Mark A. Kearney
BLUE BELL
(215) 977-1016
mak@elliottgreenleaf.com
Mark A. Kearney, a hiring shareholder, has substantial experience in both complex commercial litigation and in transactions relating to the formation, funding, management and divestiture of private and public companies, including serving as an outside director of financial institutions, publicly traded companies, non-profit institutions and privately held entities. His trial practice is national in scope, and is concentrated in commercial, financial, employment and consumer litigation with special emphasis on the representation of business owners, investors, directors and officers. His varied experience also includes serving as lead counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in class actions, multi-district litigations, mass tort actions, and in regulatory investigations throughout the United States. He has been selected as a Pennsylvania “SuperLawyer” by Law & Politics Magazine for 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, and as a “SuperLawyer” for the Corporate Counsel edition of Law & Politics Magazine for 2008.
Mr. Kearney received his B.A. in Economics with honors, and his J.D. from Villanova University in 1987. Following law school, he served as the judicial law clerk for the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, universally recognized as a leading jurisdiction for resolutions of directors and officers liability issues and business disputes. He is published in two editions of the Villanova Law Review (1995, 1996) and is a contributing editor to Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, where he writes extensively on commercial, banking and corporate litigation for the international legal and financial community. His articles include: “The Poison Pill as Shield and Gavel”; “The Redemption of Poison Pills: The New Battleground”; “Update on Target Auctions and Poison Pills”; “Paramount v. Time: New Options for Directors with Long Term Plans”; “Foreign Sovereign Investment in the United States”; “ADA Puts Banks on Guard against Lawsuits by Handicapped”; “Outside Professional Advisors Gain New Immunity from Racketeering Statutes”; “The Evolving Standard of Scrutiny Applied to Directors’ Decisions”; “Cede III: Towards a Clear Standard for Corporate Fiduciaries.”
Elected in June 2007 as a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Mr. Kearney is a frequent lecturer for the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Montgomery Bar Association, Villanova University School of Law, St. Joseph’s University Masters in Business Administration Program, Neumann College Sports Management Program, and the Widener University School of Law.
A member of the Bars of the United States Supreme Court, State of Delaware, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eleventh Circuits and the United States District Courts in Pennsylvania and Delaware, he presently serves as Chairperson of The Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, the largest non-profit center for immigrants in the Delaware Valley. Mr. Kearney also serves as the President-Elect of the Montgomery Bar Association for 2008, having served as its Vice President and Continuing Legal Education Chair for 2007, Treasurer for 2006, Secretary for 2005, and of its Federal Court Practice Committee, Awards Committee and as a six-year member of its Executive Committee; he also serves as a director of the Historical Society for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; he also serves on the Board of Directors of financial institutions and publicly traded corporations; he also is an appointed Fellow of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation and Montgomery Bar Foundation, and serves as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association from Eastern Pennsylvania; he also has been appointed as a Member of the Hearing Committee for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for two consecutive terms; he has been appointed by the United States District Court to several Merit Panels for the Recommendation or Retention of United States Magistrate Judges in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; and, he has served as an arbitrator and expert witness in many commercial and consumer matters.
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