Mark C. Tanenbaum - Mt. Pleasant, SC

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1973
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1969
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney at Law, since 1981

Past Positions

• Charleston County, SC, Assistant, Public Defender, 1974 - 1975
• Gibbs, Gaillard, Rowell & Tanenbaum, Partner, 1975 - 1980

Pro Bono Activities

• Member: Board of Directors, Ashley Hall Foundation, 1990 to 1999; Secretary 1996 – 1999
• Board of Directors, Interfaith Crisis Ministries, 1996 to 2001
• Chairman, Charleston Jewish Federation Campaign, Men’s Division, 2001, 2002
• Board of Directors and Executive Committee Jewish Studies Center and Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston, 1999 to present

Representative Cases

• Denaux v. U.S.
  • Citation: 572 F.Supp. 659
  • Court: D.C.S.C.
  • Year: 1983
  • Serial Number: 1983145175
• Holmes v. Rosner
  • Citation: 346 S.E.2d 37
  • Court: S.C.App.
  • Year: 1986
  • Serial Number: 1986137672
• Ancrum v. U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co.
  • Citation: 389 S.E.2d 645
  • Court: S.C.
  • Year: 1989
  • Serial Number: 1990057187
• U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Patriot's Point Development Authority
  • Citation: 772 F.Supp. 1565
  • Court: D.S.C.
  • Year: 1991
  • Serial Number: 1991150821
• Bates v. Merritt Seafood, Inc.
  • Citation: 663 F.Supp. 915
  • Court: D.S.C.
  • Year: 1987
  • Serial Number: 1987083260
• Hartsock v. Am. Auto. Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 788 F. Supp. 2d 447
  • Court: D.S.C.
  • Year: 2011
• Beach v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc. (In re Household Goods Movers Antitrust Litig.)
  • Citation: U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21458
  • Court: D.S.C.
  • Year: 2011
• Beach v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc. (In re Household Goods Movers Antitrust Litig.)
  • Citation: U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131302
  • Court: D.S.C.
  • Year: 2009
• Dema v. Tenet Physician Services-Hilton Head, Inc.
  • Citation: 678 S.E.2d 430
  • Court: S.C.
  • Year: 2009
• Beachfront Entm't, Inc. v. Town of Sullivan's Island
  • Citation: 666 S.E.2d 912
  • Court: S.C.
  • Year: 2008
• Runkle v. Genesis Worldwide II, Inc.
  • Citation: 143 Fed. Appx. 515, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 15338
  • Court: 4th Cir. S.C.
  • Year: 2005
• Jones v. Allstate Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 258 F. Supp. 2d 424
  • Court: D.S.C.
  • Year: 2003

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1973
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1973
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1974
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• The American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Past Sustaining Member)
• Attorneys Information Exchange Group (Past Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Past Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Charleston Chapter)
• South Carolina Association for Justice, 1989 - 1995 (Member, Board of Governors)
• South Carolina Association for Justice, 1990 - 1991 (Executive Committee)
• South Carolina Association for Justice, 1991 - 1995 (Chairman, Ethics & Civility Committee)
• South Carolina Bar, 1990 - 1992 (Member, House of Delegates)
• South Bar Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure
• Charleston County Bar Association, 1988 - 1989 (Member, Executive Committee)
• Common Pleas Liaison Committee, 1988 - 1991 (Chairman)
• Common Pleas Liaison Committee, 2002 - Present (President-Elect)
• Common Pleas Liaison Committee, 2003 - Present (President)