Mark A. Cymrot
Profile
Mark Cymrot is a Chambers Global ranked international arbitrator who has served in more than 45 international and commercial cases. He was Founder and Leader of the BakerHostetler LLP International Arbitration and Litigation Team, ranked by Chambers Global as Band 1, Highly Regarded and co-Leader of the International Asset Tracing and Recovery Team. He has been lead counsel in numerous high-stakes arbitrations and lawsuits.
He is the author of more 30 publications and a frequent speaker on topics drawn from his experiences in international lawsuits and arbitrations. He tried the famous silver market manipulation case that resulted in $197 million verdict, a top 10 jury verdict in the United States during that decade and the subject of his book Squeezing Silver: Peru's Trial Against Nelson Bunker Hunt. His unlikely defeat of a Venezuelan spy's claim for the reward for the capture of Peru's infamous head of security services became a leading sovereign immunity case and the subject of his book The Case of the Welched Reward: Spies, FBI and Pursuit of Peru's Most Infamous Fugitive. His articles include "Going First Makes A Difference: Decision-Making Dynamics in International Arbitration" Transnational Dispute Management (TDM), and "Cross-Examination in International Arbitration", JurisNet LLC AAA Handbook on International Arbitration Practice.
Mark was Special Litigation Counsel in the Justice Department trying civil fraud cases around the United States.
Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1973
- New York, 2000
- District of Columbia, 1973
Education
- J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1972
- B.A., The George Washington University, 1969