Background
Alcott, Mark Howard was born on August 11, 1939 in New York City. Son of Harvey and Rose (Eigerman) Alcott.
Alcott, Mark Howard was born on August 11, 1939 in New York City. Son of Harvey and Rose (Eigerman) Alcott.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1961; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University, 1964.
Travelers Insurance. Company v. Lewis, 756 F.Supp. 172 (South.D.N.Y. 1991); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, 754 F.Supp. 22 (East.D.N.Y. 1990); Huang v. Sentinel Government Securities, 709 F.Supp. 1290 (South.D.N.Y. 1989); deAtucha v. Commodity Exchange, Incorporated., 608 F.Supp. 510 (South.D.N.Y. 1985); Zinser v. Continental Grain Company, 660 F.2d 754 (10th Circuit 1981); In re Chicken Antitrust Litigation, 560 F.Supp. 957 (North Dakota Georgia. 1980); FLL 1 Moretti Cereali v. Continental Grain Company, 563 F.2d 563 (2d Circuit 1977); Anonymous v. Anonymous, 558 F.2d 677 (2d Circuit 1977).Worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York, New York) specializing in Trial Practice, Commercial Litigation, International Litigation and Arbitration, Securities and Commodities Litigation, Antitrust. Admitted to the bar, 1965, New New York 1966, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits and United States. Court of International Trade.
1982, United States. Supreme Court. 1983, United States.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1984, District of Columbia.
1985, United States. Tax Court. Author: "Litigation in the United States: An Overview for the Japanese Businessman," 21 Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law 1156 (1993).
"An Introduction to International Litigation" in International Litigation: How to Sue, Defend and Obtain or Resist Discovery from Foreign Corporations and Individuals (New York State Bar Association: 1993).
"Confessions of a New York Litigator," 1 New York Litigator 1 (1995). "Commercial Litigation" in United States. Litigation: A Guide Foreign Asian Corporations (Asia Law and Practice, 1996).
"Disclosure in Commercial Cases in the New York State Courts" in Commercial Litigation: Federal and State Update (New York State Bar Association, 1996).
Mediator, Mandatory Mediation Program, United States. District Court, Southern District of New New York
Mediator, Commercial Division, New York State Supreme Court. Member, Commercial Courts Task Force of Chief Judge of State of New New York
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Federal Legislation Committee, 1970-1973).
New York State (Chairman, International Litigation Committee, 1989-1992, Chairman, Commercial Court Task Force, 1994-1995, Member, Executive Committee, Executive Vice-Chairman, 1992-1993, Chairman-Elect, 1993-1994. Chairman, 1994-1995, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Member: Special Committee on the Judiciary, 1993-1995, Member, Committee on Judicial Administration. Member, House of Delegates, 1995-1996, Chairman, Special Committee on Continuing Legal Education) and American (Member, Litigation Section, International Litigation Committee) Bar Associations.
Federal Bar Council.
International Bar Association (Section on Business Law, Committee on International Litigation). Supreme Court Historical Society (New York Chairman). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Downstate New York Committee, Chairman, 1994-1996.
Member, International Committee).
New York Bar Foundation.
Member Community Planning Board, Riverdale, New York, 1970—1972. Commissioner New York Planning Commission, Larchmont, 1982—1994. Board directors Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center, Bronx, 1966—1977.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation, New York Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers (chairman downstate New York committee, 1994-1996, chairman international committee, 1998-2002). Member: American Bar Association (member house delegations since 2005, litigation section international litigation committee), Federal Bar Council, International Bar Association (business law section, international litigation committee), Association Bar. City of New York (federal legislation committee 1970-1973, commission campaign finance reform 1997-1999), New York State Bar Association (chairman international litigation committee commercial and federal litigation section 1989-1992, secretary executive committee, section executive vice chairman 1992-1993, section chairman-elect 1993-1994, section chairman 1994-1995, chairman special commission on continuing legal education 1996-1998, chairman special commission on administration adjudication 1998—2001, executive committee member at lartge 1999—2001, executive committee since 1999, vice president 2001-2005, president elect 2005-2006, chairman house delegations 2005-2006, president 2006-2007, immediate past president since 2007, member house delegations since 1999).
Married Susan M. Bell, September 3, 1961. Children: Jill, Laura, Daniel, Elizabeth.