Bio

Gregory S. Weiss, Esq. is a shareholder in Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka, Thomas & Weiss, P.A. Mrachek Law is a boutique law firm, with offices in West Palm Beach and Stuart, Florida, focused on business, construction and intellectual property litigation matters handled under hourly, hybrid and contingency fee arrangements. Mr. Weiss is Board Certified in Business Litigation and Civil Trial by the Florida Bar.

Mr. Weiss is a native of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He is a 1995 graduate of the University of Florida, where he completed the Army R.O.T.C. program and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He is a 1998 graduate of the University of Florida College of Law, where he served as the Chairman of the Justice Campbell Thornal National Moot Court Board. After law school Mr. Weiss served on active duty in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, primarily assigned to the 82d Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and the Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, California. Mr. Weiss served as a Trial Counsel (military prosecutor), Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and Operational Law Attorney/Law of War Advisor as a JAG Corps officer, and completed a one-year deployment to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Mr. Weiss was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq.

Mr. Weiss is a member of the Florida and California Bars, and is qualified to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Southern and Central Districts of California.

Mr. Weiss currently is serving on the Florida Bar Board of Governors as the representative of the 19th Judicial Circuit. The 52-member Board of Governors has exclusive authority to formulate and adopt matters of policy concerning the activities of the Bar, subject to limitations imposed by the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. He also serves on the University of Florida College of Law Board of Trustees. Mr. Weiss has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubbell, and previously served as President of the Martin County Bar Association, President of the UF Law Alumni Council and General Counsel for the Urban League of Palm Beach County.

Honors, Awards & Recognition

Board Certified in Civil Trial by the Florida Bar 2019 to Present

Board Certified in Business Litigation by the Florida Bar 2015 to Present

AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell: 2011 to Present

Florida Trend Legal Elite 2011 to 2017 (Commercial Litigation)

Florida Super Lawyers – Business Litigation: 2013 to Present

S. Fla. Legal Guide’s Top Lawyers (Commercial Litigation) 2017-Present

Florida Bar Group Professionalism Award, South Florida Joint Civility Project, 2013

Outstanding Young Alumnus, University of Florida College of Law 2010

Selected Published Works & Presentations

Navigating Florida’s Changing Daubert Tide in Business Cases, Fla. B.J., September/October 2019.

Online Defamation: Do Hyperlinks Constitute Republication for Florida Defamation and Trade Libel Claims? Fla. B.J., Vol. 90, No. 5.

Beast of (Shifting) Burden: What Constitutes Undue Burden Sufficient to Shift ESI Production Costs Under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280? Fla. B.J., Vol. 90, No. 1 January 2015, at 61.

Post Mortem of an Estate Planning Malpractice Case, January 2015, Trial, Vol. 51, No. 1

May 31, 2019: First Annual eDiscovery for Trial Lawyers, Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Nova Southeastern University

October 21, 2016: Everything E-Discovery CLE-Rule 1.280(d) Isn’t A Paper Tiger Yet

March 3, 2016: Palm Beach County Bar Association CLE: Pre-Trial Issues in Business Litigation, Panel Speaker for View from the Bench and Seasoned Business Trial Lawyers on Hot Topics in Business Litigation.

February 19, 2016: Annual Palm Beach County Bench-Bar Conference: Panel Speaker for Electronic Discovery in Commercial Litigation.

Gregory S. Weiss

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