Mary Fabre LeVine
Principal
Business Litigation
Bar Associations
- Manatee County Bar Association
- Member
- President, 2007-2008; Director, 2004-2009)
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Manatee (Vice-President, 2005)
- American Bar Association (Sections: Real Property, Trust and Estate Law)
- The Florida Bar (Sections: Appellate Practice, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law)
- The Florida Bar Twelfth Circuit Grievance Committee (2007 – 2010)
Professional
- Barrister, Manatee American Inn of Court, 2014 – present
- Port Manatee Propeller Club
- Board of Directors; First Vice President 2012; President 2013 – 2014
- Chair, Southeast Region Annual Conference of The Propeller Club of the United States (SERAC), Bradenton, FL, 2014
- Member of the Year, 2012
- Leadership Manatee Graduate (2009 – 2010)
Community
- Girl Scouts of Gulf Coast Florida
- Board of Directors, former Member
- Manatee Chamber of Commerce
- Membership Committee
- Bradenton Downtown Development Authority
- former Member
- Authority Public Art Advisory Board
- Member (2009 – 2011)
- University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 1978)
- University of Rochester (B.A., English, 1971)
Reported Cases
- Mahon v. Safeco Title Insurance Company, 199 Cal. App. 3d 616 (3rd DCA 1988)
- Fuhrman v. California Satellite Systems, 179 Cal. App. 3d 408 (3rd DCA 1986)
- Swearinger Fall River Joint Unified School District, 166 Cal. App. 3d 335 (3rd DCA 1985)
- Loney v. Superior Court of Nevada County, 160 Cal. App. 3d 719 (3rd DCA 1984);
- Parrot Cove Marina, LLC v. Duncan Seawall Dock and Boat Lift, Inc., 978 So.2d 811 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2008)
- Macort v. Goodwill Industries Manasota, Inc., 220 F.R.D. 377 (M.D. Fla. 2003)
- Golden v. City of Bradenton Canvassing Board, 996 So.2d 861 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2008)
- Crescenze v. Bothe, 4 So.3d 31 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2009)
- Sherwood v. Slazinski, 162 So.3d 229 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015)
- FTTE, LLC v. First CZ Real Estate, LLC, 203 So.3d 165 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016)
Representative Matters
Mary LeVine provides representation in relation to:
- Trustees, personal representatives, charitable entities and/or beneficiaries in probate and trust litigation, including claims of undue influence and lack of capacity
- Businesses and individuals in contractual disputes
- Lenders in commercial foreclosures and related bankruptcy proceedings
- Title insurance companies in resolving title claims
- Plaintiffs and defendants in commercial collection matters
- Employers and employees in the enforcement of employment contracts, including non-competition covenants
- Creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and adversary proceedings
- Majority and minority owners in corporate and partnership disputes and dissolutions
- Buyers and sellers in real estate contract disputes
- Brokers and owners in disputes regarding real estate commissions, and contracts
- Retailers in vendor, infringement and lease disputes
- Developers, owners, contractors, subcontractors and/or suppliers in construction litigation
- Landlords and tenants in commercial lease disputes
- Engineers, architects, lawyers, and corporate officers and directors in professional negligence and/or malpractice claims
- Civil appeals
- Claims adjustor litigation matters
- Lender liability claims and defense
Recent News
Presentations
“Connecting to the World: SRQ Airport & Port Manatee” SB2 lunch symposium at IMG Academy Golf Club, Bradenton, FL 34210, October 22, 2014
