Attorney Profile
Mark L. Venardi
Mark Venardi
Walnut Creek
California (CA)
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (50%), Transportation/Maritime (30%), Employment Litigation: Plaintiff (20%)
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Transportation/Maritime
Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
Profile
I sailed on ships for four years, worked on an offshore oil rig for one year, and grew up in a midwest blue collar town before attending college and law school. Everyday I think about where I came from and how it feels to have someone care, so I am committed to help people from all walks of life receive fair compensation for their injuries. I represent people who have been harmed by the actions or negligence of individuals, corporations, and insurance companies. If I am your lawyer - your warrior, corporations and insurance companies have two choices: meet their responsibility and compensate you for all of your harms, or go to trial. I look my clients in the eye and I tell them that I will represent them and provide them with the same tough representation that big companies pay for with their big bucks. I handle appropriate cases throughout California, and maritime personal injury cases throughout the West Coast, including Alaska and Hawaii. My practice focuses on wrongfully terminated employees and injured persons whose injuries are of such severity as to reduce or eliminate their earning capacities in their chosen occupation. I also represent small business owners in disputes with other larger corporations or insurance companies. The legal process is confusing enough. Contact Mark if you want straight talk, honest evaluation of your potential case and caring personal attention from start to finish.
Selected To
Northern California Super Lawyers 2011
Northern California Super Lawyers 2010
Northern California Super Lawyers 2009
About Mark Venardi
Admitted: 1994, California
Professional Webpage: www.vefirm.com/Attorney-Profile/Mark-L-Venardi.shtml
Honors and Awards:
- Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum for verdicts that exceed $2,000,000
- Earned the Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rating from 2004 to present
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Board Member, Contra Costa Bar Association Employment Law Section
- The American Trial Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, California Employment Lawyers Association, and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Holland & Knight Opening Doors for Children Award. Holland & Knight awarded Mark this award after Mark directed the performance of a play based upon the famous Yick Wo v. City of San Francisco case. He directed the Yick Wo Fifth grade class in the play, which was performed at the San Francisco School of Art., 2000
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Member, University of San Francisco Maritime Law Review, 1994. Speaker, "A Primer On Maritime Law," Young Barristers' Division Admiralty Committee, October, 1995; "Investigating Personal Injury Claims," California Association of Private Investigators, June 1996; "California Lawyer Roundtable Discussion on Employment Law," June 2002; "Employment Related Records in California" Lorman Education Services, September 2003 and February 2004; Author, "To Arbitrate or Note," Silicon Valley Business Weekly, May 2001.
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Recent verdicts include $4,800,000 binding arbitration award in the case Phoenix Logistics, Inv. v. EDO Corporation and $1,300,000 net jury verdict in Wildman v. Segway, which was the first case involving a Segway human transporter to go to trial. Recent settlements for 1,350,000 in an employment retaliation case. This was reportedly the highest settlement ever by this financial institution. An insurance bad faith settlement of $1,250,000 for a homeowner mold claim, where the first party claim damages were less than $250,000. CLICK HERE FOR MORE REPRESENTATIVE CASES.
Educational Background:
- B.A. University of California, Berkeley., 1991
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