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Mark J. Heise is a partner in the Miami, Florida
office. His main practice areas are complex commercial litigation
and class actions.
Since joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Heise has
represented The SCO Group in its significant intellectual property
claims involving the licensing of the UNIX source code. Mr. Heise
is also involved in numerous class actions, including as lead
counsel in a case against the City of Miami on behalf of persons
who paid an unconstitutional tax.
Before joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Heise was
the managing partner of Heise Markarian Foreman, P.A. He was
previously a partner at Hanzman Criden Korge Chaykin Ponce & Heise,
P.A. in Miami. Over the past 15 years, Mr. Heise has handled
complex and multiparty litigation in Florida and in other jurisdictions.
Some of the cases include a class action against AT&T Corp.
that settled after the class was certified, Singer
v. AT&T
Corp., 185 F.R.D. 681 (S.D. Fla. 1998), and a successful
effort at having a state statute declared unconstitutional. McGrath
v. City of Miami, 789 So.2d 1168 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001), aff'd. 824
So. 2d 143 (Fla. 2002). In addition to these and numerous other
reported decisions, Mr. Heise has successfully litigated a variety
of complex matters, including multimillion dollar property insurance
claims arising out of Hurricane Andrew, the defense and prosecution
of legal and accounting malpractice claims, securities litigation
on behalf of defrauded investors and other significant commercial
matters.
In 1985, Mr. Heise graduated, cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science
in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University. He then obtained a
Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Florida in
1988 where he received the Order of the Coif and was awarded
Best Team in the school's Moot Court competition. After graduation,
he clerked for the Honorable James Lawrence King, then Chief
Judge of the Southern District of Florida. Mr. Heise has authored
and lectured on a variety of topics, including Trial in Federal
Court and Trying the Class Action Lawsuit in Florida.
Mr. Heise is admitted to practice in Florida and also before
the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Eleventh
Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Southern
and Middle Districts of Florida, and the Eastern District of
Michigan. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of various
local charities, including Children's Foundation of Greater Miami
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