Mark B. Wilson
Klein & Wilson LLP
A seasoned trial attorney and skilled negotiator, Mark B. Wilson has won nearly every case he has tried and arbitrated. Mr. Wilson lost only one jury trial and obtained a complete reversal on appeal. Mr. Wilson represents clients in federal and state courts in a variety of matters, including business litigation, legal malpractice, real estate, trade secrets, unfair competition, copyright infringement, construction disputes, and commercial unlawful detainer.
Mr. Wilson’s victories include a $2.25 million jury verdict in a premises liability case, a $1.85 million dollar jury verdict in a breach of shareholder agreement case, a $1.8 million binding arbitration award in a legal malpractice case, a $1.4 million jury verdict in a copyright infringement case, a complete defense verdict in a partnership dispute where the client’s existence was at stake, and a complete defense verdict in an indemnity case where millions of dollars were at issue. His settlements include recovering $97 million in a breach of trust case, $3 million in a commercial construction dispute, $2.8 million in an employment dispute, $2.1 million in a legal malpractice action, and $2 million in a lease dispute. He has recovered over $18.5 million in legal malpractice cases.
As a meticulous attorney, Mr. Wilson brings to court an eye for detail and a sense of organization essential to winning complex trials.
The Daily Journal, the most widely read legal industry publication, named Mr. Wilson as one of California’s Top Professional Responsibility Lawyers. In 2019, OCTLA named Mr. Wilson “Trial Lawyer of the Year” in legal malpractice. OCTLA previously named Mr. Wilson as a finalist for the “Business Litigation Trial Lawyer of the Year.”
- Business Law
- Business Dissolution, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Legal Malpractice
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Corporate Litigation
- Breach of Contract
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Klein & Wilson works on an hourly fee basis. On a very limited basis, Klein & Wilson will consider accepting cases on a contingency fee basis (i.e., where the damages exceed $10 million, and the client advances all costs).
- California
- 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Klein & Wilson
- Current
- Deputy Trial Counsel
- California State Bar
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- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- J.D. (1988) | Trial Advocacy
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- Honors: Jurisprudence Book Award.
- Activities: Scott Moot Court Honors Board, 1987-1988; Legal Research and Writing, 1986.
- University of Southern California
- B.S. (1985) | Public Administration
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- Top Professional Responsibility Lawyers-Plaintiffs' Legal Malpractice
- Daily Journal
- Best Law Firms 2024
- Best Lawyers
- The Best Lawyers in America 2024
- Best Lawyers
- Top 100: 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2024 Orange County Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Member
- - Current
- Banyard Inn of Court
- Master Bencher
- - Current
- Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
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- Orange County Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Board of Governors
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- How to Get Your Attorneys' Fees Reimbursed
- Klein & Wilson Website
- Lawyers Beware: The Masellis Court Put an End to the "Legal Certainty" Burden in Settle and Sue Legal Malpractice Cases
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Cutting Litigation Costs in a Post-Covid World
- Today's General Counsel
- Problems When Transactional Counsel Act as Trial Counsel
- Today's General Counsel
- Lecturer, How to Ruin Your Legal Career
- Orange County Bar Association, Business and Litigation Section
- Lecturer, How Business Attorneys Can Avoid Legal Malpractice Claims
- Orange County Bar Association, Business and Corporate Law Section
- Lecturer, How to Use Multimedia in Trial
- Orange County College of Trial Advocacy
- Lecturer, How to Use Multimedia in Opening Statement
- Orange County College of Trial Advocacy
- The New Rules of Professional Conduct Which Affect Small Firms and Solo Practitioners, Orange County Bar Association
- Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice Law
- California State Bar