Mark A. Walsh
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
505 9th Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-2166
USA
Phone: +1 202 776 7843
Fax: +1 202 478 2897
Email:
MAWalsh@duanemorris.com
Boston Address
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 2400
100 High Street
Boston, MA 02110-0174
Phone: +1 857 488 4200
Fax: +1 857 488 4201
Mark A. Walsh represents clients in federal and state courts, at both trial and appellate level, and before administrative agencies and arbitration tribunals. He has had multiple first-chair experiences in federal and state courts and regulatory proceedings, most recently with a five-day bench trial before the U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia.
Mr. Walsh frequently leads large and diverse project teams comprised of lawyers, consulting and testifying experts, technology resources and key client representatives. He has worked onsite with management and in-house legal teams on several extended assignments abroad and at various U.S. client locations. Mr. Walsh frequently works closely with boards, committees, and individual directors of public companies in responding to shareholder challenges to corporate action.
Mr. Walsh's civil litigation experience includes shareholder derivative claims, securities class actions, complex commercial disputes and employment litigation. His regulatory and criminal experience includes insurance regulatory hearings and market conduct investigations, SEC enforcement actions, grand jury investigations and related internal reviews and compliance assessments.
Areas of Practice
- Securities and Corporate Governance Internal Investigations, Litigation, and Criminal Defense
- Complex Commercial Litigation and Arbitration.
- Insurance Market Conduct, Civil Litigation and Administrative Proceedings
- Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Representative Matters
- Represented multi-national financial services and insurance clients in responding to U.S. regulatory inquiries, criminal investigations, and class action litigation arising under U.S. securities laws.
- Assisted various corporations with internal investigations in response to shareholder derivative demands, whistleblower allegations and audit committee inquiries.
- Defended investment adviser and officers of Business Development Corporation in enforcement action brought by SEC arising from disputed portfolio valuations, proxy contest and shareholder actions.
- Defended numerous public companies against shareholder class action claims arising from matters such as missed earnings projections, regulatory investigations and settlements, and M&A transactions.
- Acted for a UK-based marine protection and indemnity insurer and represented its members in various regulatory, civil and criminal matters in the United States.
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Education
- Boston College Law School, J.D., 1994
- University of Dublin, Trinity College, B.A., 1983
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "3 Tips for Limiting Liability in the Digital Age," Law360, January 23, 2013
