdivisions, insurance companies and self-insured entities. Mr. Hendricks' trial experience includes Federal, state and appellate proceedings including public procurements and bid protests.
Bar Admissions and Professional Memberships
Mr. Hendricks is admitted to practice in all Courts in the State of Florida, before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Hendricks has served as a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Broward County Bar Association and the Palm Beach County Bar Association.
mah@lydeckerlaw.com
