Mark S. Davidson
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Phone: 206-628-6648 Fax: 206-628-6611 Email: mdavidson@williamskastner.com |
Two Union Square 601 Union Street, Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101 |
Mark Davidson is a member in the Seattle office and past managing director of Williams Kastner. His practice concentrates on commercial litigation and business disputes. Mr. Davidson is a former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney specializing in securities and bank fraud investigations and prosecutions. Mr. Davidson has been named to Super Lawyers by Washington Law & Politics magazine on multiple occasions. He has also been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a "Top Lawyer" in Commercial Litigation for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell's ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be "AV Preeminent"-the highest peer-review rating available. He is presently serving as co-chair of the Business Torts Committee and as a member of Leadership of the American Bar Association Litigation Section.
Experience:
Substantial jury and bench trial experience in complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts and in securities industry (NASD/FINRA), American Arbitration Association and private arbitrations, including claims involving:
- Unfair competition
- Securities claims, including claims involving broker-dealers
- Class actions
- Business disputes
- Real estate
- Professional liability
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Business Torts Committee)
- Washington State Bar Association (Trial Practice Section)
- King County Bar Association (Trial Practice Section)
- Board of Directors, Alzheimer’s Association for Western and Central Washington (2002 - 2010)
- American Arbitration Association (Arbitration Panelist)
Articles:
- Co-Author, "Tort Damages for Breach of Contract? The Ebb and Flow of the Economic Loss Rule," , The SIRMon, ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section newsletter, Fall 2008 (also published in Winter 2008 edition of ABA Litigation Section's Business Torts Journal).
- "Fraud in Charitable Fund-Raising," Business Torts Journal, ABA Litigation Section, Spring 2004 Remedies Issue.
Areas of Practice
- Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Class Action
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance
- Insurance
- Real Estate
Bar Admissions
- Washington
- Oregon
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Education
- University of Washington School of Law (JD) 1975
- Stanford University (AB) 1971