About

Christopher Markos is a dedicated lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a robust heritage in civil and human rights regulation. Christopher Markos joined Williams Cuker Berezofsky in 2012, bringing giant enjoy to the corporation’s civil and human rights law practice. Public Interest advocacy has been his ardour since regulation faculty, and he become diagnosed with the aid of the Rutgers-Camden School of Law with the distinguished Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award. Mr. Markos started his prison career as Law Clerk to the Honorable Jose L. Fuentes of the New Jersey Superior Court- Appellate Division, engaging in legal studies and drafting bench memos, coordinating intake and advising Judge Fuentes on emergent topics. “I like being an suggest for my customers and the Constitution at the same time. It’s tough in my opinion and intellectually; standing up for the rule of thumb of law is invigorating.” Mr. Markos finally became a Legal Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, that specialize in free speech, privacy, due procedure and police misconduct. He correctly litigated instances related to the waiver or mitigation of antique money owed (both valid and alleged) incurred all through the prosecution of criminal instances, and defended the privateness rights of public high school students whose participation in sports activities packages and extracurricular activities had been being challenged and denied. Along with colleagues Beth Cole and Gerald Williams, Mr. Markos was venerated through the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s Prisoner Civil Rights Panel for provider to masses of prisoners injured due to unconstitutional situations in the Philadelphia Prison System. In presenting the award, The Honorable Judge M. Faith Angell mentioned that, between 2011 and 2014, the lawyers normal judicial appointments to symbolize greater than 900 former seasoned se plaintiffs and resolved the substantial majority of the cases, with extra than 500 resulting in man or woman settlements with the city and private clinical companies.

Legal Issues

Civil Rights

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law

Environmental Law

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

Consumer Law

Class Action, Lemon Law

• Discrimination
• Mass Tort

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No Certifications

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Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• Legal Clerk
  Honorable Jose L. Fuentes of the New Jersey Superior Court- Appellate Division
  
• Associate
  Williams Cedar, LLC
  2017
• Associate
  Williams Cuker Berezofsky
  2012

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