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Mark B. Wilson

Mark B. Wilson

Klein & Wilson LLP
  • Business Law, Legal Malpractice, Real Estate Law ...
  • California
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A seasoned trial attorney and skilled negotiator, Mark B. Wilson has won nearly every case he has tried and arbitrated. Mr. Wilson lost only one jury trial and obtained a complete reversal on appeal. Mr. Wilson represents clients in federal and state courts in a variety of matters, including business litigation, legal malpractice, real estate, trade secrets, unfair competition, copyright infringement, construction disputes, and commercial unlawful detainer.
Mr. Wilson’s victories include a $2.25 million jury verdict in a premises liability case, a $1.85 million dollar jury verdict in a breach of shareholder agreement case, a $1.8 million binding arbitration award in a legal malpractice case, a $1.4 million jury verdict in a copyright infringement case, a complete defense verdict in a partnership dispute where the client’s existence was at stake, and a complete defense verdict in an indemnity case where millions of dollars were at issue. His settlements include recovering $97 million in a breach of trust case, $3 million in a commercial construction dispute, $2.8 million in an employment dispute, $2.1 million in a legal malpractice action, and $2 million in a lease dispute.
As a meticulous attorney, Mr. Wilson brings to court an eye for detail and a sense of organization essential to winning complex trials.
The Daily Journal, the most widely read legal industry publication, named Mr. Wilson as one of California’s Top Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Mr. Wilson has been selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers® list since 2005. In 2017 – 2022, he was listed in the Super Lawyers® Top 50 Orange County List. Mr. Wilson was also listed in the Super Lawyers® Top 100 Southern California List in 2019-2022. Mr. Wilson was recognized as one of the elite trial attorneys in Orange County by OC Register Metro magazine. He achieved an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, denoting the highest level of professional excellence from his peers.

Education
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
J.D. (1988) | Trial Advocacy
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Honors: Jurisprudence Book Award.
Activities: Scott Moot Court Honors Board, 1987-1988; Legal Research and Writing, 1986.
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University of Southern California
B.S. (1985) | Public Administration
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Professional Experience
Partner
Klein & Wilson
Current
Deputy Trial Counsel
California State Bar
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Publications
Articles & Publications
How to Get Your Attorneys' Fees Reimbursed
Klein & Wilson Website
Lawyers Beware: The Masellis Court Put an End to the "Legal Certainty" Burden in Settle and Sue Legal Malpractice Cases
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Cutting Litigation Costs in a Post-Covid World
Today's General Counsel
Problems When Transactional Counsel Act as Trial Counsel
Today's General Counsel
What are the Ethical Implications of Using Online Meeting Platforms?
Klein & Wilson
Why do Lawsuits Cost So Much Money
Orange County Business Journal
How to Interview an Attorney to Handle a Business Dispute on a Contingency Fee Basis
Orange County Business Journal
Law Firm Divorces: Who Keeps the Cases?
ABTL Report
Hire An Attorney Before You Sign That Legal Document
Orange County Business Journal
Hold On... to Evidence Potentially Relevant to a Lawsuit
Orange County Business Journal
Have You Reviewed Your Shareholders'/Operating Agreement?
Orange County Business Journal
WARNING - Read Your Binding Arbitration Agreements Carefully
Orange County Business Journal
WARNING - Protect Your Intellectual Property Before It's Too Late!
Orange County Business Journal
Beware of Hidden Rent Increase Clauses
Orange County Business Journal
Treat the Family Business Like a Business
Orange County Business Journal
Traps for the Unwary in a Commercial Unlawful Detainer Case
OCTLA Gavel
The New (Old) Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule
OCTLA Gavel
Legal Malpractice
Witness Interviews: Who Is Off Limits and Who Is Fair Game?
OCTLA Gavel
The Trial Lawyer's Screenplay
OCTLA Gavel
Multimedia: An Unforgettable Trial Presentation
OCTLA Gavel
The Do's and Don'ts of Closing Arguments
OCTLA Gavel
The Parole Evidence Rule. The Gatekeeper of Evidence in Contract Cases
OCTLA Gavel
Mock Trials - One of the Most Powerful Tools for Case Evaluation and Trial Preparation
ABTL Report
Plaintiff's Right to Recover Medical Costs: How to Introduce Evidence of Actual Bills
OCTLA Gavel
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Choice of Law Issues
OCTLA Gavel
Contributed to 1992 Supplement of California Defect Litigation, Thomas E. Miller
Speaking Engagements
Lecturer, How to Use Multimedia in Trial
Orange County College of Trial Advocacy
Lecturer, How to Use Multimedia in Opening Statement
Orange County College of Trial Advocacy
The New Rules of Professional Conduct Which Affect Small Firms and Solo Practitioners, Orange County Bar Association
How to Prepare for and Take “C-Suite” Depositions, Orange County Bar Association
The New Rules of Professional Conduct and the Sheppard Mullin Opinion: How They Impact Business Litigators
Orange County Bar Association
The Ideal Motion to Compel Arbitration
ABTL Annual Seminar
The New Rules of Professional Conduct
ProVisors
How to Avoid Legal Malpractice and Keep Your License
Ferguson Inn of Court
Marriage and Divorce of Law Firms
Orange County Bar Association
How Real Estate Attorneys Can Avoid Legal Malpractice Claims
Orange County Bar Association
Winning Attorney-Client Fee Disputes
Orange County Bar Association
Mistakes Lawyers Make Regarding Structured Settlements, Annual Convention of Society of Settlement Planners
How to Use Multimedia to Make Closing Arguments More Convincing, Provisors' Lawyers and Legal Professionals Affinity Group
Using Multimedia to Maximize Impact
Orange County Bar Association
Capturing the Audience’s Attention with Multimedia
Orange County Women Lawyers Association
How to Avoid Legal Malpractice
AttorneyCredits.com
Multi-Media Courtroom Presentations
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
Ethics and Etiquette - Avoiding Malpractice Claims When Representing Financial Institutions & Building Stronger Client Ties
OCBA, Banking and Lending Section
How to Avoid Legal Malpractice Claims/Common Mistakes in Legal Malpractice Cases
OCBA, Real Estate Section
Ethics and Etiquette - Avoiding Malpractice Claims When Representing Financial Institutions & Building Stronger Client Ties
Orange County Bar Association, Banking and Lending Section
Effective Use of Multimedia at Mediation and Trial
Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court
Cumis Counsel Issues for the Business Litigator
OCBA
Using Video Technology in Case Management, Deposition, & Trial
OCTLA
How to Present a Multimedia Closing Argument
Orange County College Trial Advocacy
Technology Weapons Every Business Lawyer Must Learn to Use at Trial
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
How to Conduct Voir Dire
County College of Trial Advocacy
How to Take a Videotaped Deposition and Get it Into Evidence
OCTLA
Modern Evidence Techniques and Technology
Lorman Seminar
Damages in a Commercial Case
Lorman Seminar
How to Conduct Voir Dire
OCBA
Latest Trends in Jury Selection
OCTLA
Mock Trials - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
OCTLA
Litigation in the 21st Century - How to Present a Multimedia Trial
OCTLA
Trying the Business Case on a Contingency Fee Basis
State Bar of California
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mock Trials and Focus Groups
OCBA, Business Litigation Section
Certifications
Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice Law
California State Bar
Awards
Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report
Top 100 Southern California List
Super Lawyers
Best Law Firms
U.S. News & World Report
Top 50: 2021 Orange County Super Lawyers List
Super Lawyers
2022 Top Professional Responsibility Lawyer-Plaintiffs' Legal Malpractice
Daily Journal
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report
Top 50: 2021 Orange County Super Lawyers List
Super Lawyers
Top 100: 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers List
Super Lawyers
Trial Lawyer of the Year - Trade Secrets Law
Best Lawyers
Best Law Firms
U.S. News & World Report
Top 50: 2020 Orange County Super Lawyers List
Super Lawyer
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Top 100: 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers List
Super Lawyers
Best Law Firms
U.S. News & World Report
Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report
Top 50 in Orange County
Super Lawyers
Top 100 Southern California List
Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report
Trial Attorney of the Year - Legal Malpractice
Orange County Trial Lawyers
Best Law Firms
U.S. News & World Report
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Top 50 in Orange County
Super Lawyers
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Top 5% in Orange and Los Angeles Counties
Super Lawyers
The attorneys named in Super Lawyers® Magazine are the top attorneys in their respective practice areas, selected by their peers. The Super Lawyers® Magazine selection process begins with a survey conducted by Los Angeles Magazine, sent to more than 65,000 attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Attorneys were asked to vote for the best lawyers they had personally observed in action. Each lawyer was given a score based on the number of votes received and the source of those votes (votes of lawyers from other firms carry more weight than those from lawyers in the same firm). Only the top five percent of attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange Counties make it to the list.
10.0 Superb
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AV
Martindale-Hubbell
Martindale-Hubbell awarded Mr. Wilson, as well as the firm, its highest rating of "AV." The "A" represents the highest rating a lawyer can receive for professional skills, as ranked by other lawyers and judges. The "V" is the highest rating an attorney can receive for ethical standards. Accordingly, when clients hire Klein & Wilson, they can be assured they will be represented by attorneys judged by their peers to have the highest professional standards and ethics.
Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere.
Best Law Firms
U.S. News & World Report
Since 2016, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Klein & Wilson in its annual edition of "Best Law Firms." Klein & Wilson achieved a "Tier One" ranking in Orange County, California in the category of Commercial Litigation.
Top 50 in Orange County
Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report
Best Law Firms
U.S. News & World Report
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Best Law Firms
U.S. News & World Report
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Top Lawyer
Coast Magazine
Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
OC's Top Attorneys - Raising the Bar and Setting New Precedents
OC Metro
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
OC's Most Notable Lawyers
OC Metro
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
The Dean's List - OC's Top Attorneys
OC Metro
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
The Legal Eagles - OC's Top Attorneys
OC Metro
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers®, Corporate Counsel Edition
Super Lawyers
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
Southern California Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers
America's Top 100 Bet-The-Company Litigators
Bet-The-Company Litigators
America's Top 100 Attorneys
America's Top 100 Attorneys
Membership in America’s Top 100 Attorneys is meant to identify and highlight the accomplishments of the nation’s most esteemed and skilled attorneys in all areas of practice. Only 100 attorneys in each state received this honor.
Professional Associations
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Board of Governors
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Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Member
- Current
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Banyard Inn of Court
Master Bencher
- Current
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Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
Member
- Current
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Orange County Bar Association
Member
- Current
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Loyola Law School
Board of Directors
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Orange County Bar Association - Business Litigation Section
Chair
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Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
Board of Directors
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
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9th Circuit
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U.S. District Court Central District of California
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
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U.S. District Court Northern District of California
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U.S. District Court Southern District of California
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Fees
  • Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
    Klein & Wilson works on an hourly fee basis. On a very limited basis, Klein & Wilson will consider accepting cases on a contingency fee basis (i.e., where the damages exceed $10 million, and the client advances all costs).
Practice Areas
    Business Law
    Business Dissolution, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
    Legal Malpractice
    Real Estate Law
    Commercial Real Estate, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate
    Intellectual Property
    Trademarks
    Trademark Litigation
    Arbitration & Mediation
    Business - Arbitration/Mediation
    Appeals & Appellate
    Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
Additional Practice Areas
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Corporate Litigation
  • Breach of Contract
  • Breach of Fiduciary Duty
  • Partnership, Shareholder, LLC and LLP Disputes
  • Fraud
  • Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets
  • Copyright
  • Insurance Bad Faith
  • Commercial Unlawful Detainer
  • Commercial Landlord Tenant
Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Websites & Blogs
Website
Klein & Wilson
Website
Klein & Wilson profile
Contact & Map
Klein & Wilson
4770 Von Karman Avenue
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Toll-Free: (949) 478-0521
Telephone: (949) 631-3300
Fax: (949) 631-3703
Monday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Tuesday: 8 AM - 5 PM (Today)
Wednesday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Thursday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed