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Practice
Engaged in general trial practice with an emphasis in product
liability, insurance defense, warranty/lemon law, construction and commercial
litigation matters.
Professional Background
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1981;
in West Virginia in 1990. Also
admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the
Western District of Pennsylvania; United States District Court for
the Northern District of West Virginia; United States Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit; and the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Professional/Civic Activities
Member: Allegheny County; Pennsylvania; and American Bar Associations;
West
Virginia State
Bar.
Member: Defense Research Institute;
Arbitration Panel of the Mid-Atlantic Region of United States Arbitration and
Mediation, Inc.; Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association;
American Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Defense Institute;
and International Trucking Association's Amicus Project.
Education
University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1978);
University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1981)
Up Close And Personal
Mark Eck has been practicing law for over 20 years.
A graduate of Notre Dame where he majored in psychology, Mark returned home to Pittsburgh
to get his law degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. He joined Meyer Darragh
shortly thereafter, became a partner in 1985. Today he is one of this area's highly
regarded trial attorneys with an emphasis on commercial, product liability, and toxic tort
matters.
An attorney with lots of jury trials under his belt, Mark has also been a practitioner of
alternative dispute resolution, more commonly called mediation and arbitration. Trained in
this field, he is a member of the American Arbitration Association, and he has served in
the role of mediator/arbitrator and as counsel to parties seeking to resolve a dispute in
this less costly, expedited alternative process.
Admitted to practice law in West Virginia as well as Pennsylvania, Mark spends a lot of
time on the road for his clients. The demand for his skills throughout the tri-state area
reminds you a bit of the old itinerant Abe Lincoln-style lawyer: have case, will travel.
But that kind of personalized attention to a client's needs is the hallmark of good
lawyering.
Mark is an active member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate
Counsel (FDCC), the Defense Research Institute (DRI), and various
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