Members Directory > Merton E. Marks, PC - Commercial Arbitrator and Mediator

*Merton Marks is an arbitrator and mediator throughout the U.S. and internationally in corporate, insurance, reinsurance, securities, trade secrets, construction, product liability, class actions and discovery disputes involving electronic data production. He is available for consultation with attorneys and their clients in arbitrations, mediations, “med-arb”s, neutral evaluations, mini/mock trials, summary jury trials, special master and as co-counsel in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

*Partner, 27 years, Phoenix law firm of Lewis and Roca LLP, one of the largest law firms in
the U.S. Southwest, member of the firm’s Policy Committee and Chair, Product Liability and Insurance Litigation Department. Practice included representation and supervision of civil litigation for individuals and U.S. and international corporations in trials, class actions, administrative hearings, appeals, arbitrations and mediations. Previously, partner 9 ½ years in Phoenix, Arizona law firm of Shimmel, Hill, Kleindienst & Bishop, specializing in civil litigation.

*Former judge pro tempore, Arizona Court of Appeals. Former Assistant Attorney General, State of Arizona. Counsel to the Arizona Corporation Commission Securities Division and Real Estate Department and Counsel to State Industrial Commission and State Compensation Fund.

*Author, over 50 published papers; speaker at local, national and international legal and business conferences on arbitration, mediation, insurance and securities law in the United States, England, Canada, France, Germany, Israel and Spain.

*Arbitral Organization Memberships

American Arbitration Association (Commercial, Reinsurance and Large Complex Case Panels), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and Mediation Panel; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)-securities industry disputes; Certified Arbitrator, Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS-US)-disputes involving primary, excess and reinsurers, self insured corporations, coverage and bad faith; U.S. Council on International Business/International Chamber of Commerce Arbitrator; National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals; Fellow, American College of E-Neutrals [Electronic Discovery]; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London); Former Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (International Panel)

*Legal Organization Memberships

American Bar Association (past Chair, Special Committee on Federal Asbestos Legislation; past Chair, Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Committee); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, (past Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; past Chair, Pharmaceutical Litigation Section; past Vice President); International Lawyers Network; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel; American College of Legal Medicine; Defense Research Institute (Speaker, Product Liability and Insurance Seminars); Arizona Association of Defense Counsel (Past President); Arizona’s Finest Lawyers Listing; Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who in the World

*Peer Review and Court Admissions

Admitted to practice: U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; States of Arizona and Illinois; Martindale-Hubbell “A-V Preeminent” rating (highest peer rating for ability and ethics)

*Education

Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois (JD), contributing author, Northwestern Law Review; Northwestern University College of Arts and Sciences, Evanston, Illinois (BS, Political Science and Economics); Graduate, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Law School, Malibu, California, Complex Mediation course

*Military Service

Former captain, U.S. Army

URL: http://www.mertonemarks.com
Firm Email Address: memarkspc@earthlink.net

Merton E. Marks
Email: memarkspc@earthlink.net
Telephone: +1.480.544.4324
Facsimile: +1.480.718.8766

Practice Groups:
U.S. and international commercial, insurance, securities, product liability and construction arbitration and mediation

ILN Specialty Groups:
Medical Device and Drug Manufacturing Litigation, International Dispute Resolution

Partners	Practice Groups	Telephone	E-mail Address
Merton E. Marks	U.S. and international commercial, insurance, securities, product liability and construction arbitration and mediation	+1.480.544.4324	memarkspc@earthlink.net

Office Locations
Phoenix, Arizona (Main Location) 2575 East Camelback Road, Suite 450 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 USA Telephone: +1.480.544.4324 Facsimile: +1.480.718.8766	Tucson, Arizona 850 North Kolb Road Tucson, Arizona 85710-1333 USA Telephone: +1.480.544.4324 Facsimile: +1.480.718.8766 Contact: Merton E. Marks

Dana Point, California 34300 Lantern Bay Drive, No. 105 Dana Point, California 92629 USA Telephone: +1.949.500.4940 Facsimile: +1.949.258.5589 Contact: Merton E. Marks

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