Overview
Mark's practice focuses on appeals, dispositive motions, and litigation strategy in cases presenting complex legal issues. He has drafted briefs in the Supreme Court of the United States, the federal courts of appeals, and other courts on issues in a wide range of fields, including antitrust, commercial law, constitutional law, criminal law, energy law, ERISA, federal jurisdiction and procedure, federal preemption, intellectual property law, and statutory interpretation. He has also successfully argued appeals before the US Courts of Appeals for the Third and Seventh Circuits.
Mark has served as a law clerk at every level of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court.
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US District Court, District of Columbia
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
- Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States, 2013-2014
- Hon. Gary S. Feinerman, US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2012-2013
- Hon. Richard A. Posner, US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2011-2012
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2011, magna cum laude; Articles Editor, Harvard Law Review
- B.A., University of Illinois, 2008
Representative Matters
- Drafted appellate briefs for US government contractor in bid protest appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Drafted appellate briefs for Czech tire company in trade secret appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Drafted appellate brief for taxpayer in corporate tax appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Drafted appellate briefs for Chinese defendant in civil and criminal trade secret litigation in the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- Drafted appellate brief for Korean defendants in commercial dispute appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
- Drafted appellate brief for Canadian energy company in regulatory appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- Drafted appellate brief for Canadian energy company in litigation with government officials in the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
- Argued appeal and drafted briefs for pro bono client suing government defendants in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
- Drafted reply brief in support of Supreme Court petition for certiorari for American automotive manufacturer.
- Drafted appellate brief for US mining company in regulatory appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
- Drafted appellate brief for US pipeline company in commercial dispute appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
- Drafted appellate briefs for US satellite television company in licensing dispute appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
- Drafted appellate brief for US pipeline company in antitrust appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
- Drafted appellate brief for US insurance company in insurance law appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- Drafted appellate briefs for US healthcare provider in commercial dispute appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- Drafted Supreme Court opposition to petition for certiorari for US transportation infrastructure company.
- Drafted appellate briefs for European satellite communications company in commercial dispute appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
- Drafted Supreme Court petition for certiorari for US railroad company.
News & Publications
Publications
Next Stop, SCOTUS?: Preemption Holding Creates Circuit Split Over Pesticide Labeling
Washington Legal Foundation: The Legal Pulse
September 9, 2024
Press Releases
August 23, 2024
Press Releases
Steptoe Achieves Favorable Court Ruling on Behalf of Client Barrick Gold
June 25, 2024
Press Releases
Steptoe Receives Two China Business Law Journal 2023 Deal of the Year Awards
March 20, 2024
Media Mentions
December 5, 2023
Press Releases
Steptoe Announces Partner and Counsel Promotions for January 1, 2023
December 13, 2022
Client Alerts
Third Circuit Bars Claims Against Colonial Based on Filed Rate Doctrine
October 7, 2022
By: Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov, Shaun Boedicker, Mark C. Savignac
Publications
What To Expect From High Court's Key FAA Cases This Term
Law360
March 2, 2022
By: Mark C. Savignac
Client Alerts
DC Circuit Rejects Common Law Immunity Claims By Private Contractors of Foreign Sovereign
September 8, 2021
Noteworthy
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China Business Law Journal Deal of the Year (2023-2024)
- Best Lawyers in America, "One to Watch," Appellate Practice (2021-2022)
Previous Employment
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Supervisory Financial Analyst, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System