Mark H. Morrow

Mark Nys represents automobile and recreational vehicle dealerships (single point, independent and automobile dealership groups), automobile and recreational vehicle manufacturers, direct and indirect lenders, flooring lenders, automobile service centers, and surety bonding companies in litigation involving catastrophic loss, negligence, fraud, product liability, warranty, lemon law, and auto financing disputes throughout California. He has had extensive experience representing clients in franchise disputes between dealers and between dealers and manufacturers of automobiles and recreational vehicles. In the construction industry, Mark represents owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in both residential and commercial construction, construction defect, workplace injuries, and complex construction transactional matters. He provides guidance in both public and private works projects, counseling clients on construction financing, mechanics liens, stop notices, and enforcement actions. Mark also regularly represents sureties in claims against contractor license bonds. Mark has broad experience in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate, both in transactional and litigated matters. His experience includes premises liability, disputes among owners, agents, brokers and title companies, easements, lis pendens, leases, mechanics lines, contract disputes, landlord tenant disputes, financing, and complaints with the DRE. Mark also regularly defends mobile home parks and homeowners associations from liability arising from resident litigation. Licensed before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Mark is also experienced in litigating intellectual property disputes. In addition to appropriate court admissions, Mark was a licensed California real estate broker and serves as a trusted legal advisor to credit unions and other financial institutions in real estate transactions, credit union operations, and lender liability litigation. Originally from Santa Maria, California, Mark graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1985 with a B. A. in Chemistry. Graduating Phi Beta Kappa, Mark was a 4-time NCAA All-American in both singles and doubles tennis. He then attended the University of California at Irvine, where he received his Graduate Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management before moving on to California Western School of Law and earning his Juris Doctorate in 1997. Mark retired after twenty years of service as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Commander.