Mayor John Marks
John Marks, Mayor of the City of Tallahassee, is the Managing Partner of the Tallahassee Office of Adorno & Yoss. Prior to his association with Adorno & Yoss he was a shareholder and lead utility regulatory attorney for ten (10) years in the law firm of Katz, Kutter, et al., P.A. and thereafter for six (6) years with Knowles, Marks & Randolph, P.A. Appointed by Governor Bob Graham in 1979, he served eight (8) years on the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC); the last two as its Chairman. Before serving on the FPSC, he was employed as an Administrative Law Judge with the Commission. He has been an adjunct professor at the Florida State University College of Law teaching utility regulatory law and a faculty member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' utility rate school.
He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court, the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida. A member of the American, National, Florida and Tallahassee Bar and the Tallahassee Barristers Associations, he is also a member of the American Law Institute, the ABA's Public Utilities Law Section and the Florida Bar's Local Government and Administrative Law Sections. He is past chairman of the Florida Bar's Public Utilities Law and the Equal Opportunities in the Profession Committees.
Apart from his professional affiliations, Mr. Marks was elected (February 25, 2003) to a four year term as Mayor of the City of Tallahassee and is on the Board of Directors of Fringe Benefits Management Company, a privately held financial services company. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida League of Cities, the Tallahassee Economic Development Council, the Tallahassee/Leon County Civic Center Authority, the Sunshine State Governmental Financing Commission, and the Economic Club of Florida. As a member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors he serves on the Energy and Arts & Culture Committees. He is a graduate of Class XX of Leadership Florida and was a political analyst/co-host on the local television show "The Usual Suspects". He has a life membership in the NAACP and has served on the Board of Directors of the Tallahassee Urban League.
He received his B.S. degree in 1969 from the Florida State University School of Business and his Juris Doctor degree in 1972 from the FSU College of Law. Mr. Marks served four years in the U.S. Air Force as a Judge Advocate. He is married to Jane Awkard Marks and has one son, John, IV, a graduate of Harvard University and the Columbia University Law School.
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