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Mark D. Shepard

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2006.
Two Gateway Center, Sixth Floor, 603 Stanwix Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(412) 394-6546
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mshepard@babstcalland.com
Firm: Babst Calland
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Babst Calland


Years In Practice


Phone Number (412) 394-6546

Area of Emphasis
Mark Shepard is a shareholder in the Litigation Services Group of Babst Calland and currently serves on the Firm’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining the firm, he served as chair of the Litigation Group for one of Pittsburgh’s largest law firms.

Mr. Shepard focuses his practice in the areas of commercial, toxic tort, products liability and environmental litigation. He has represented clients as lead trial counsel in a variety of complex commercial litigation matters involving contract, trade secret, trade name disputes, securities fraud, common law fraud, antitrust and RICO claims. Mr. Shepard also has significant experience in representing defendants in consumer and other class actions.

A sizeable portion of his environmental litigation practice has been devoted to defending clients in federal and state superfund litigation and permit appeals. Mr. Shepard has used his broad experience in environmental cost recovery litigation to develop a specific emphasis on natural resource damage (NRD) claims by federal and state trustees.

Mr. Shepard has maintained an active practice in toxic tort litigation involving alleged exposure to toxic substances in the air, water and/or soil. During his career, he also has frequently been retained to handle communications, insurance coverage and mining litigation. He also has substantial experience in products liability defense, particularly in the mining equipment industry. As a result of the nature of his litigation practice, Mr. Shepard has participated in numerous forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings including commercial arbitration, mediation, mini-trials and early neutral evaluation. He has been retained regularly as a mediator for complex commercial, products liability, insurance coverage, securities and natural resources cases. Mr. Shepard currently serves as a mediator, arbitrator and early neutral evaluator in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Background
Mr. Shepard graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1979 where he earned a B.A. and was selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his J.D. at Duke University in 1982 where he was a member of the Duke Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Memberships and Affiliations
Mr. Shepard is admitted to practice in both Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as well as before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.

Mr. Shepard is an active member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. He also was appointed to the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Commission in 2007 for a three-year term. Mr. Shepard served as chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Section in 2000-2001 and as a member of the Bar Association’s Board of Governors from 2005-2011. In 2001, he was elected to membership in the Allegheny County Academy of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Shepard has served as chairman of the Academy’s Program Committee. For a number of years he coordinated the county-wide High School Mock Trial competition. Since 2020, Mr. Shepard has been ranked among Pennsylvania:  Pittsburgh & Surround’s top general commercial litigation lawyers in Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Business Lawyers. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© in the Commercial Litigation Section since 2006, Litigation – Environmental Section since 2011 and Bet-the-Company Litigation Section since 2015. He was named the Best Lawyers® 2019 Litigation – Environmental “Lawyer of the Year” and 2022 Bet-the-Company Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was also selected to the 2005-2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and 2011-2014 Top 50: Pittsburgh Super Lawyers lists (Thomson Reuters).

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Environmental
Mediation
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Mark D. Shepard
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Bet-the-Company Litigation, Pittsburgh (2022)
Litigation - Environmental, Pittsburgh (2019)
Education
Duke University, J.D.
Graduated 1982
University of Notre Dame, B.A. in American Studies
Graduated 1979
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (412) 394-6546
mshepard@babstcalland.com
Two Gateway Center, Sixth Floor, 603 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
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