MARK GROSSMAN

Mark Grossman is a 26-year business lawyer who began focusing his practice on technology about 20 years ago. He is also an author and frequent speaker on technology, business, and the art and science of negotiating deals.

Mark is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest level attainable. Further, he was chosen by his peers to appear in the last several editions of The Best Lawyers in America.

Mark's law practice focuses on technology and business process outsourcing, telecommunications and licensing. Mark also consults with other law firms on issues pertaining to electronic discovery.

Since the mid-1990s, Mark has spoken to hundreds of groups including multiple appearances at Georgetown University Law Center's Advanced Computer Law Institute and COMDEX in Las Vegas. He has also been a guest on many television and radio shows including ABC's "Nightline."

Mark has served as Special Counsel for Technology for the X-Prize Foundation (www.xprize.org). Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the South Florida Technology Association.

Mark is a 1982 cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He received his B.A., with high honors, in 1979 from Stony Brook University.

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