ProfessionalsWilliam T. Marks
Tel: +1-202-223-7314
Fax: +1-202-330-5974
wmarks@paulweiss.com
wmarks@paulweiss.com
An associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group, William Marks represents parties in complex civil matters in federal and state courts. His work includes a dozen merits cases at the U.S. Supreme Court and additional cases at the certiorari stage. William has also argued cases before two federal courts of appeals and has represented clients before eight others. His appellate work has touched on issues involving constitutional, arbitration, class action, administrative and patent law and federal-court procedure.
Will is ranked as a “Recommended Lawyer” by Legal 500 for Appellate: Courts of Appeal and Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal).
EXPERIENCE
William’s experience includes:
- a 5-4 Supreme Court victory for Seila Law in a landmark case concerning the constitutionality of the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
- a 6-3 Supreme Court victory on behalf of Premier Rehab Keller, a Texas-based physical rehabilitation center, in a case concerning the availability of emotional-distress damages in a private action to enforce either the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act.
- a 5-4 Supreme Court victory on behalf of the state of Oklahoma in a case concerning jurisdiction over crimes committed by non-Native Americans against Native Americans in Indian country.
Prior to private practice, William clerked for the Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. William graduated from Vanderbilt Law School as the class valedictorian.