Mark T. Coffin

Mark is a 20-year civil litigation attorney with a practice focusing on on business, construction, real estate, and personal injury litigation. Mark’s clients include property owners, businesses, contractors, and manufacturers that he has successfully represented in trials involving contract claims, property disputes, jobsite accidents, product liability and professional liability litigation. Mark spent the year 2003 in the record eleven-month construction defect/mold trial of El Escorial v. Santa Barbara Villas. He obtained defense verdicts for his three clients in that case. Prior to joining Christman, Kelley & Clarke, PC, Mark was a founding partner of Hardin & Coffin, LLP in Santa Barbara, CA. Mark regularly speaks and publishes on a variety of legal topics, and frequently serves as a mediator and Judge Pro Tem for the Santa Barbara Superior Court. He is admitted to practice in all California courts and the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Mark received his B.S. from the University of Southern California, his M.S. from the American Graduate School of Business Management, and his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Mark currently serves on the board of directors of the Santa Barbara AIA and the Montecito YMCA, and he is a past director of the Santa Barbara Bar Association and Barristers’ Club. Away from work, Mark enjoys family life in Santa Barbara with his wife and three growing children. He is a jazz aficionado and enjoys travelling.

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

J.D. (1993) | Law

1989 - 1993

Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management

MBA (1989) | International Business

1989 - 1989

University of Southern California

B.S. (1980) | Economics

1977 - 1980

Partner

Christman, Kelley & Clarke, PC

2013 - Current

Partner

Hardin & Coffin, LLP

1998 - 2013

Partner

Borton, Petrini & Conron, LLP

1993 - 1998

The Myth of the "Standard" 1-Year Construction Warranty

Santa Barbara Lawyer Magazine, SB Contractors' Association Newsletter

2012

YMCA

Board of Directors, Montecito Branch

2010 - Current

American Association of Architects

Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Chapter

2010 - Current

Ventura Contractor's Association

Member

2005 - Current

Santa Barbara Contractor's Association

Member

2003 - Current

Santa Barbara Bar Association

Member

1994 - Current

California

Since 2003

Federal Circuit

Since 2003

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