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Represented by Bruce Marks Brings New Charges against LUKOIL</a></li> <li><a href="news_015.htm">Sergey Sokolov Attends 5dvedev-Obama Meeting with Russian Business Leaders in Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="news_012.htm">Bruce Marks Speaks at Russian Legal Symposium Organized by US-Russia Business Council</a></li> <li><a href="news_vedomosti_2008_12_10.htm">Media on Libel and Defamation Suit Filed by Marks & Sokolov</a></li> <li> <a href="news_009.htm">Marks & Sokolov Seeks Over $10 Million in the Recently Filed Libel and Defamation Lawsuit</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="color:Black;">[</span> <a href="documents/1 - DR 1 - 12-05-08 - Cmplt w exhs.pdf">Text of the Complaint</a> <span style="color:Black;">]</span> </li> <li><a href="news_008.htm">Bruce Marks Gives Expert Testimony in RICO Case Before Russian Court</a></li> <li><a href="news_022.htm">Marks & Sokolov International Law Firm Sponsors Adam Smith Conference's 6th Annual Russian Real Estate Summit</a></li> <li><a href="news_007.htm">Pivotal Procedural Victory in Colorado Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="news_006.htm">$300 million in Russian Real Estate Transactions in  07</a></li> <li><a href="news_005.htm">MS Lawyers Succeed in Freezing $6 Million in Assets in West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="news_002.htm">Second Circuit Victory for Client Norex Petroleum on Major Procedural Issue</a></li> <li><a href="news_001.htm">Court Awards Marks and Sokolov Client Over $1.7 million in Suit Against Major US Bank</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" id="HomePageNewsCell"> <div id="EnglishMission"> <span style="line-height:1.2;"><span class="CaptialW">W</span>e believe in building strong</span><br /> partnerships with our clients to bridge all obstacles to successful commercial transactions, corporate issues, arbitration and litigation to defend client assets. <br /><br /> What sets us apart is our ability to understand and respond to the business pressures our clients face every day, whether these challenges are across the street or around the world. 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