A. MARK POPE

Mark Pope is a founding partner of the firm whose practice for the past 10 years has focused almost exclusively on employment litigation, with an emphasis on wage and hour class actions. He is a graduate of Brown University (AB Psychology, 1971) and the University of San Diego School of Law (J.D. 1977).

In almost 30 years since he was admitted to the California Bar, Mark has tried, mediated and arbitrated cases for individuals and for businesses in a wide variety of civil litigation. Mark is one of the very few attorneys in the state of California who has tried a wage and hour class action trial to verdict. He has represented clients in the Superior and Appellate Courts of California, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of California. Mark has also served as a court-appointed arbitrator, Judge Pro Tempore for the San Diego Superior Court, a fee dispute arbitrator for the San Diego County Bar Association and as a private mediator and arbitrator.

Mark has achieved the highest possible ("AV") rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the authoritative resource for information on the world-wide legal profession. This AV rating indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and very high professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence as established by confidential opinions from both judges and members of the bar.

Mark is currently an active member of the State Bar of California, San Diego County Bar Association, and Lawyers Club of San Diego.