Background
Messana, Thomas Mario was born on November 22, 1958 in Brooklyn. Son of Mario V. and Catherine Marie (LoVerde) Messana.
Messana, Thomas Mario was born on November 22, 1958 in Brooklyn. Son of Mario V. and Catherine Marie (LoVerde) Messana.
Johns Hopkins University (Bachelor of Arts, 1980). University of Maryland (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1990).
Worked at Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty, P.A. (Miami, Florida) specializing in Complex Commercial and Civil Trial Practice in all Courts, Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Real Estate, Corporate, Family, Banking, Commercial Collections, Probate, Business Law, General Civil Practice, Real and Personal Property Foreclosures, Probate, Guardianship, Will Contests, Partnership Law, Receivership, Liquidations, Complex Commercial Lease Transactions and Real Property Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1990, Maryland. 1991, United States. District Court, District of Maryland.
1992, District of Columbia.
1993, Florida and United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
1994, United States. Bankruptcy Court. Order of the Coif.
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Counseling and Negotiations. Who"s Who in the East, 23rd Edition.
Who"s Who in Emerging Leaders, 4th Edition. Staff Member, 1988-1989 and Articles Editor, Maryland Law Review.
Author: Note, "Survey of Developments in Maryland Law, Constitutional Law: Armacost v.
State," 48 Maryland (U.S.) L. Review 583, 1989; Note, "Ricks v. State: Big Brother is Watching," 48 Maryland (U.S.)
L. Review
438, 1989. Adjunct Professor, Saint Thomas Law School, 1994. Member: District of Columbia Bar. The Florida Bar.
Jerry M. Markowitz, Joseph I. Davis, Junior and Thomas Ringel founded Markowitz, Davis and Ringel, P.A. in 1980.
The firm serves South Florida, including Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
The firm participates in continuing legal education seminars, professional associations and civic organizations. Members of the firm are visiting professors at local colleges and universities and lecture to a variety of trade groups and continuing legal education groups.
The firm has 100 percent of its members participate in the pro bono programs providing free legal services to the Dade County needy.
Active in Young Alumni Fund Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1987-1990. President Bankruptcy Bar Association Southern District Florida, 2000.
Married Susan Dale Collins, May 1994. 1 child, Emily Brooke.