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Leonard J. Marsico
Partner
EQT Plaza
lmarsico@mcguirewoods.com625 Liberty Avenue, 23rd Floor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3142 F: 412.667.7956
2001 K Street N.W.
Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20006-1040 F: 412.667.7956 |
Mr. Marsico is chair of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation Department and head of the firm's coal team. His work is principally focused on commercial litigation, with cases involving energy, transactional, securities, insurance coverage, corporate control and general corporate matters. He has litigated actions and arbitrations on behalf of clients in more than 25 states and before several foreign arbitration tribunals, and he provides general corporate counsel to many of his business clients. As head of the coal team, he coordinates the cross-departmental group of attorneys who provide integrated, coal-related legal services to coal producers, coal transporters, utilities and service providers to the coal industry.
His litigation experience includes numerous cases involving the enforcement of long-term supply agreements, acquisition and divestiture agreements, the interpretation of insurance contracts providing coverage for business and industrial hazards, class action securities fraud and general commercial litigation. His clients include energy producers, publicly traded manufacturers, financial institutions, communications providers and corporate holding companies, as well as large family and trust-owned entities.
He has litigated and arbitrated numerous disputes over major supply agreements for utilities and coal and oil and gas producers. In the area of mergers and acquisitions, he has represented numerous clients in disputes arising from the purchase and sale of businesses, including cases involving the enforceability of letters of intent for the sale of businesses, post-closing claims of breached representations and warranties and corporate control disputes.
- Litigating a coal supply dispute to decision increasing the client's total sales under the agreement by more than $80 million.
- Securing partial summary judgment in favor of an insured that its policies provide $320 million in nuclear hazard liability coverage rather than the $40 million in coverage the insurer claimed.
- Defending, then settling on favorable terms, a multimillion-dollar securities fraud class action claim against a publicly held finance company for alleged financial misrepresentations to its stockholders.
- Securing the dismissal of a municipality's multimillion-dollar RICO claim against a national waste disposal company.
- Trying a steel manufacturer's business interruption claim against an insurer to jury verdict for more than $1 million.
- During trial, settling for the policy limits a purchaser's malpractice claim against the seller's accounting firm for misrepresenting the financial condition of the acquired company.
- Securing the dismissal of a contract claim against a Russian business owner by a former employee for a one-third interest in a multimillion-dollar business.
- Defending, then settling on favorable terms, a department store's $100+ million claim against a national retailer and shopping mall developer for terminating an agreement to purchase the chain.
- Commercial Litigation
- Appeals & Issues
- Securities Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation
- Energy & Utilities
- Government Contracts
- Energy Litigation
- Chair, Complex Commercial Litigation Department
- Head, Coal Team
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2007-2012
- Named a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer," 2011, 2012
- Senior Hearing Committee Member Serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Doepken Keevican & Weiss, PC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Shareholder/Partner, 1996-2002
- Director, 1998-2002
- Buchanan Ingersoll, PC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Associate, 1980-1987
- Shareholder/Partner, 1988-1996
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EDUCATION University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, J.D., 1980
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, B.A., 1977 FRATERNITIES OR SORORITIES Delta Tau Delta ADMITTED District of Columbia 2012 Ohio 2000 Pennsylvania 1980 Various Federal Courts PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |

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