Portrait of Mark Weissman

Mark Weissman

Principal

Mark A. Weissman is a principal attorney in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Mark is a business litigator proficient in complex commercial litigation, class action defense, intellectual property, and media. He has represented and counseled clients from diverse industries in a wide variety of matters, successfully litigating cases from the pre-trial level up to appeal in both federal and state courts.

Mark's commercial litigation background includes experience in the areas of contract disputes, international commercial disputes, shareholder disputes and derivative actions, real estate litigation, consumer class actions, the Lanham Act, and other unfair competition claims. He also has substantial experience representing and counseling businesses and individuals in connection with white-collar criminal and regulatory investigations and related civil actions.

Additionally, Mark's intellectual property and media litigation experience includes representing and counseling clients in trademarks and copyrights, as well as First Amendment, defamation, court access, and privacy.

    Education

    • University of Pennsylvania (J.D.)
    • New York University (B.A., magna cum laude)

    State Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Court Admissions

    • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Firm Highlights

  • Podcasts
    Artful Donations: Exploring Museum Exchange
    In this episode of The Legal Canvas, host Caryn Keppler welcomes Robert Wainstein and Michael Darling, co-founders of Museum Exchange, the first digital platform dedicated to facilitating art donations to museums and nonprofit institutions across North America. Together, they explore how technology is transforming the way collectors, artists, estates, and cultural organizations connect through charitable giving. Robert and Michael explain the inspiration behind Museum Exchange, the challenges they set out to solve, and how the platform has grown into a network of more than 400 museums. They walk listeners through the donation process—from evaluating artwork and matching donors with institutions to handling logistics, documentation, and tax considerations. Along the way, they discuss the realities of museum collecting, why many donations are declined, and how thoughtful placements can help preserve artists' legacies while expanding access to important works of art. The conversation also explores Museum Exchange's work with living artists, artist estates, hospitals, universities, and smaller regional museums, as well as the launch of the Charis Foundation for the Arts, a nonprofit designed to steward significant collections before placing them with institutions that can best benefit from them. Robert and Michael conclude by sharing their vision for the future of charitable art transactions and how Museum Exchange is helping reshape philanthropy in the arts for generations to come.