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 Scott Brook, the City’s newly elected mayor, obtained his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in 1985, where he majored in Psychology and minored in Spanish. He stayed at Tulane to obtain his Master's in Business Administration, where he was selected for a two-year fellowship. Upon graduation from Tulane's Business School, Mr. Brook lectured nationally for Business Week Careers Magazine as a motivational speaker at colleges and universities. After working for two major law firms in New York City, Mr. Brook graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 1992 and immediately began doing Workers' Compensation litigation for the firm of Conroy, Simberg and Lewis.
In March 2000, Mr. Brook opened his own practice to better serve clients in the South Florida tri-county area. Scott J. Brook, P.A., specializing in Workers’ Compensation and Family Law, has offices in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. As a member of the Florida Bar, Mr. Brook has practiced successfully before the Florida Supreme Court, the First District Court of Appeal, the Judges of Compensation Claims of the Tri-County area, Collier County and Orange County as well as the Dade, Broward and Palm Beach State Courts. He represents public entities, various insured, staffing agencies and self-insureds in all matters of Workers' Compensation and Workers' Compensation appeals. Mr. Brook is also a private mediator, as well as a certified Florida Supreme Court Mediator. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Broward County Bar Association, Broward Lawyers Care, Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, Florida Academy of Professional Mediators and has been awarded with a BV rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
In March 2002, Mr. Brook defeated a 12-year incumbent when he was elected to the City Commission of Coral Springs. During his four-year term, he has served as founder and Chairman of the Coral Springs Customer Involved Government Committee, Parent Education Committee and a member of the Financial Advisory Committee. In March 2003, Mr. Brook founded Premier Networking Alliance, a business referral and community service organization dedicated to helping market businesses and serve communities raising money for various charitable organizations He also works as a motivational speaker for youth and various charities throughout Broward County.
Mr. Brook is active in numerous civic activities, including mentoring for Take Stock in Children in the Tri-County area, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of South Florida and the Coral Springs Community Chest. He is Chair of the Broward County Planning Commission and was appointed to the Council for Youth, Education and Families for the National League of Cities. In February 2003, he was elected as an alternate on the Board of the Broward League of Cities. He is also listed in several editions of Who’s Who, including Who’s Who in Finance and Business 2006-2007.
Mr. Brook was nominated by the Governing Board of Editors of the American Biographical Institute for the Man of the Year 2003 and 2005 award, American Medal of Honor 2004 award, International Legal Professional of the Year for 2003, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21 st Century, International Biographical Centre Top 100 Communicators of 2006. He was also selected by National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals and awarded the International Order of Merit by the International Biographical Centre.
Mr. Brook is married to Brenda and has five children: Patrick, Tina, Mathew, A.J. and Samantha. |
