Mark A. Touby, Partner
Protecting The Rights Of Employees For More Than 90 Collective Years, An Award-Winning Miami Workers' Compensation Attorney
Mark A. Touby is the managing partner of Touby, Chait & Sicking, PL in Coral Gables, Florida. Our Miami workers' compensation attorney earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida in 1992 and received a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami in 1995.
Board-Certified by The Florida Bar
Mr. Touby is Board Certified in Workers’ Compensation and has been representing claimants since 1995. He is rated AV Preeminent 5.0/5.0 by Martindale-Hubbell, AVVO rated 10.0/10.0 and was recognized as a Rising Star in Florida Super Lawyers Magazine in 2009 and as a Super Lawyer in 2015-2018. He was a recipient of the Jon E. Krupnick Award for Perseverance in 2016.
Other Professional Work
Mr. Touby has served on the Board of Directors of Florida Workers’ Advocates since 2003. He currently serves on the Executive Council of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Bar. He served as Chair of the Workers' Compensation Rules Advisory Committee from 2014-2015. Mr. Touby also is a panel attorney for the National Football League Players’ Association.
In addition, Mr. Touby serves as a trustee and Vice-President of Fundraising for the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund. He has served as President of the Friends of 440, Inc. from 2009-2010 and Vice-Chair of the Dade County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Committee from 2009-2013. Mr. Touby is a frequent lecturer and his practice also includes unemployment appeals, social security disability, and personal injury cases.
Find out more about how Mr. Touby can help you. Contact us today!
Areas of Practice
- Workers' Compensation
- Employment & Labor
- Personal Injury
- Social Security Disability
- Wage & Hour Claims
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Past Employment Positions
- Touby & Chait, P.L., 2013 - Present
- Touby, Grindal & Chait, P.L., 2012 - 2013
- Touby & Associates, P.A., 2010 - 2012
- Touby & Woodward, P.A., 1995 - 2009
Certified Legal Specialties
- Board Certified in Workers' Compensation, 2011
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1995
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2005
Pro Bono Activities
- Vice President of Fundraising for the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund, 2012 - Present
Representative Cases
- Castellanos v. Next Door Company, 192 So. 3d 431 (Fla. 2016)
- Morrison Mgmt. Specialists v. Pierre, 77 So. 3d 662 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)
- Reese v. Reemployment Assistance Comm., 103 So. 3d 195 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2012)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Contact our Miami workers' compensation attorney today by calling (305) 257-9472 to schedule your free, no-obligation consultation!
Education
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University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
- Juris Doctor - 1995
- Honors: Law Clerk: U.S. District Court for Southern District of Florida (Summer 1994)
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University of Florida College of Business Administration, Gainesville, Florida
- B. S. - 1992
- Major: Finance
Honors and Awards
- Florida Super Lawyer, 2015-2018
- Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, 2015, 2017
- Who’s Who Outstanding Attorney of the Year, 2015
- Selected To Rising Stars: 2009
- Past President's Award, Friends of 440, 2010
- Shoe Leather Award, 2009
- Bronze Member Award, Florida Workers' Advocates, 2004
- Rated AV preeminent 5.0/5.0 by Martindale-Hubbell
- Rated 10.0/10.0 by AVVO
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Florida Bar, Member in good standing, 1995 - Present
- (Formerly Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers), Member, 2009 - Present
- Dade County Bar Association, Vice-Chair, 2010 - 2013
- Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund, Vice-President of Fundraising, 2012 - Present
- Friends of 440, Inc. (An Organization of Worker’s Compensation Professionals), Treasurer, 2005 - 2007
- Friends of 440, Inc. (An Organization of Worker’s Compensation Professionals), Vice-President, 2007 - 2009
- Friends of 440, Inc. (An Organization of Worker’s Compensation Professionals), President, 2009 - 2010
- Florida Workers’ Advocates, Website Committee, Chair, 2006 - 2009
- Florida Workers’ Advocates, Educational Committee, Chair, 2008 - Present
- Florida Workers’ Advocates, Treasurer, 2009 - Present
- The Florida Bar, Workers’ Compensation Rules Advisory Committee, 2011 - Present
- The Florida Bar, Workers’ Compensation Executive Council, 2012 - Present
Classes/Seminars
- Temporary Indemnity Benefits: How to Establish Entitlement and Defeat Affirmative Defenses, Speaker, Florida Workers' Advocates, 2011
- Practical Tips: Gems of 440, Practical Pleadings, Motions, Managed Care Administrative Code, Florida Workers' Advocates 20th Annual Educational Conference, 2010
- Practical Tips, Florida Workers' Advocates 19th Annual Educational Conference, 2009
- Technology is Your Ally, Florida Workers' Advocates 18th Annual Educational Conference, 2008
- Major Contributing Cause, Workers' Compensation in Florida, 2006
- Major Contributing Cause and how it is applied under the 2003 law changes., Lecturer, Workers' Compensation in Florida, 2006
- AWW and Indemnity Benefits, The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, 2012 – 2015
- Attorney’s fees and costs, The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, 2017 – 2018