Mark R. Wysocki was born in Saugus, Massachusetts. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College in 1983 and received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1988, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. During law school, he served as a member and later Articles and Notes Editor of the American Criminal Law Review.
Mr. Wysocki was admitted to the California Bar in 1989 and to the Florida Bar in 1991. He is a member of the State Bar of California and The Florida Bar.