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About
Provided by Mark C. Morril
Practice Areas
Sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, or chair in more than sixty-five international and domestic arbitrations, including complex commercial contracts, patents, distribution/licensing agreements, insurance, telecom, pharmaceuticals, oil/gas, construction, M&A, commodities, partnerships, joint ventures, copyrights, trademarks, media/entertainment, executive employment, Internet domain names, technology. Numerous merits hearings and full reasoned awards; has served as emergency arbitrator. Disputes ranging from medium-sized to those exceeding $1 billion. Also serves as mediator in high-stakes commercial disputes.
Career
Earlier, General Counsel, Simon & Schuster; Deputy General Counsel, ViacomCBS, (television, motion pictures, large legacy industrial operations); Senior disputes lawyer and extensive business experience as a senior manager at ViacomCBS, Simon & Schuster Executive Committee, manager of ViacomCBS's worldwide law department and outside counsel; law firm litigation partner, worked in public policy, and as a judicial law clerk.
Professional Memberships
ICC Commission on Arbitration/ADR
NYC Bar Arbitration, International Commercial Disputes Committees
College of Commercial Arbitrators
Silicon Valley Arbitration/Mediation Center
AAA-ICDR Council
Publications
A Call to Cyberarms: International Arbitrator's Duty to Avoid Digital Intrusion, 40Fordham ILJ 981(2016)(co-author)
ICCA-NYC Bar-CPR Protocol on Cybersecurity in International Arbitration (working group)
ICC Leveraging Technology for Fair, Effective, Efficient International Arbitration (working group)
Artificial Intelligence and Arbitration, IBA Dispute Resolution Journal 2022 (co-author)
Personal
Columbia Law School/Kent Scholar, Law Review
Tufts University
Chambers Review
USA
New York-based Mark Morril of MorrilADR LLC is noted for his substantial experience mediating complex commercial disputes. He has handled matters involving the entertainment, technology and energy sectors, among others.
Mark Morril is an experienced arbitrator and a popular choice for commercial disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Marc is an excellent arbitrator, he is very smart and collegiate. He's terrific to work with."
"He is very thorough and knowledgeable in the cybersecurity field."
"He has great vasr management skills."
"Marc is exceptionally good, very wise and very able."
"Mark is a conscientious mediator who is well-prepared and able to quickly cut through complicated facts and understand the motivations of the parties."
"Mr. Morril did an amazing job in preparing the mediation and meticulously scrutinizing the case from all possible angles. This was very impressive and high-end legal work – combined with a high level of economic and psychological as well as tactical know-how."
"Mark Morril's resume indicates that he would be able to handle complex and sophisticated matters, and he consistently demonstrated that during the mediation engagement."
"Marc is an excellent arbitrator, he is very smart and collegiate. He's terrific to work with."
"He is very thorough and knowledgeable in the cybersecurity field."
"He has great vasr management skills."
"Marc is exceptionally good, very wise and very able."
"Mark is a conscientious mediator who is well-prepared and able to quickly cut through complicated facts and understand the motivations of the parties."
"Mr. Morril did an amazing job in preparing the mediation and meticulously scrutinizing the case from all possible angles. This was very impressive and high-end legal work – combined with a high level of economic and psychological as well as tactical know-how."
"Mark Morril's resume indicates that he would be able to handle complex and sophisticated matters, and he consistently demonstrated that during the mediation engagement."