Mark A. Packman
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Bankruptcy & Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Insurance
- Insurance Recovery
- Public Interest
Education
- 1980 — J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- 1977 — A.B., Princeton University, with Honors
Bar & Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Mark Packman is a partner in the Firm. His practice focuses on complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He represents clients in federal and state courts and before arbitrators on a wide range of insurance issues. He has significant experience in handling pretrial matters, trials, and appeals. Examples of recent matters include:
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Representation of an asbestos trust in litigation in federal court on a variety of insurance coverage issues, which resulted in a settlement of over $100,000,000
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Representing another asbestos trust in an arbitration, which resulted in recoveries of over $100,000,000, including a $31,000,000 arbitration award that was affirmed on appeal
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Co-authoring a series of amicus curiae briefs in the United States Supreme Court on affirmative action issues for a public interest organization
Mark has written numerous law review articles on a variety of subjects.
- Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1979-80
- Author of numerous law review articles on Congressional and legislative redistricting
- Recipient of the "2004 Distinguished Service Award" from the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC) for pro bono work on Affirmative Action on Adarand v. Mineta and Grutter v. Bollinger amicus briefs
- GHR Receives Pro Bono Award, October 7, 2004