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Mr. Marcus has tried numerous multi-million dollar commercial litigation cases in state and federal courts throughout the country. For example, in a jury trial, he successfully defended a public company and its directors and officers in a RICO/securities fraud class action in the Eastern District of Virginia. In addition, he served as defense liaison counsel on behalf of 71 defendants in connection with the State of West Virginia's action against asbestos manufacturers for damages and removal of asbestos from all state-owned buildings. He has also been appointed defense liaison counsel in antitrust insurance coverage litigation brought in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Recently, Mr. Marcus served as defense liaison counsel in antitrust class action and related opt-out litigation transferred to the Western District of Pennsylvania by the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation.

Mr. Marcus served as lead counsel for a group of corporate and individual defendants in the Phar-Mor Securities Litigation which was comprised of 40 consolidated suits involving hundreds of millions of dollars in the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Marcus has successfully tried to a jury significant personal injury claims and has successfully defended against similar claims for corporate clients. He has been consistently successful in obtaining mass picketing injunctions against striking union workers in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. Marcus has considerable experience in litigating significant real estate disputes in states as diverse as Texas, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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Practice Concentration

  • Complex commercial litigation including Antitrust, Securities, Employment Law, Real Estate, Lender Liability, and Insurance

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, J.D., 1969

Honors

  • Law Review 1968-1969, Notes Editor
  • Cum Laude
  • University of Pittsburgh Honors Scholarship
  • W.I. Patterson Scholarship
  • American Jurisprudence Award in Bills and Notes
  • Syracuse University, M.B.A., 1968
  • Syracuse University, B.S. (Accounting), 1965

Admitted to Practice

  • Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth and Sixth Circuits
  • U.S. Supreme Court