Mary is an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. She is also a Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator and a Certified Arbitrator. She has been in practice since 1998 in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. Mary concentrates her mediation and litigation practice in the areas of condominium and homeowner association law, probate litigation, landlord/tenant law, and mobile home law. Mary has a bachelor's degree from Florida State University (Fine Arts, cum laude); a bachelor's degree from Georgia State University (Journalism, with honors), and she received her law degree from Georgia State University College of Law (magna cum laude).