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Mark Tomaier

Mark
Tomaier

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

mtomaier@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 949.451.4034

FAX:+1 949.475.4634

Orange County

3161 Michelson Drive, Irvine, CA 92612-4412 USA

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PRACTICE

Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Appellate and Constitutional Law

BIOGRAPHY

Mark Tomaier is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of the Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Group.  He represents clients in complex litigation, government investigations, and compliance matters primarily relating to environmental law.  He was named by the Environmental Law Institute as a 2022 “Emerging Leader” in environmental law and policy.

His substantive experience includes:

  • Representing aerospace company in matter involving alleged trichloroethylene (“TCE”) contamination.
  • Representing chemical manufacturing client in government investigation focused on environmental issues.
  • Providing compliance and enforcement counseling addressing Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and CEQA in oil and gas operations.
  • Providing environmental due diligence in complex transactions.
  • Successfully arguing before the Ninth Circuit to obtain reversal of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that had ordered removal of a United States permanent resident who had been deemed not mentally competent to represent himself.

Mr. Tomaier earned his law degree cum laude in 2017 from Harvard Law School, where he was an Articles Editor on the Harvard Environmental Law Review.  In 2012, he graduated with highest honors from the University of California Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, double majoring in English and in Rhetoric.  He holds a 2022 Certificate in Sustainable Capitalism and ESG from the University of California, Berkeley.   Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Tomaier served as a law clerk to The Honorable Marilyn L. Huff in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and as a law clerk to The Honorable Michael D. Wilson in the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Mr. Tomaier is a member of the California Bar. He is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

 

 

EDUCATION

Harvard University - 2017 Juris Doctor

University of California - Berkeley - 2012 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - January 5, 2023 | Omnibus Electric Vehicle Update
Client Alert - December 19, 2022 | Carbon Markets Update – Q4 2022
Article - December 9, 2022 | Calif. EV Battery Recycling Plans Could Set National Trend
Webcasts - May 5, 2021 | Webcast: Carbon Markets: What We Know and What to Expect
Client Alert - May 3, 2021 | Congress on Track to Reject Trump EPA Revisions to Oil and Gas Methane Standards
Publications - February 18, 2021 | 3 Key Environmental Takeaways From Biden’s First 30 Days
Publications - April 10, 2020 | Calif. Organic Waste Regs Mean Sweeping Changes For Cos.
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