Mark is a Senior Counsel in the Washington, D.C. offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. He focuses his practice on construction and government contract issues.
Mark has litigated contract claims before federal and state courts, boards of contract appeals and arbitration panels and advises clients regarding bid protest issues. He has extensive experience in contract drafting, construction scheduling issues and the mediation and settlement of contract claims.
Mark is a co-author of Construction Scheduling: Preparation, Liability and Claims, Aspen Law and Business (3rd Ed. 2010). For over twenty years, he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Project Management Program, where he teaches graduate courses on the legal aspects of project management and design, engineering and construction. Mark is also a member of the Contract Content Advisory Council for ConsensusDocs, which is a coalition of leading industry associations who collaboratively develop and promote standard form construction documents that advance the construction process.
Mark received his BA magna cum laude from Hofstra University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his JD with high honors from the George Washington University, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.