About Zachary David
Zachary D. Messa is a Board Certified Intellectual Property attorney at Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP in Clearwater, Florida. He joined the firm in 2001 after graduating from Stetson University College of Law. His practice focuses on all facets of intellectual property law, including trademark, copyright, rights of publicity, and trade secrets. He drafts and negotiates licensing, supply, and manufacturing agreements, protects clients' intellectual property through registration and prosecution, and enforces these rights through litigation when necessary. Zachary has represented clients, such as home builders, photographers, authors, composers, performance rights associations, songwriters, clothing design companies, home designers, franchises, and corporations in protecting and enforcing their intellectual property rights. He is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in the Southern, Middle. Northern Districts of Florida, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Zachary is also a member of the International Trademark Association and has served as an editor of The Trademark Reporter, the law journal of the International Trademark Association. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2021 for his work in trademark law. Zachary earned his B.S. and MBA from the University of Miami in 1995 and 1997, respectively, and his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in 2001. He is active in the Clearwater community, having served as President of the Mid Town Kiwanis from 2010 to 2012 and as a member of the Clearwater Rotary since 2013. Zachary's office is located at 311 Park Place Blvd, Suite 300, Clearwater, FL 33759. He can be reached by phone at (727) 461-1818 ext. 1170 or via email at [email protected]. He is also a member of the Clearwater Bar Association and the Hillsborough County Bar Association. Zachary's practice areas include civil litigation, copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013. Zachary's firm, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, was founded in 1973 and has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish. Zachary's bar number is 513601, and he was admitted to the Florida Bar on September 19, 2001. He is also admitted to the U.S.
District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Zachary's practice areas include civil litigation, copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013. Zachary's firm, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, was founded in 1973 and has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish. Zachary's bar number is 513601, and he was admitted to the Florida Bar on September 19, 2001. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Zachary's practice areas include civil litigation, copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013. Zachary's firm, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, was founded in 1973 and has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish. Zachary's bar number is 513601, and he was admitted to the Florida Bar on September 19, 2001. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Zachary's practice areas include civil litigation, copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013. Zachary's firm, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, was founded in 1973 and has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish. Zachary's bar number is 513601, and he was admitted to the Florida Bar on September 19, 2001. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Zachary's practice areas include civil litigation, copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013. Zachary's firm, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, was founded in 1973 and has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish. Zachary's bar number is 513601, and he was admitted to the Florida Bar on September 19, 2001. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Zachary's practice areas include civil litigation, copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013. Zachary's firm, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, was founded in 1973 and has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater.
He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish. Zachary's bar number is 513601, and he was admitted to the Florida Bar on September 19, 2001. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Zachary's practice areas include civil litigation, copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013. Zachary's firm, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, was founded in 1973 and has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish. Zachary's bar number is 513601, and he was admitted to the Florida Bar on September 19, 2001. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Zachary's practice areas include civil litigation, copyright, intellectual property, and trademark law. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013. Zachary's firm, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, was founded in 1973 and has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish. Zachary's bar number is 513