Our Attorneys

Mark White is a seasoned securities and commercial litigator. He is a barrister and attorney. Mark is a committed problem solver from inception to conclusion between private practice in Ireland and in the United States.

Admitted in multiple federal courts including; the Southern District of New York, Northern District of Texas and District of Colorado.

Notable results:

• Achieved advantageous settlement terms for a publicly traded plaintiff entity in securities lawsuit against former chief executive officer.
• Achieved a successful dismissal of all claims against a former chief financial officer of a public traded REOC entity alleging breach of fiduciary duties and securities violations.
• Successfully defended FINRA registered broker-dealers during investigations initiated by FINRA.
• Successfully overturned FINRA’s refusal to approve a change of name and trading symbol on behalf of a publicly traded entity in a lawsuit before the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Assisted the Securities and Exchange Commission in their investigation of a public entity’s chief executive officer selling unregistered securities to perpetrate a Ponzi scheme.
• Successfully avoided exposing client to a judgement of $200,000,000 million by forcing the plaintiff to settle for small monetary sum and sale of class c shares following service of discovery demands during the lawsuit.
• Forced plaintiff to offer settlement of $600,000 in $7.1 million lawsuit after discovering penalty clause was unlawfully incorporated into a personal guaranty.
• Avoided exposure of client to personal liability in commercial real estate lawsuit by having all claims dismissed.
• Achieved a successful dismissal of all claims against 2 individual clients resulting in them avoiding judgment of $1.1 million.
• Accomplished the equity pay-out goals of client in pre-lawsuit negotiations after discovering an advancement of fees clause in a Limited Liability Operating Agreement.
• Uncovered advancement of fees clause in by-laws during corporate divorce forcing plaintiff entity to settle all claims for thousands of dollars avoiding them being exposed to judgment of multiple millions of dollars.
• Negotiated settlement agreement resulting in no payment of compensatory damages.
• Negotiated settlement agreement in commercial contract dispute resulting in defendant paying $76,000 instead of $330,000 in damages.
• Recouped over 50% of damages sustained by foreign company in 2 commercial lawsuits.