Mark T. Bailey

Associate

Mark focuses his practice on civil and commercial litigation. Before entering private practice, he served as judicial clerk to the Hon. Nancy E. Rice of the Colorado Supreme Court—where he gained valuable research and writing experience as well as exposure to diverse areas of civil and criminal law.

Mark graduated with high distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he was articles editor for the Iowa Law Review and co-founder of the college's branch of the American Constitution Society. While in law school, Mark interned at Equip for Equality, a Chicago-based non-profit that provides litigation advocacy for people with disabilities.

Mark is on the trial team for these cases:

In 2006, Reilly Pozner brought a $35 million lawsuit on behalf of a major mortgage services company based in Denver. The lawsuit, which is currently pending in California state court, stems from the sale of more than 350 defective mortgage loans on the secondary mortgage market. Mark coordinated a nationwide discovery project that established fraud and misrepresentation in the origination of the twenty-five highest value loans in the case. The case is currently slated for trial in the Fall of 2009.

Reilly Pozner has been approved by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy court to act as Lehman’s national coordinating and lead trial counsel in prosecuting claims against mortgage loan originators that sold Lehman defective loans. Mark is part of the ten-lawyer team in this significant representation, which involves more than 100 cases in 26 states.

Following the Democratic National Convention in 2008, Mark completed his first jury trial. In this pro bono representation, he represented a protestor who had been charged with several municipal offenses. After a two-and-a-half-day jury trial, the protestor was acquitted of all charges.

In 2006, Reilly Pozner was retained to represent a small-business owner in Grand County who had been sued for sexual harassment and defamation. Mark was the primary attorney on the case, which resulted in a dismissal at the pleadings stage.

"The lowest common denominator for great advocacy is to explain to the judge or jury why the law requires a certain result. However, to take advocacy to the next level, the lawyer must also tell a compelling story - a story that appeals to the decision-maker's sense of fairness and common sense. Every step of our trial preparation is aimed at developing and telling this story."