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Mark E. Haddad

Administrative Partner (Boston)
Boston
+1.617.261.3116
Fax +1.617.261.3175

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • J.D., Boston College Law School, 1983, (cum laude)
  • B.A., Boston College, 1980, (magna cum laude)

Admissions

  • Bar of Massachusetts
  • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Mr. Haddad is a partner in the Boston office of K&L Gates. He concentrates his practice in the areas of business litigation, dispute resolution and securities enforcement. In the litigation and dispute resolution area, Mr. Haddad has served as lead counsel for clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to privately held businesses in the areas of shareholder disputes, breach of fiduciary duties, securities claims, business torts, breach of commercial and construction contracts, real estate and environmental issues, and policyholder insurance claims. In the securities enforcement area, he represents investment companies, broker-dealers and other financial institutions in investigations and administrative proceedings brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, NASD and various other state and federal agencies.

Professional Background

Mr. Haddad joined K&L Gates as a partner in 1993. Mr. Haddad is a member of K&L Gates’ firm-wide Management Committee, a position he has held since 2000. Mr. Haddad also is the Administrative Partner of the Boston Office and is responsible for the day to day operations of a full service legal office with over 100 lawyers and some 200 employees. He has addressed industry groups and professional associations on a variety of issues related to his dispute resolution and securities enforcement practice.

Achievements

Mr. Haddad holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Professional/Civic Activities

  • American Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
  • Boston Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
  • Massachusetts Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
  • Trial counsel for a global technology company in an AAA arbitration involving the defense of a multi-million dollar claim for alleged deficiencies arising out of design, development and implementation of certain product lines.
  • Trial counsel for a global technology consulting firm in two separate proceedings in the Massachusetts Superior Court involving claims to enforce restrictive covenants of employment contracts and confidential and trade secret obligations of former senior management personnel.
  • Lead arbitration counsel for an international broker-dealer firm in a multi-claim dispute concerning alleged negligently maintained brokerage accounts and turning.
  • Trial counsel for a heavy highway and site contractor in defense of a $40 million claim tried to a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
  • Trial counsel for a Fortune 50 manufacturer involving the prosecution of more than $150 million of claims in a multi-site environmental insurance coverage action tried to a jury in the Superior Court of the State of Washington.
  • Trial counsel for two Fortune 50 chemical concerns in suits in Texas and Pennsylvania against the Union Pacific Railroad Company for systemic service deficiencies resulting from the “transportation emergency” in the aftermath of United Pacific’s merger with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Mr. Haddad also assisted five other chemical companies in the resolution of their claims against Union Pacific.
  • Trial counsel for a global conglomerate involving claims against adjacent property owners in a hazardous waste contamination and cost recovery dispute in Massachusetts.
  • Counsel for an international investment advisor in the investigation and negotiation of claims by the SEC involving market timing.
  • Trial counsel for the largest investor-owned water utility in the country in an eminent domain case in the Massachusetts Superior Court involving the taking of an entire water storage and distribution system.
  • Counsel for regional-based investment advisor in an internal investigation and successful resolution of claims associated with Madoff scheme of investments.
  • Trial counsel in two AAA arbitrations in New York and Texas for an investment advisory concern involving multi-million dollar claims arising out of various investment advisory services and related activities.
  • Counsel to national investment advisor in state attorney general investigation of investments involving a foreign shell corporation.
  • Counsel for a national commercial property owner in a multi-million dollar “sick building syndrome” insurance coverage dispute in Massachusetts and Illinois.
  • Insurance coverage counsel for a New England based heavy highway contracting and aggregates firm in a wrongful death, toxic tort claim in Massachusetts and a multi-million dollar bridge collapse dispute in the State of Florida.
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