Davidson, Mark S.

Current Employment Position(s)

Member

Lawyer Overview

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.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Class Action
• Corporate Governance
• Insurance
• Litigation - Commercial
• Litigation - General
• Real Estate
• Antitrust

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial, Insurance, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1975
• District of Columbia, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1983
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
• Oregon
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Seattle-King County Bar Association (Member, Trial Practice Section)
• American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Business Torts Committee, Litigation Section)
• Washington State Bar Association (Member, Trial Practice Section)
• Business Torts Reporter (Board of Editors)
• Alzheimers Association of Western & Central Washington (Board of Directors)
• American Arbitration Association (Member, Panel of Arbitrators)

Honors and Awards

• Attorney General's Special Achievement Award, 1977
• Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine, 2001-2003, 2005

Past Employment Positions

• United States Department of Justice, Trial Attorney, 1975 - 1979

Education

• University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 1975
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Law Review: Articles Editor, Washington Law Review, 1974 - 1975
• Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1971
  A.B., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• Tort Damages for Breach of Contract? The Ebb and Flow of the Economic Loss Rule, American Bar Association, Business Torts Journal, Winter, 2008
• Fraud in Charitable Fund-Raising, American Bar Association, Business Torts Journal, Spring, 2004

Address

Two Union Square
601 Union Street, Suite 4100
Seattle, WA 98101-2380

Phones

(206) 628-6648

Faxes

(206) 628-6611

Emails

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Websites

http://www.williamskastner.com