Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation, Education, Litigation, Maritime; Estate, Trust & Fiduciary Litigation
Career
In his diverse litigation practice, Mark counsels clients in the areas of antitrust, trade secret protection, securities litigation, officers and directors’ duties and responsibilities, corporate governance, contractual interpretation and enforcement, warranty obligations and commercial and financial disputes, including banking and intellectual property matters. He represents clients at trial in courts throughout the country and in multi-district litigation and class action litigation.
Recognized in Louisiana as an accomplished antitrust and commercial litigation lawyer, Mark advises and advocates for businesses and related organizations in the energy, chemical, education, health care, maritime, gaming and automotive industries, just to name a few. In addition, Mark has advised the boards of publicly traded companies such as the Jazz Casino Corporation, not-for-profit organizations including the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts – Riverfront and the Algiers Charter School Association, and several privately-held companies.
Counseling clients on competition issues, Mark handles non-competes, collaborative joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. On the financial services side of his practice, he represents companies in the securities arena such as Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse First Boston, Salomon Smith Barney, First Investors INVESCO and US Trust. He also prosecutes claims of fraud for the Jefferson Parish School Board §457 Deferred Compensation Plan. Mark appears before jurisdictions including the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, various federal district courts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Pennsylvania, and the state courts of Louisiana, Texas and the District of Columbia.
Professional Memberships
International Association of Defense Counsel, Past-President; Louisiana Bar Foundation; The Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel, Board of Directors; DRI, Board of Directors; Lawyers for Civil Justice, Board of Lawyers