First Admitted: 1988, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.yocca.com

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member in Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections; Orange County Bar Association, 2020

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

In a copyright infringement matter arbitrated to final award before the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Mark secured a complete defense victory including an award of all attorneys' fees and costs incurred by his client in the matter., 2021
In an arbitration matter, a terminated distributor sought a seven-figure recovery against Mark's corporate client. After the final hearing, the arbitrator entered an award in favor of Mark's client denying any recovery at all to the terminated distributor., 2021
Mark secured a $1,995,000 ($1.995 million) settlement for his corporate client against Aerojet Rocketyne, Inc. in a matter involving government contract issues and satellite propulsion technology, 2019, 2019
Mark successfully prosecuted a claim for declaratory relief in an International Arbitration conducted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In addition to awarding Mark's client all relief it sought, the ICC awarded Mark's client all of its attorneys' fees and arbitration costs incurred., 2021
Mark successfully defended his corporate client in a JAMS arbitration. The claimant sought over $1 million in damages. Following a four day arbitration, the Arbitration rejected the claim in its entirety and entered an award in favor of Mark's client., 2020
In a matter filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District, Florida, Mr. Yocca secured a judgment for his client B/E Aerospace against Travelers Insurance Company establishing insurance coverage for an approximate $10,000,000 judgment that had entered in against the client in California. Travelers was required to indemnify the client against all damages, including punitive damages, and pay all attorneys' fees going forward., 2016
Mark secured a $5,300,000 ($5.3 million) jury verdict for his public company client in a technology licensing dispute following a six-week jury trial in the Orange County Superior Court. After trial, the opposing party agreed to pay Mark's client to $7,600,000 ($7.6 million) in settlement due to a pending post-trial motion for a permanent injunction., 2014
Mark secured summary judgment for his clients on both the complaint pending against them and affirmatively on his clients' cross-complaint in breach of contract/fraud matter involving commercial real estate. Mark's clients were awarded a judgment in excess of $780,000, which included an award of attorneys' fees. In granting Mark's motion for attorneys' fees, the Los Angeles Superior Court ruled: "Having witnessed first-hand the representation provided, both in writing and in person, the court further finds the quality of the work presented to the court by defendants was at a very high level of quality, certainly on equal ground with the work of the very best attorneys in this community," 2014, 2014
Mark secured a $2,950,000 ($2.95 million settlement) for his client in a professional malpractice matter, 2014
Mr. Yocca secured a defense jury verdict and an affirmative recovery of $1,432,686.55 on his client's cross-complaint. Mr. Yocca tried this breach of contract and product warranty case for his public company client in the San Diego Superior Court., 2008
Mark secured a cash settlement in the amount of $1,889,047 in a shareholder option dispute in a case filed in the San Diego Superior Court, 2009
Mark served as lead counsel in a successful petition to the International Trade Commission (Inv. No. 337-TA-666) resulting in findings of non-infringement in a patent action, 2010
Mark secured a $1,850,000 ($1.85 million) settlement in a fraud/breach of contract matter brought by the seller against the buyer of a waste hauling and recycling business, 2015
Mark secured a $975,000 settlement for his corporate client through a mediation in a case involving defective dynamic random access memory computer chips, 2017
Mark successfully resolved through settlement a claim for software copyright infringement against his corporate client pending before the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration, 2018

Honors/Awards:

Selected To Super Lawyers, 2005 - 2023, Superlawyers, Thomson, 2023

Educational Background:

University of California, Santa Barbara B.A. Biological Sciences, 1985

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Best Lawyers, Litigation, 2020

Industry Groups:

Aerospace
Financial Services
Manufacturing
Real Estate
Technology

Mark W. Yocca