Mariano Garcia - Lawyer in West Palm Beach, FL

MARIANO GARCIA is a Florida Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer who has beenpracticing in West Palm Beach since 1994, representing people in personalinjury and commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts. He hasachieved an AV rating for the highest level of professional ability and ethicsfrom Martindale Hubbell. He is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-MillionDollar Advocates Forum and the American Board of Trial Advocates and has beenselected to Florida Super Lawyers since 2011. He joined Searcy Denney ScarolaBarnhart Shipley in July 2011 as a bilingual lawyer with extensiveexperience and long-standing commitment to representing the Latino community.

Mr. Garcias life and career have been shaped by his immigrant roots. Hisparents, who spoke no English, moved the family from Argentina to New York Citywhen he was eight years old, then moved to Florida in the late 1970s. It washis parents belief in America as the land of opportunity, and their emphasison education and hard work as the key to success, that inspired Mr. Garcia toearn a bachelors degree from the University of Florida. He earned his lawdegree from St. Thomas University School of Law, where he served as articleseditor of the Law Review.

Passionate in his belief that everyone should have a voice inour justice system, Mr. Garcia gives his time to causes that are devoted tothis principle. He is the immediate past president of the Legal AidSociety of Palm Beach County, which provides free legal services to thedisadvantaged of our community. Mr. Garcia also has served as president of theHispanic Bar Association of Palm Beach County, which encourages qualifiedHispanic lawyers to become judges. In September 2010, he was appointed byGovernor Charlie Crist to serve a four-year term on the 15th Circuit JudicialNominating Commission, which screens judicial applicants for openings in thePalm Beach County court system.

Mr. Garcias involvement in educational and civic organizations includesroles on the board of governors of the Historical Society of Palm Beach Countyand the board of directors of the Forum Club. He also serves as treasurer ofthe non-profit Jack the Bikeman, which provides support to migrant workers andtheir at-risk children.