Mark D. Balzli ResumeMARK D. BALZLI
2383 North Bay Road
Miami Beach, FL 33140
(305)538-1765
Mark@Balzli.net
EDUCATION
1983 to 1987
- Graduated Cum Laude from the University of Alabama with a degree in
Corporate Finance.
1987 to 1990
- Received Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee School of Law, in Lexington
Virginia.
EARLY WORK EXPERIENCE
1987 to 1990
Summer clerkships with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. House of
Representatives.
1990 to 1993
- First practiced as an attorney with the litigation firm of Lyman & Ash in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
1993 to Present
- Mark D. Balzli, Esquire is president and lead counsel for Balzli & Associates
and has been a practicing attorney in Miami Beach for 20 years. Balzli & Associates, located in
the heart of Miami Beach at 1111 Lincoln Road, has been providing closing, settlement and title
services to the community since 1996, with primary focus in residential and commercial real
estate transactional law. Mark is a member of the Florida and Tennessee Bar Associations and
writes title insurance through First American Title Insurance Company.
VOLUNTEER WORK
2004 to 2011
- Board of Directors for the Friends of Public Education, Inc., dba Friends of North
Beach, which privately raises funds for teacher assistants and other personnel for North Beach
Elementary Public School in Miami Beach.
2012 to Present
Vice- in
Miami Beach.
March 2013 to Present
Recently sworn in as a Guardian Ad Litem with the Florida
Department of Children and Families. Volunteer Guardians advocate on behalf of children who
have been removed from their homes because of abuse, neglect or abandonment.
PERSONAL
Mark has been a resident of Miami Beach since 1993. In 1996, he bought and restored an
original 1928 Spanish Mediterranean home on North Bay Road, where he has lived ever since.
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Mark and his partner Jeffrey Hearne, also an attorney, just celebrated their 10 anniversary. In
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1993 Mark and Jeff adopted their son Aidan from Ukraine, who just celebrated his 13 Birthday.