Mark A. Sessums

Sessums Law Group, P.A.
Address:
2212 Florida Avenue South
Lakeland, Florida 33803

Profile

Education

  • University of Florida Fredric G Levin College of Law

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • 1989

AAML Position(s) HELD

National

    State

    • AAML Foundation, Treasurer (2021-2023); Executive Committee (2019-2023); Board of Directors (2018-2023)
    • AAML Florida Chapter: President (2020-2021) President Elect (2019-2020); Vice President (2018-2019); Treasurer (2017-2018); Secretary (2016-17); Board of Managers (2014-present); Institute Committee (2014-2017; Chair, 2017); Legislation Committee (2017-2021); Co-Chair, Legislation Committee (2005-08); Co-Chair, Membership Committee (2006-11); Amicus Committee Chair, 2006

    Legal Organizations

    • Sarasota Bar Association Member (2016-2022)
    • The Florida Bar, Family Law Section: Executive Council (2004-11); Secretary of Legislation Committee (2005-06); Co-Vice Chair of Legislation Committee (2006-11); Family Law Rules Committee (1994-98); Vice-Chair of Family Law Rules Committee (1996-97)
    • Lakeland Bar Association Member (2008-2023)
    • Highland’s County Bar Association Member (2008-2023)
    • Polk County Family Lawyers Association: President (2002-03).
    • Tenth Judicial Circuit, Grievance Committee (1999-2000); Chair (2000-01).
    • Hillsborough County Bar Association: President-Elect Young Lawyers Section (1994-95); Chair & Various Committees (1990-95); Member.
    • The Florida Bar: Civil Procedure Rules Committee (1990-93).

    CLE Presentations

    • AAML Webinar on Tax Returns and Financial Affidavits with Monica Ospina, CPA (2018)
    • Florida Bar, Family Law Section, Trial Advocacy Workshop (2017), Direct and Cross Examination of Experts
    • Florida Bar Certification Marital and Family Law Review Speaker: Evidence (2019 and 2020; 2022); Attorney’s Fees (2018); Practice & Procedure (2017; 2021); Agreements (2016); Alimony (2014); Equitable Distribution (2012; 2013); Modification of Alimony and Child Support (2010; 2011); Final Judgments (2008).
    • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer Institute: Torts and Family Law (2015); Evidence (co-presented with Elisha Roy, Esq. 2020)
    • Alimony: Then and Now, Jacksonville Bar Association (2015)
    • Taming the Evidentiary Beast In Family Law with Retired Judge John C. Lenderman, AAML Webinar (2015)
    • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Speaker: Winning the Battle of the Experts: How to Get Paid (2013)
    • A Wrinkle In Time: Personal Jurisdiction’s Evolution—Pleading, Proving and Defending Personal Jurisdiction Issues. 87 Fla. Bar J. 16 (Nov. 2013)
    • View from the Soapbox: The Case for Permanent Alimony, Florida Law Commentator, (Winter 2013)
    • You Can’t Make Me! Oh, Yes, I Can! – Motions to Compel, Motions for Contempt, and Sanctions, Florida Bar Family Law Section Telephonic Seminar Series (May 2012)
    • Rule 4-3.3, Candor Towards the Tribunal, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Institute (2011)

    Other Accomplishments

    • Sarasota Family Law Section, monthly luncheon (2020), Alimony: Past, Present, and Future
    • Sarasota Family Law Section, monthly luncheon (2018), How To Bullet Proof And Challenge Prenuptial Agreements
    • AAML Webinar on Tax Returns and Financial Affidavits with Monica Ospina, CPA (2018)
    • Floridom’s Annual Case Law Update (2009-2012)
    • Legislative Update, Florida Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Institute (2007)
    • Halfway Houses and Mental Health Treatment Facilities-Establishing Duty In Tort, LXXVII, No. 6, Florida Bar Journal (June 2003)
    • Family Law Fees, The High Points and the Current State of the Law, LXXIII, No. 4, Florida Bar Journal, April (1999)
    • “Professionalism,” (Co-Authored with Caroline Black Sikorske, Esq.), Family Law Commentator (Spring 1993)
    • What Are Wives’ Contributions Worth Upon Divorce: Toward Fully Incorporating Partnership Into Equitable Distribution Vol. 41 University of Florida Law Review, No. 5 (Fall 1989)