Mark C. Mazzarella
Top rated Business Litigation attorney in San Diego, California
Practice Areas:
Business Litigation,
Construction Litigation,
Estate & Trust Litigation,
Real Estate,
Civil Litigation,
Construction Defects
Education Qualification:
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Construction litigation,
Estate & trust litigation,
Real estate,
Civil litigation,
Construction defects
101 W Broadway, Suite 1700, San Diego, CA 92101San Diego, California, 92101
First Admitted: 1978, California
Professional Webpage: https://dmwplc.com/attorneys/mark-mazzarella/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- University of Oregon Mediation Course , 2023
- American Bar Association Advisory Panel, Member
- Guidelines for Ethics, Civility and Professionalism for the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Principal Draftsman, 1992-1993
- The Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Board of Directors
- California State Bar Association, Litigation Section, past Chair, 1988
- Chair, the ad hoc Committee on Bench/Bar relations for the San Diego County Superior and Municipal Courts, and the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California
- San Diego County Bar Association Annual Meeting, Floor Leader, 1985
- The Association of Business Trial Lawyers--San Diego, past President - two-term
- San Diego County Superior Court, Judge Pro Tem
- San Diego County Bar Association, Delegate, 1984
- American Bar Association, Advisory Panel Member
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Buehler v. Sbardellati
- Johnson v. Sheppard Mullen
Representative Clients:
- Pacific Scene Homes
- Davidson Communities
- Douglas Wilson Companies
- Arena Group 2000 (Ron and Ernie Hahn)
- Lambert Development
- Carter/Reese
- The Manchester Financial Group
- Peter Janopaul
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Licensed California Real Estate Broker
Honors/Awards:
- Top Attorneys in San Diego in “Corporate Litigation” category, San Diego Daily Transcript, 2006 & 2007
- “San Diego Super Lawyer”, Law & Politics, 2007
- "Super Lawyers", 2007 - 2011
- San Diego’s "Top Influentials", San Diego Daily Transcript, 2006
- “AV Preeminent”, 5.0 out of a possible 5.0, Martindale Hubbell
- Moot Court Honors Program, Member, U.C.L.A.
- Only real estate litigator in San Diego named among the best lawyers in the U.S. by "The Best of the U.S.", 2007
Educational Background:
- United States International University, Cal Western, Honors: First in his class, 1975
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Co-author, with renowned jury consultant Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, of the New York Timesand international bestseller, Reading People (Random House 1998), and Put Your Best Foot Forward (Simon & Schuster 2000), as well as scores of legal and lay article
- Faculty of the American Bar Association’s National Trial Institute, “How to Win A Business Jury Trial”
- Member of the U.C.L.A. Law Review, U.C.L.A.
- Participant, trial demonstration programs at the Annual Trial Seminar of The Litigation Section of The California State Bar
- Participant, trial demonstration programs at the The Association of Business Trial Lawyers' Annual Trial Symposium
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Appointed by the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to serve a three year term as a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2007
- Appeared on programs such as "Larry King Live," "Hardball with Chris Mathews," "The O'Reilly Factor," "Saturday Morning with Tony Snow," "The Kathleen Crier Report," "The Edge with Paula Zahn," "The Dan Abrams Report," "EXTRA," and scores of other ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, MSNBC, CNBC and CNN news shows
Industry Groups:
- Construction
- Hospitality
- Professional Services
- Real Estate
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