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Mark Willard chairs the firm's Technology Committee and is a member of the firm’s Budget & Finance Committee. He formerly served on the firm's Executive Committee and for many years served as Chairman of the firm's Hiring Committee. Mark focuses his practice on civil litigation and arbitration matters, where he has an extensive background in complex commercial litigation, multidistrict litigation, class action litigation, technology litigation, patent, trademark and copyright infringement litigation, corporate governance litigation, directors and officers liability litigation, derivative shareholder litigation and securities fraud litigation. Additionally, Mark is a member of the National Panel of Commercial Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and has been appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania as an arbitrator and E-Discovery Special Master.
- Provided general commercial transactional counseling;
- Handled securities fraud class action and derivative shareholder litigation, insurance coverage litigation, intellectual property litigation, environmental litigation, product liability litigation, business tort and unfair competition litigation, defamation litigation and commercial arbitration and mediation and electronic discovery;
- Served as general outside counsel to privately held companies providing legal advice on a broad range of commercial law matters;
- Defended patent false marking cases filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas;
- Defended employers in connection with theft of trade secrets including actions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act;
- Represented both patentees and accused patent infringers in litigation across the United States;
- Represents major securities rating agencies in connection with securities fraud actions involving mortgage backed securities.
Litigation
Technology and Licensing
E-Discovery and Information Management
Dealership and Franchise
Emerging Growth and Technology
Intellectual Property Litigation
Appellate
Class Action Litigation
Securities Litigation
Product Liability
Technology Litigation
J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, cum laude
B.A., Duquesne University, with honors
Pennsylvania, including all county and state courts
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Admitted to practice pro hac vice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware; the District of Columbia; the District of Nevada; the District of New Jersey; the Southern District of New York; the Eastern District of North Carolina; the Northern District of Ohio; the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania; the District Court of the Virgin Islands; the Eastern District of Virginia and the Northern District of West Virginia
Allegheny County Bar Association, Practice Lecturer, and Member of the Legal Technology and E-Discovery Committee
Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Faculty member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Chairman, Lex Mundi E-Commerce, Privacy, Outsourcing and Technology Practice Group, Member of the Lex Mundi College of Mediators and Chairman of the Lex Mundi Law Firm Technology Committee
Member, American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Panel
Certified in electronic discovery by Lexis/Nexis Applied Discovery
Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
- “New Judicial Guidance on the Nuts and Bolts of E-Discovery, “ February 2011.
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- “What You Don't Know About Electronic Discovery Can Hurt,” The Legal Intelligencer, January 2007.
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“Plaintiffs Face New Hurdles In Securities Fraud Litigation,” client alert, March 2006.
- “A Good Document Retention Policy Can Lower Litigation Costs,” client alert, January 2005.
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“The Need For A Document Retention Policy,” client alert, January 2005.
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“Private Sector: Virtual Documents,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 2004.
- “Deletion Deliberations,” Smart Business Magazine, September 2004.
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“The Duty To Preserve And Collect Electronic Evidence,” client alert, August 2004.
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“Primer On E-Discovery for Litigators,” The Lawyers Journal, July 2004.
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“eDiscovery in State Court,” faculty member and moderator, Pennsylvania Bar Institute/Allegheny County Bar Association E-Discovery Symposium, April 2013.
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“E-Discovery in Complex cases in Federal Court” and “E-Discovery in Complex and Injunctive Relief cases in Common Pleas Court,” presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute/ Allegheny County Bar Association Legal Technology and E-Discovery Committee E-Discovery Symposium, April 2012.
- “Digital Information Management,” presented at Eckert Seamans’ annual CLE program, August 2007.
- “Ethical Considerations in Retention and Production of Evidence,” continuing legal education program, May 2007.
- “Document Retention Strategies,” continuing legal education program, May 2007.
- “Document Retention Strategies for Healthcare Organizations,” continuing legal education program, February 2006.
- “Electronic Discovery: Preserving and Producing Electronic Information. Are You Ready?” continuing legal education program, August 2005.
- “New Breed of Patent Claim Bedevils Product Makers,” quoted, The Wall Street Journal, August 2010.
- "Lawyers Mobilize for the November Election,” quoted in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 2004.
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