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Michael DeMarco

K&L Gates LLP
Massachusetts
Civil Defense LitigationCommercial LitigationPersonal Injury LitigationProduct Liability LitigationWhite-Collar Criminal Defense
One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111

Michael DeMarco

K&L Gates LLP
Massachusetts
Civil Defense LitigationCommercial LitigationPersonal Injury LitigationProduct Liability LitigationWhite-Collar Criminal Defense
One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111
+1.617.951.9111
michael.demarco@klgates.com
www.klgates.com
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Mr. DeMarco is a partner in the Boston and New York offices of K&L Gates LLP.  His practice concentration is civil litigation and white collar crime. He is a trial lawyer and has tried many cases in civil and criminal courts. Mr. DeMarco's clients include pharmaceutical manufacturers in cases that are as diverse as product liability claims and the pharmaceutical industry drug pricing litigation (AWP MDL-1456). He also represents medical device manufacturers in product liability litigation and public companies in securities class actions. Mr. DeMarco has also represented a petroleum company involved in mass tort litigation.

Mr. DeMarco is currently advising The Kingdom of Spain concerning the ongoing litigation arising out of the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain, resulting in over 4 billion dollars in clean-up costs. Mr. DeMarco has recently tried to a successful verdict a commercial case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Empire Today, LLC v. National Floors Direct, Inc.; et al., No. 1:08-CV-11999-JLT), as well as a commercial dispute concerning the planning and development of the Armenian Genocide Museum in Washington, DC (The Armenian Assembly of America, Inc., et al. v. Gerard L. Cafesjian, et al., No. 07-1259, 08-255, 08-1254).  Mr. DeMarco is also currently representing the Republic of Italy in an investor dispute.

Most recently, Mr. DeMarco acted as lead international coordinating counsel for the Republic of Ecuador and their Central Bank in a British Commonwealth Court (Banco Central del Ecuador, et al. v. Ansbacher, et al., CL 648/96). He led the team to a significant victory for The Central Bank of Ecuador after a 20-year litigation against three brothers from one of the country’s wealthiest families. The Central Bank first filed its claim against Conticorp and the Ortega brothers in 1996 and it has since been disputed in more than a dozen hearings in the Bahamas, Ecuador, and Florida. The recent ruling by the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council in London overturned previous verdicts from the Bahamian Supreme Court in 2010 and a Bahamian appeals court in 2012. The court ordered that the defendants must repay US$600 million for loans granted to their bank during the 1990s that they backed with worthless assets.

Mr. DeMarco has been selected by his peers for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America” since 2003 in three practice areas (Commercial Litigation, White Collar Crime, and Bet-the-Company). Mr. DeMarco has been included in “Best Lawyers in America” for over ten consecutive years. He has also been listed as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer since 2004. Additionally, Mr. DeMarco has been listed in Law Dragon Magazine’s “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and “500 Leading Litigators in America.” Mr. DeMarco’s peer rating in the Martindale-Hubbell directory is AV® Preeminent (Very High General Ethical Standards and Legal Ability Rating). He has also been recognized by Chambers USA as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.”

Mr. DeMarco plays various roles with the below professional and civic organizations:

Salzburg Music Festival Charitable Foundation (Trustee)
Barcelona Global Foundation (Member)
International Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section)
American Bar Association (Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements, 2005 – 2008)
American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
Boston Bar Association (Litigation Section)
Boston Bar Foundation (Society of Fellows)
Massachusetts Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers (member, Hearing Committee, 1992-1998)
Honorable Frank J. Murray Chapter of the American Inns of Court, Boston, Massachusetts (Executive Committee 1990 -1992)
International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow, State Chair, Secretary Treasurer (2006-2008), Director)
International Society of Barristers (Fellow)
International Association of Defense Counsel
The Supreme Court Historical Society
Suffolk University Law School (Adjunct Faculty, 1999-2003)
National Board of Trial Advocacy (Board of Directors, 1995 - 2000)
National Judicial College, Board of Visitors (Chair, 2005 - 2008)
National Judicial College (Board of Trustees)
American Law Institute
Member of the AAA National Roster of Neutrals
The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
New England Baptist Hospital (Board of Visitors)

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