Mark Mazzarella

Mazzarella Caldarelli LLP

550 W. C St.
Suite 700

San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 238-4900,

mmazzarella@mazzcal.com

Education Law School/Year: University of California Los Angeles, 1978 College/Year: USIU, California Western College, 1975 Bar Admissions California; U.S. District Courts of the Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeal for the 9th Circuit Practice Areas Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Environmental, Intellectual Property, Real Estate Major Cases Mazzarella is currently counsel to the Peregrine Litigation Trust in an action seeking $1.5 billion from John Moores and others for “insider trading.” In 2003, he was trial counsel for the developer who successfully sued the city of San Diego ($1.5 million settlement) and the engineering firm of Parsons Brinkerhoff ($7.8 million jury verdict) in connection with the unsuccessful attempt to convert Brown Field into a commercial airport. He was also counsel for San Diegans for Sensible Land Use, a group of 200 architects, engineers, lawyers and other residents and business owners in La Jolla, who sought to set aside the 2004 Local Coastal Plan for La Jolla. Professional Background Mazzarella was with a partner with Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, a chair of the firm’s 60-member trial department and a member of its Management Committee. In 1990, Mazzarella became chair of the trial department of the San Diego office of the real estate firm of Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory. In July 1991, he co-founded the business and real estate litigation boutique now known as Mazzarella Caldarelli, where he is currently the Managing Partner. Between 1996 and 1999, in addition to his law practice, Mazzarella worked with jury consultant Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, and co-authored the New York Times bestsellers, “Reading People” and “Put Your Best Foot Forward.” Professional Affiliations 2006 – present: Lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit; 1997 – present: Master in the American Inn of Court; 1992 – ‘93: Chair of the litigation section of the California State Bar; 1993: Principal UCLA draftsman of the Guidelines of Ethics, Professionalism and Civility; 1992 – ‘94: President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, San Diego Member: American Bar Association, California State Bar Association, San Diego County Bar Association, Association of Business Trial Lawyers Instructor: American Bar Association, California State Bar Association, San Diego County Bar Association, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, National College of District Attorneys, California District Attorneys Association, Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), California Western School of Law, University of San Diego, University of California San Diego, Personal Background Mazzarella is married to Wendy Patrick Mazzarella, a San Diego County Assistant District Attorney, currently assigned to the Family Protection Unit of the D.A.’s office. Together, they travel extensively throughout the United States, teaching programs on attorney ethics, trial advocacy, Reading People and impression management, among other topics.