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Legal malpractice (certified), media law, civil and criminal litigation in federal and state courts
Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP
womblebonddickinson.com
1333 North California Boulevard Suite 450
Walnut Creek , CA 94596
Walnut Creek , CA 94596
Phone:
(415) 765-6215
Email:
mark.tuft@wbd-us.com
Mark L. Tuft is counsel to lawyers, law firms, and public and private organizations on the law governing lawyers, and a frequent writer and lecturer on legal ethics.
UC Hastings
Columns
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers, politics and defending justice | State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law | Mar. 7, 2025 |
| Disciplinary consequences of a violation of California's Racial Justice Act | Mar. 5, 2025 | |
| Applying a ‘measure of judgment’ in Rules of Professional Conduct | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Feb. 21, 2024 |
| A LAWYER'S DUTY OF CLIENT DUE DILIGENCE | Mar. 1, 2023 | |
| Deciphering conflicts based on personal relationships with opposing counsel | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Oct. 16, 2020 |
| How not to be a lawyer | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 22, 2019 |
| De-unifying California's integrated bar | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Apr. 19, 2017 |
| De-unifying California's integrated bar | Judges and Judiciary | Apr. 14, 2017 |
Verdicts & Settlements
| Case Name | Topic | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Parker v. Wendy P. McCaw | Business Law | Expert / technical | Nov. 22, 2008 |
| Confidential | Attorneys | Expert / technical | Oct. 4, 2008 |
| Charles F. Cook and Jean E. Cook, Trustees of the Cook 1996 Revocable Trust, and Susan L. Mulholland, et al. v. M. Stephen Coontz, Coontz & Matthews | Insurance | Expert / technical | Aug. 20, 2002 |
| Confidential | Attorneys | Expert / technical | Nov. 27, 1999 |
| Confidential | Breach of Contract | Expert / technical | Nov. 22, 1997 |
| Napa Sanitation District v. Kirkland | Real Property | Plaintiff | Apr. 2, 1994 |
MCLE
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Deciphering conflicts based on personal relationships with opposing counsel | Legal Ethics | Oct. 16, 2020 |
| How not to be a lawyer | Legal Ethics | Mar. 22, 2019 |
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers, politics and defending justice | State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law | Mar. 7, 2025 |
| Disciplinary consequences of a violation of California's Racial Justice Act | Mar. 5, 2025 | |
| Applying a ‘measure of judgment’ in Rules of Professional Conduct | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Feb. 21, 2024 |
| A LAWYER'S DUTY OF CLIENT DUE DILIGENCE | Mar. 1, 2023 | |
| Deciphering conflicts based on personal relationships with opposing counsel | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Oct. 16, 2020 |
| How not to be a lawyer | Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Mar. 22, 2019 |
| De-unifying California's integrated bar | Ethics/Professional Responsibility | Apr. 19, 2017 |
| De-unifying California's integrated bar | Judges and Judiciary | Apr. 14, 2017 |
| Case Name | Topic | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Parker v. Wendy P. McCaw | Business Law | Expert / technical | Nov. 22, 2008 |
| Confidential | Attorneys | Expert / technical | Oct. 4, 2008 |
| Charles F. Cook and Jean E. Cook, Trustees of the Cook 1996 Revocable Trust, and Susan L. Mulholland, et al. v. M. Stephen Coontz, Coontz & Matthews | Insurance | Expert / technical | Aug. 20, 2002 |
| Confidential | Attorneys | Expert / technical | Nov. 27, 1999 |
| Confidential | Breach of Contract | Expert / technical | Nov. 22, 1997 |
| Napa Sanitation District v. Kirkland | Real Property | Plaintiff | Apr. 2, 1994 |
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Deciphering conflicts based on personal relationships with opposing counsel | Legal Ethics | Oct. 16, 2020 |
| How not to be a lawyer | Legal Ethics | Mar. 22, 2019 |