DeMonte, Mark W.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Mark DeMonte focuses his practice on assisting clients through all phases of complex federal and state litigation, including assessment of potential claims and defenses, discovery (including managing the costs of e-discovery), pretrial dispositive motion practice, trial, post-trial, and appeals. He has counseled clients on prelitigation issues and represented plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts in cases involving state law breach of contract claims, tortious interference, allegations of trade secret misappropriation, restrictive covenants, allegations of fraud, claims arising from state and federal False Claims Acts, and legal actions founded upon the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Mark served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert L. Miller Jr., Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. During this time, Mark assisted in the judicial administration and resolution of complex civil and criminal litigation involving federal and state laws, including class actions and cases transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings by the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

Mark is a graduate of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Rate School, and he dedicates a portion of his practice to assisting utility clients in regulatory proceedings before the Illinois Commerce Commission and civil litigation before Illinois state and federal courts. He also assists in the counseling of those utility clients on compliance with state laws and regulations.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Energy
• Energy Dispute Resolution

Representative Cases

• Abbott and TAP Pharmaceutical defend against Average Wholesale Price (AWP) litigation , (2009)
• Ameren requests an increase in electric delivery service rates for AmerenCILCO, AmerenCIPS and AmerenIP , (2009)
• Ameren's Illinois utilities win dismissal of case alleging manipulation of wholesale power prices
• City of Chicago defends class action raising constitutional challenges to processing of individuals arrested for fine-only offenses
• Illinois-American Water wins dismissal of case seeking to enjoin construction of $50 million water plant
• Illinois-American Water wins dismissal of case seeking to enjoin water main construction
• Jury awards Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services nearly one million dollars from former sales agent , (2009)
• Marcus & Millichap successfully obtains dismissal of action involving real commercial properties in favor of arbitration , (2009)
• Modis disputes claims of alleged trade secrets and enforcement of restrictive , (2009)
• National City Bank prevails in case involving employees' use of computers to conduct work for competitors , (2009)
• National City defends lease dispute , (2009)
• Price Beauty Supply pursues breach of contract dispute with supplier , (2009)

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

• Illinois

Education

• Illinois Wesleyan University
• Ohio State University

Address

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phones

1.312.269.4232 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.312.782.8585 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com