Manuel (“Manny”) Farach is 2024-2025 Chair o the Business Law Section. Manuel Farach is a shareholder of Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka, Thomas & Weiss, P.A. where he represents businesses and individuals in complex real estate, business, and appellate issues, including complex commercial litigation, real estate
litigation and transactions, creditor’s rights, and bankruptcy. Manny has served in numerous positions with the Section, including as Chair-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and as Chair of the Section’s Legislation, Sponsorship, Business Litigation, and Computer Law Committees. Manny is an elected member of the Florida Bar Board of
Governors, the Board of Governors of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and of the American Law Institute. He is past Chair of the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions for Contract Cases, the Judicial Nominating Commissions for the Fourth District Court of Appeal and the 19th Circuit Court, and the American Bar Association’s Real Property Litigation Group. Manny has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association since 1990 and as a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator since 2009. He is past President of several voluntary bar organizations, and sits on the Executive Councils of the Business Law, Real Property, and ADR Sections of the Florida Bar. Manny has been recognized by his peers by several awards, including Board Certified Lawyer of the Year by The Florida Bar, Member of the Year by the Business Law Section, the Judge Edward Rodgers Diversity Award and Sidney Stubbs Professionalism Awards by the Palm Beach County Bar Association, and the Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Award.
Stephanie Lieb is the 2024-2025 Chair-Elect of the Business Law Section. She is a Shareholder of Trenam Law and serves as leader of its Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. Stephanie has served in numerous positions with the Section over her 18 years of service, and was recently honored as Member of the Year for her contributions. Throughout her career, Stephanie has represented a diverse array of clients, including purchasers, fiduciaries, landlords, and lenders, within bankruptcy court proceedings, as well as pre-bankruptcy workouts and restructurings, judgment enforcement proceedings, commercial foreclosures, and other commercial real estate matters. She is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification, a distinction held by fewer than 70 lawyers in Florida. Additionally, Stephanie is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator, mediating bankruptcy contested matters and adversary proceedings, commercial foreclosures and replevin, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, as well as general real estate litigation.
Mark Stein is the Immediate past chair and dedicates his practice exclusively to the areas of patent, trademark, copyright, computer, and internet law. He assists clients with trademark and copyright acquisition and counseling, intellectual property litigation and transactions and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Stein has litigated, arbitrated and mediated cases in all areas of intellectual property law, including, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, trademark counterfeiting, copyright infringement, patent infringement, unfair competition, federal trademark dilution, trade secrets violations, restrictive covenants, tortious interference, licensing and franchising, domain name disputes and a variety of intellectual property matters involving computers and the Internet. Mr. Stein has also counseled clients on trademark, copyright, trade secret and computer and Internet law issues and has provided guidance on documenting and protecting trade secrets, developing, and protecting computer software and protecting trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property assets. Mr. Stein has represented clients in numerous intellectual property matters ranging from assisting one of the founding members of the rock band FOGHAT in protecting the band name, to helping clients establish programs to protect and enforce their trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights. He regularly lectures on a variety of trademark, copyright, trade secret and Internet and computer law subjects.
Role of the Executive Council
The Executive Council is the governing body of the Section and is made up of the Section’s officers, chairs and vice-chairs of the substantive and standing committees, and all members of the Long Range Planning committee.
