Collins, Brandi L.

Mark Parisi is a partner in the Litigation Department and a member of the firm's Construction Law Practice Group.  He is a 1978 graduate, cum laude, of Amherst College where he majored and wrote his thesis in Economics.  He attended Temple University School of Law and graduated in 1981.  He started as an associate at White and Williams LLP upon graduation and has been here ever since.

Mark's practice gravitated very early on to construction litigation.  At first, he worked mostly on construction accident cases.  Later, he developed expertise in construction defect litigation which now occupies much of his time.  He has extensive experience in EIFS and conventional stucco litigation, moisture intrusion cases, mold cases and matters involving all manner of structural issues, concrete issues and sinking buildings relative to both commercial and residential construction.  His thorough understanding of construction and construction law enables him to handle litigation involving the entire universe of construction defect and construction accident claims.

Clients call upon him to handle significant matters all over the country.  His construction defect work is thus not only regional to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, but he has also handled substantial matters in Texas, Nevada, Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Illinois.  His outstanding ability to negotiate and resolve cases, as well as try them, is well known and makes him particularly valuable to his clients because of that versatility.

Far from being one-dimensional, Mark also has an active caseload that includes significant general liability, product liability, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith litigation.  He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania before all state and federal courts and is also admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.  When necessary, he obtains admission, pro hac vice, in other jurisdictions.  In 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, Mr. Parisi was selected in a survey of his peers as a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine.  Mr. Parisi has been AV rated by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system.