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569-8912<br /> Mobile USA: +1 (215) 939-0423<br /> Mobile Russia: +7 (495) 991-3327<br /> Internet Fax: +1 (215) 790-3219 <br /><br /> <a href="mailto:marks@mslegal.com">marks@mslegal.com</a> <hr noshade style="height:1px;color:#C5CEE2;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" /> <a href="Bruce_Marks_pf.htm" target="_blank"><img src="images/printer.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> &nbsp;<a href="Bruce_Marks_pf.htm" target="_blank">Print Friendly Version</a> <!-- <br /><br /> <a href="#"><img src="images/vcard.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> &nbsp;<a href="#">Vcard</a> --> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="60%" style="padding-left:25px;padding-top:25px;padding-right:25px;padding-bottom:25px;"> <div class="LargeAccent">Bruce Marks</div> <div style="font-size:10pt;color:#003466;margin-bottom:15px;">Member, Managing Director</div> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:6px;">Practice Description</div> As the founder and managing member of Marks & Sokolov, LLC, Bruce Marks has earned an international reputation as an expert on commercial legal matters between the West and the former Soviet Union. He is known for his skilled trial advocacy work in both U.S. and foreign jurisdictions and for his seasoned negotiating skills in transactional matters. <br /><br /> Bruce has successfully represented Western, Russian, and Ukrainian clients in commercial, professional malpractice, lender liability, securities fraud, maritime, and RICO litigation matters some involving billions of dollars in claims. Bruce also advises clients on cross-border corporate work between the West, Russia, and Ukraine. <br /><br /> Prior to founding Marks & Sokolov, Bruce served from 1998 to 2001 as a name managing director of the U.S. office and name member of an international law firm with offices in Philadelphia, Moscow, and St. Petersburg, Russia. A former Pennsylvania State Senator, Bruce also served as counsel to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) from 1985 to 1989. <br /><br /> From 1991 through 1998, Bruce practiced law at Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C., where he was a partner in the Litigation Department, and at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, where he was an attorney in the Business & Finance and Government Regulations sections. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S. Federal District Courts in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. <br /><br /> In 1984, Bruce earned a J.D. from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated cum laude, and an L.L.M. from the University of Cambridge, England. In 1980, he received a certificate from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow, USSR, where he participated in an intensive Russian language program. Bruce received two undergraduate degrees, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979; the first a B.S. in Economics (Wharton School) and the second, a B.A. in Russian Language and Literature. He is comfortable in Russian. <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:6px;margin-top:20px;">Recent Representations</div> <ul> <li><span class="NormalText">Archangel Diamond Corp. v. Lukoil (commercial fraud)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Askeri v. International Accounting Standards Board Foundation (copyright infringement)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Athina Investments Limited v. Pinchuk (commercial fraud and racketeering)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Avisma v. Dart (commercial fraud and racketeering)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Base Metal Trading S.A. v. Russian Aluminum (commercial fraud and racketeering)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Camden Iron & Metal, Inc. v. Klehr Harrison (legal malpractice)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Davis International LLC. v. New Start Group, Inc.(commercial fraud and racketeering)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Estate of Harvey Swedloff v. Katz (fraud and legal and accounting malpractice)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Liberty Travel Inc. v. Friedman & Siegelbaum LLP (fraud and legal malpractice)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">Norex Petroleum Limited v. Access Industries, Inc. (commercial fraud and racketeering)</span></li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:6px;margin-top:20px;">Presentations</div> <ul> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/BSM PRESENTATION_ENG_AND_RUS_9-30-09.pdf">Challenge Based on Impropriety After the Release of the Arbitration Award, IV CIS Local Counsel Forum, Kyiv, June 24-26, 2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/BSM_Presentation_Eng_and_Rus_2_25_09.pdf">Realities of the Russian Legal System: Judicial Corruption in Russia. Arbitration in Russia. Service of Process on Russian Defendants in US Proceedings, U.S.-Russia Business Council Legal Conference, Philadelphia, February 26, 2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/M&S Baku v6.pdf">Discovery in Aid of a Foreign Proceeding and Freedom of Information Act, CIS Attorney Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan (2007)</a></span></li> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/Marks & Sokolov HandOut Derivative Action 6-22-06.pdf">Corporate Social Responsibility: If You Want It Done Right, Do It Yourself. Derivative Actions In Ukraine, Russian, And The United States, CIS Attorney Conference, Kyiv, Ukraine (2006)</a></span></li> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/October 3-4 v 3.pdf">Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Russian In House Attorney Conference, Moscow (2005)</a></span></li> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/From_Russia_with_RICO_and_patriotism_8-03_Eng.pdf">From Russia with RICO. The Broad Jurisdiction of the United States over Civil and Criminal cases Involving Money Laundering, Anti-Money Laundering Workshop, Moscow (2003)</a></span></li> <li><span class="NormalText">RICO and US Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, Russian Investment Symposium "Toward Diversification of the Russian Economy", Presented by Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and Dow Jones, Boston, Massachusetts (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/Money02Eng.pdf">Broad Jurisdiction of the United States Courts Over Civil Cases Involving Money Laundering, Presentation at the Money Laundering 2002 Conference, Moscow, Russia, September 26, 2002</a></span></li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:6px;margin-top:20px;">Publications</div> <ul> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/MarksABA.pdf">Arbitrating Under Foreign Laws: Russian Experience Shows Possible Pitfalls, <i>Conflict Management Newsletter</i>, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Fall Issue, 2003</a></span></li> </ul> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="background-color:#C5CEE2;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;"> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:6px;">Education</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1984</li> <li style="color:Black;">University of Cambridge (England), L.L.M., 1984</li> <li style="color:Black;">Pushkin Institute (Moscow), Language Certificate, 1980</li> <li style="color:Black;">University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), B.S. Economics, cum laude, 1979</li> <li style="color:Black;">University of Pennsylvania, B. S. Russian Language, cum laude, 1979</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Industries Served</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">Aluminum</li> <li style="color:Black;">Diamonds</li> <li style="color:Black;">Metals</li> <li style="color:Black;">Oil</li> <li style="color:Black;">Publishing</li> <li style="color:Black;">Real Estate</li> <li style="color:Black;">Travel</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Regions</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">Russian Federation</li> <li style="color:Black;">Ukraine</li> <li style="color:Black;">USA</li> <li style="color:Black;">Western Europe (Cyprus, England, France, Sweden, Switzerland)</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Courts Admitted</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">New Jersey</li> <li style="color:Black;">Pennsylvania</li> <li style="color:Black;">United States District Courts for District of Columbia, New Jersey, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Southern District of New York</li> <li style="color:Black;">United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth and D.C. Circuits</li> <li style="color:Black;">United States Supreme Court</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Professional/Civic Duties</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">American Bar Association</li> <li style="color:Black;">American Chamber of Commerce of Moscow</li> <li style="color:Black;">American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine</li> <li style="color:Black;">Consulegis Legal Network</li> <li style="color:Black;">International Bar Association</li> <li style="color:Black;">Pennsylvania Bar Association</li> <li style="color:Black;">Philadelphia Bar Association</li> <li style="color:Black;">U.S.-Russia Business Counsel</li> <li style="color:Black;">U.S.-Ukraine Business Counsel</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Languages</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">English</li> <li style="color:Black;">Russian</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="Copyright"> <div id="footer"> <a href="Bruce_Marks.htm">Bruce Marks</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="Sergey_Sokolov.htm">Sergey Sokolov</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="about_the_firm.htm#phila">Philadelphia Law Office</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="about_the_firm.htm#moscow">Moscow Law Office</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="about_the_firm.htm#kyiv">Practice in Ukraine</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="attorney_profiles.htm">Attorney Profiles</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="contact_us.htm">Contact Us</a> </div> <small>Copyright &copy;2008 -- Marks & Sokolov, LLC</small> </div><script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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