Martin L. Leibowitz has over 40 years of legal experience in the Representation of Injured Employees and Employers under the Florida Workers’ Compensation Act, including Florida’s Heart and Lung Statute. Throughout this time, Mr. Leibowitz has maintained impeccable client reviews, held an “AV 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 with his inclusion 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 Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator, has been certified as a Workers’ Compensation Mediator since 1996 and, in 2004, was a member of 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 nominated by the Statewide Judicial Nominating Commission to the Governor for selection as a Florida Judge of Compensation Claims.

Accolades

• Best of Jacksonville Profile Series, Folio Magazine, August 7, 2012 Issue
• Legal Eagles Part II, Jacksonville Magazine’s “904″, 2011
• Top Lawyers of 2010, Jacksonville Magazine’s “904″, 2010
• 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 to present
• Member, Executive Council of the Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar; 1992 to present
• “AV” Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• University of Florida Hall of Fame, elected 1978
• Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, elected 1977
• Florida Blue Key, elected 1976
• Omicron Delta Kappa, elected 1976

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

• American Inns of Court, 2012
• 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, 1983
• United States Supreme Court, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1983
• The Florida Bar, admitted 1982

Honor Societies & Fraternities

• Florida Blue Key
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Tau Epsilon Phi

Work Experience

• Owner & Managing Director at Martin L. Leibowitz, P.A. 1996 – present
• Partner at Coker, Myers, Schickel & Sorenson, P.A. 1983 – 1996
• Assistant State Attorney at State Attorney’s Offfice in Duval & Clay Counties, FL 1981 – 1983

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

• “The Truth About Florida’s Heart / Lung Statute” by Martin L. Leibowitz, Esquire;
• “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 Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers and Correctional Officers Should Know About Workers’ Compensation Benefits & Florida’s Heart & Lung (PRESUMPTION) Statute (High Blood Pressure & Heart Disease)”, 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.