Mark O'Mara

President of National Trial Lawyers Association 2019-2020

Terry Jackson Friend of the Constitution Award, 2015

Jefferson Cup Award from Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida, 2013

In September 2013, after a domestic altercation between George and Shellie Zimmerman, O'Mara said he was continuing to represent George Zimmerman in a defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal but was not representing him in the "domestic altercation case or his impending divorce case."

National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2012-2019

O'Mara was an Assistant State Attorney with the Seminole County State Attorney Office from 1982 to 1984. Mark M. O’Mara started his career as a prosecutor for the State Attorney's office in Seminole County [5], then began his private practice, joining forces with other local attorneys before beginning his own firm..  Mark is one of only a few lawyers in Florida who are Board Certified in both Criminal Trial Law and Marital and Family Law; he is also certified in Collaborative Law and is a Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator and Circuit Civil Mediator. He has practiced in both state and federal courts throughout the nation, often co-counseling for complex trials and civil rights matters.

O'Mara is a 1979 graduate of the University of Central Florida, where he was involved in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and Student Government. He was elected as student body president, and graduated and received his J.D. degree from the Florida State University College of Law in 1982.

Mark Matthew O'Mara (born February 8, 1956) is an American criminal defense lawyer in Orlando, Florida, known for being the attorney for George Zimmerman. He is a former prosecutor.