Background
Shaw, Mark J. was born on November 11, 1962 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Shaw, Mark J. was born on November 11, 1962 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Juniata College (Bachelor of Arts, 1984). University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1987).
Worked at MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton Limited Liability Partnership (Erie, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts. Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Taxation, Environmental, Real Estate, Labor Relations, Estate Planning and Probate, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Insurance Defense, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Hospital, Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Trade Practice and Antitrust.
Admitted to the bar, 1987, Pennsylvania and United States.
District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1986-1987.
Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1986-1987. Law Clerk: Honorary Donald East. Ziegler, United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1987-1988.
Honorary Richard L. Nygaard, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1989-1990. Member: Allegheny County Bar Association.
Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association (Vice Chairman).
Since its founding in 1897, MacDonald, Illig, Jones and Britton Limited Liability Partnership has grown to become one of the largest law firms in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Accompanying this growth has been steady expansion of the firm"s areas of expertise. Long known for its litigation, corporate, labor, trusts and estates, banking and real estate practices, over the past few decades the firm has added talent and developed proficiency in the fields of bankruptcy, health care, intellectual property, environmental law and public finance.
The firm serves a diversified clientele throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Member: Allegheny County Bar Association. Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association (Vice Chairman).