Background
Finkelstein, Mark Anderson was born on November 5, 1959 in West Point, New York, United States. Son of Zane Edward and Rosemary (Morgan) Finkelstein.
Finkelstein, Mark Anderson was born on November 5, 1959 in West Point, New York, United States. Son of Zane Edward and Rosemary (Morgan) Finkelstein.
Grinnell College (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1982). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1985).
Note and Comment Editor, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulations, 1984 1985.
Law clerk to chief judge North Carolina Court of Appeals, Raleigh, 1985-1986. Associate Graham & James, 1986-1991, partner, 1992-1994. Instructor Meredith College, 1988, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, since 1993.
Partner Finkelstein & Diab, 1994-1997, Sanford Holshouser Law Firm, Raleigh, 1997-2000, Herring McBennett Mills and Finkelstein, Raleigh, 2000—2006, Smith Moore LLP, Raleigh, since 2006. Board directors Quest Technologies, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Member North Carolina Radioactive Waste Management Authority.
"Judicial Improvements Act of 1988," The Litigator August 1989. "Act of State and Choice of Law Aspects of Suing Foreign Governmental Corporations," 9:1, 1984. "Star Wars Meets the ABM Treaty: The Treaty Termination Controversy," 10:3 North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulations, 1985.Law Clerk to Chief Judge R.A. Hedrick, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1985-1986. Instructor, Civil Litigation, Meredith College Legal Assistants Program, 1988.
Member Wake County Democratic Executive Committee, Raleigh, 1987-1989. Member Raleigh Environmental Quality Advisory Board, since 1989. Chairman Raleigh Precinct 23, 1987-1989.
Usher Church of Good Shepherd, since 1985. Member American Academy Political and Social Science, Supreme Court of the United States Court History Society, North Carolina Bar Association (chairman legislation committee section on environmental and natural resource law), Defense Research Institute, National Association Environmental Professionals (board directors since 1993, chair ethics committee since 1994).