Martin L. Leibowitz

Phone: (904) 384-8878
Facsimile:  (904) 384-8588

Post Office Box 47530
2120 Oak Street (32204)
Jacksonville, FL 32247-7530

Practice Areas:

Heart & Lung (Representing Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Correctional Officers & Park Rangers/Firefighters)
Representation of Injured Employees and Employers (Insurance Defense)
Workers’ Compensation Private Mediations

Martin L. Leibowitz has more than 29 years of legal experience in the Representation of Injured Employees and Employers under the Florida Workers’ Compensation Act, including the Heart-Lung Statute,  cases. Throughout this time, Mr. Leibowitz has earned an “AV Preeminent rating,” the highest possible peer-based rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell®, a company which facilitates peer evaluation of United States lawyers. Mr. Leibowitz has been further honored since 1988 by the continuing invitation to membership in Martindale-Hubbell’s® prestigious Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

Mr. Leibowitz is also the creator of the Workers’ Compensation present value calculation software program, Projected Indemnity Exposure (PIE). He has been certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Court Approved Mediator, and is therefore Workers’ Compensation Mediator Certified, since 1996 and in 2004, was asked to join the Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) Rules Committee. Mr. Leibowitz has served as a guest lecturer at numerous continuing legal education seminars, where he has given presentations on a variety of issues related to Workers’ Compensation, and has taught review courses for other attorneys seeking certification in the area of Workers’ Compensation. He was also recently nominated by the Statewide Judicial Nominating Commission to the Governor to become a Florida Judge of Compensation Claims.

Sample Case Outcomes:

Education

Juris Doctor, University of Miami, 1981
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of Florida, 1977

Court Admissions:

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida, 2009
Middle District of Florida, 2006
Admitted to The Florida Bar in 1982
United States Supreme Court, 1990
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1983

Accolades

Emeritus Member, Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar 2008;
The Chair’s Award, Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar 2007;
Admitted to Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers 1998;
“av” Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory;
University of Florida Hall of Fame, elected 1977;
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, elected 1977;
Florida Blue Key, elected approximately 1976;
Omicron Delta Kappa, elected approximately 1976.

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida, 2009
Executive Council of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar (Member 1992 to present; Treasurer 1996 to 2001; Chair 2002-2003; Designated Emeritus Member 2008)
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (10/19/2006)
United States Supreme Court, 1990
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1983
The Florida Bar, 1982;

Honor Societies & Fraternities:

Florida Blue Key
Omicron Delta Kappa
Tau Epsilon Phi

Community Activities:

North Florida Council, BSA Executive Board 2005 – present
Committee Chairman Troop 12, BSA, 2001 – 2005
North Florida Council, Riverbend District Chairman, BSA, 2002 – 2004
Committee Chairman Pack 12, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) 1996 – 2001

Publications & Presentations

“Enforcement of the Compensation Judge’s Order; Certification of Contempt and Rule Nisi – A Practitioner’s Roadmap”, co-authored with the Honorable David Langham, Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims, 2009

“What First Responders Should Know About Florida’s PRESUMPTION Statutes, (Heart/Lung, TB, Hepatitis & Meningitis) and Workers’ Compensation Benefits”, 2007

“New World Order: Surviving 2003 Changes”, Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee (CLE) and the Workers’ Compensation Section, 2003

Attorney’s Fees, Indemnity Benefits, Present Value of Future Benefits Calculations, Online Medical and Legal Research, 2000

“Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Section, Ask What Your Section Can Do For You”, News and 440 Report, The Florida Bar, 2000

Guest Editor of the News and 440 Report, The Florida Bar, 2000 and 1996

Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education “Hot Summer Topics”, 2000.

“Arising out of and in the Course of Employment Cases including ‘Going and Coming Rule’, Traveling Employee Doctrine, Deviation from Employment and Lunch Time Accidents”; Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Certification Review Course Faculty, 1991, 1992