Background
Foster, Mark W. was born on December 10, 1942 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Mark W. Foster
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Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1965). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1971). Spoken languages: French.
Career
Worked at Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, L.L.P. (Washington, DC) specializing in Litigation (Civil, White Collar Criminal), Bankruptcy and Workouts, Taxation, Real Estate, Partnership, Corporate and Commercial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Connecticut. 1972, District of Columbia.
1975, United States. Supreme Court. 1977, United States. Claims Court. 1981, United States. Tax Court.
1985, Maryland.
Lecturer, George Washington University National Law Center, Trial Techniques, 1974-1982. Attorney, 1971-1975 and Chief, Trial Section, 1974-1975, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C. Associate, Bierbower & Rockefeller, Washington, D.C., 1975-1976. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Committees on Judicial Selection and Tenure, 1974-1979.
Member, Re-evaluation of Court Reorganization, 1977-1981. Co-Chairperson, Division V Steering Committee, Criminal Law and Individual Rights, 1975-1977. Member, Hearing Committee, Board on Professional Responsibility, 1980-1982.
Member, Board on Professional Responsibility, 1982-1988. Vice Chairman, 1983-1984. Chairman, 1984-1988; Member, Committee to Review the Disciplinary System, 1992-1993.
Member, Committee to Review the New Disciplinary Rules, 1992-1994. Member, Ethics Committee, 1993). Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, L.L.P. is a national law firm based in Washington, D.C., with offices in Miami, Tampa, Baltimore and New York.
The firm's clients include corporations, partnerships and individuals located throughout the United States and abroad. The firm's litigation practice emphasizes white collar criminal defense, federal enforcement representation and the prosecution and defense of a wide variety of complex civil actions (e.g., securities fraud class actions, savings and loan litigation, malpractice litigation, antitrust, tax and commercial litigation). The firm also has an emphasis in the creditor-debtor rights area, with a concentration on major bankruptcy reorganizations, business counseling and out-of-court workouts.
The firm's business and tax groups emphasize commercial and real estate transactions, tax counseling, estate planning, and the formation, sale and merger of business entities.
Membership
Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Committees on Judicial Selection and Tenure, 1974-1979. Member, Re-evaluation of Court Reorganization, 1977-1981. Co-Chairperson, Division V Steering Committee, Criminal Law and Individual Rights, 1975-1977.
Member, Hearing Committee, Board on Professional Responsibility, 1980-1982. Member, Board on Professional Responsibility, 1982-1988. Vice Chairman, 1983-1984.
Chairman, 1984-1988; Member, Committee to Review the Disciplinary System, 1992-1993. Member, Committee to Review the New Disciplinary Rules, 1992-1994. Member, Ethics Committee, 1993).
