Callahan, Marc K.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Marc Callahan's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on class action defense and unfair business practices, false advertising, and consumer fraud and protection claims. Marc has extensive experience in litigating claims in trial and appellate courts under the Unfair Competition Law, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Credit Repair Organizations Act. He also has extensive experience in partnership and real estate disputes.

Marc currently represents Experian Information Solutions in a lawsuit against LifeLock alleging that LifeLock engages in unfair business practices and false advertising. He recently represented Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless in a putative consumer class action, obtaining a dismissal on the pleadings and a published opinion limiting the scope of plaintiff standing to pursue an unfair competition lawsuit (Peterson v. Cellco Partnership, 164 Cal. App. 4th 1583 (2008)). Marc represented ConsumerInfo.com in a putative consumer class action in which a favorable individual settlement was obtained after class certification was denied. He also represented Experian Information Solutions in an action alleging violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act in which summary judgment was obtained.

Marc is a member of the board of directors and a founding fellow of the Society of Fellows of the Orange County Bar Foundation. He is also the group leader for Civil Procedure and Evidence Group II for the Orange County Bar Association's Resolution Committee and has served as a delegate in the Conference of Delegates of the California Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice

Representative Cases

• Buy.com pursues tort/unfair business practices claims against Visa
• ConsumerInfo.com successfully settles nationwide class action in Northern District of California

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• U of California - Hastings
• U of California - Los Angeles

Published Works

• The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Orange County) Report, Volume VII, No. 2, 2005

Address

3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
Irvine, CA 92612-4408

Phones

1.949.553.7515 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.949.553.7539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com