Merton E. Marks

Of Counsel

  • Office Contact Info
  • Biography

    Merton E. Marks is Of Counsel in the Phoenix office of GRSM. His practice is focused on arbitration and litigation in the following areas:

    Securities

    • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrations involving brokers, registered representatives, customer claims, expungement of prior actions
    • Former Assistant Attorney General of Arizona, Securities Division

    Hospitality Industry 

    • Claims against hotels, resorts, golf courses, guest security, Dram Shop litigation

    Insurance and Reinsurance

    • Coverage, premium fraud, audit and rate disputes
    • Bad faith claims
    • Agent, broker, and third party claims administrator liability
    • Arizona Insurance Department regulatory and rate proceedings
    • Arizona Industrial Commission self-insurance and regulatory proceedings, workers’ compensation, employers’ liability, and asbestos cases

    Military Law and Practice

    • Judge Advocate General's Corps (XV Army Corps), Former Captain, U.S. Army
    • Counsel in more than 60 Courts Martial, administrative hearings, and appeals
    • Awarded Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service
    • Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
    • Life Member, Military Officers Association of America
    • Member, Judge Advocates Association
    • Member, Wounded Warrior Project

    Product Liability

    • Pharmaceutical drugs, medical and dental devices, and equipment, herbal supplements, cosmetics
    • Children’s products
    • Industrial machinery, chemicals, gases, plastics, asbestos
    • Firearms

    Admissions

    • Arizona
    • Illinois (Inactive)
    • U.S. District Court, Arizona
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
    • U.S. Supreme Court

    Memberships

    • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
    • International Association of Defense Counsel
    • Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, Past President
    • American Bar Association, Special Committee on Federal Asbestos Legislation, Former Chair

     

  • Practice Areas
  • Experience
    • Several hundred state and federal jury and bench trials and appeals, military trials, regulatory hearings, administrative hearings; arbitrations and mediations as counsel and neutral including Zoom and Skype proceedings.
  • Publications & Presentations

    Presentations

    • Speaker at business and legal conferences in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East

    Publications

  • Education

    Education

    J.D., Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

    • Northwestern Law Review, Contributing Author

    Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

    B.S., Political Science and Economics, Northwestern University College of Arts and Sciences

  • Honors

    Honors

    Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

    Guest Lecturer, International Arbitration, Georgetown University Law Center

    "Best of Arizona Business Attorneys," Arizona Business Magazine

    AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale Hubbell®

    Former Judge Pro Tem, Arizona Court of Appeals

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