With over thirty years of business litigation experience at Carlton Fields, Mark Brown's career has covered a broad range of complex commercial litigation. Among other areas of business law, Mr. Brown has been the principal litigation attorney for several title insurance companies. As such, he has handled literally hundreds of real property disputes involving challenges to title, challenges to the priority and enforceability of liens, boundary and easement disputes, adverse possession claims, access issues, and fraud and forgery claims.
In addition, Mr. Brown has particular experience handling class actions and cutting edge litigation in the title insurance industry. He has been the lead trial attorney in four putative class actions alleging violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 19 putative class actions across the country alleging violations of title insurance rate regulations, a challenge to the constitutionality of Florida's title insurance anti-rebating statute, multiple defalcation actions, coverage disputes, actions involving the duties of closing agents, claims of title agents aiding and abetting securities laws violations, "flip" transactions, and investigations by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Florida Department of Insurance Regulation, and the Georgia Department of Insurance concerning title agent and title insurer market conduct.