Category Archives: Firm News

MMK’s Kevin Marks’ Co-Authored Publication Featured As Article of Interest

The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers recently featured as an article of interest, “The Ethical Obligations of Counsel Representing Parties Under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,” 14 Loyola Maritime Law Journal 251 (2015), co-authored by Tommy Dulin and MMK’s Kevin A. Marks.  The law journal article discusses ethical consideration in practice under The LongshoreRead More

Rich King Selected to Teach at 2017 CLM Claims College

Rich King Honored to Be Chosen to Teach in the Schools of Casualty Claims (Coverage II and Mock Trial) and Professional Lines (Selecting Expert Witnesses) at 2017 CLM Claims College. Rich will be teaching “Coverage II” and defending one of the parties in the in the Schools of Casualty Claims Mock Trial. Additionally, Rich willRead More

MMK Welcomes New Associate, Benjamin M. Pri-Tal

Ben Pri-Tal joins the MMK team as a new associate. Ben has litigated cases in courts throughout the state of Louisiana, and uses his scientific expertise to explore the technical underpinnings of his cases in addition to the legal aspects.  Prior to practicing law, Ben worked in research and lectured at both the university andRead More

Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal affirms MMK’s summary judgment win

Affirmation by the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal puts an end to a defamation suit filed in December 10, 2002. MMK successfully defended against the plaintiff/appellant—a highly compensated executive with a large health care provider—who sought $10,000,000 in damages, claiming his reputation was permanently ruined by the defamatory statements made by the defendants. MMK’sRead More

MMK sponsors 2017 CLM Annual Conference

The Claims and Litigation Management lliance (CLM) announced Melchiode Marks King LLC as sponsor for the 2017 CLM Annual Conference in Nashville on March 29-31, 2017. Approximately 2,000 claims professionals and outside counsel are expected to attend the largest insurance claims conference in the country. In addition to the plentiful networking opportunities, there will beRead More

Rich King featured in “Best of the Best” article of CLM’s Litigation Management Magazine

  Managing Member, Rich King, was featured in the “Best of the Best: Honoring the CLM Professionals of the Year Award Winners” article of the Summer 2015 edition of Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s (CLM) Litigation Management Magazine. At this year’s CLM Annual Meeting, Mr. King was named the 2015 “Outside Counsel of the Year”.Read More

Rich King named 2015 “Outside Counsel of the Year”

Rich King named 2015 “Outside Counsel of the Year” By mmkadmin on 06/05/2015 Managing Member, Rich King, was named the 2015 “Outside Counsel of the Year” at this year’s Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s (CLM) Annual Meeting. Winners were selected by the CLM Advisory Board based on their commitment to the profession, leadership in theRead More