Mark Owen Kasanin

Background

Kasanin, Mark Owen was born on June 28, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jacob Sergei and Elizabeth Owen (Knight) Kasanin.

Education

Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1951). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1954). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

Worked at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1955, California. Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Cargo Rights and Responsibilities in Collision Cases," Admiralty Law Institute, Tulane Law Review, Volume 51, June, 1977.

Member, Executive Committee, Maritime Law Association of the United States, 1984-1987.

Trustee, Product Liability Advisory Council Foundation, 1990—. Member, Advisory Board, Tulane Admiralty Law Institute, 1992—and Advisory Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1980—.

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1982—. Member, Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee, Committees on Rules of Practice and Procedures of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1992—.

Commercial litigation and business practice, including complex, securities and environmental litigation.

Environmental and natural resources. Healthcare; intellectual property. Biotechnology; antitrust and trade regulation.

Torts.

Product liability. Insurance. Maritime; agribusiness. White-collar crime; appellate.

Corporate.

Banking; finance. Insolvency. Real estate and land use. Construction; tax and employee benefits.

Labor and employment.

International trade law. Estate planning and trusts.

Alternative dispute resolution.

Achievements

• Mark Owen Kasanin has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, Executive Committee, Maritime Law Association of the United States, 1984-1987. Trustee, Product Liability Advisory Council Foundation, 1990—. Member, Advisory Board, Tulane Admiralty Law Institute, 1992—and Advisory Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1980—.

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1982—.

Member, Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee, Committees on Rules of Practice and Procedures of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1992—. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1982—.

Member, Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee, Committees on Rules of Practice and Procedures of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1992—.

Connections

Married Anne Camilla Wimbish, December 18, 1960. Children: Marc S., James W.

Father:

Jacob Sergei Kasanin

Mother:

Elizabeth Owen (Knight) Kasanin

Spouse:

Anne Camilla Wimbish

child:

James W. Kasanin

child:

Marc S. Kasanin