Mark Joseph D'Argenio

Mark D’Argenio has extensive experience defending clients in a wide variety of areas, including habitability, landlord tenant, environmental, real estate disputes, transportation, and personal injury.

Mark has a comprehensive habitability practice, in which he specializes in representing owners, landlords, and property managers in difficult jurisdictions. Mark's practice includes litigation, pre-litigation, and transactional assistance. His clients include national REITs, high-volume real estate brokers, and publicly traded builders and developers.

Mark's in-depth environmental experience includes Clean Water Act litigation, CEQA disputes, wetlands negotiations, and Endangered Species Act claims. In transportation matters, Mark has represented some of the nation's largest commercial trucking and common carriers, including through trial.

Mark has served for over fifteen years as an Adjunct Professor at UC Law San Francisco, where he teaches Legal Writing & Research II and upper-division Appellate Advocacy. Mark has also taught legal writing classes at Santa Clara University Law School. While in law school, Mark won the National Moot Court Competition, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious moot court.

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News

•Neither an Insurer nor Insurance Agent has an Affirmative Duty to Inform an Insured of the Need to Increase Insurance Coverage on their Home
Case Updates, 10.5.21
•Getting Ahead of the Curve: Future Lessons for Underwriters and Business Leaders in the Aftermath of COVID-19
Publications, 4.21.20

Events, Seminars & Speaking Engagements

•“Developments in Advanced Lawsuit Investigation” (Adjuster CE Webinar; February 20, 2019)
•“Strategies for Effective Writing” (MCLE Seminar; May 24, 2017)
•"SB 800 and the Right to Repair: Tips, Strategies, and Takeaways After Ten Years of Hands-On Experience" (North State BIA; May 1, 2015)

Publications

•Getting Ahead of the Curve: Future Lessons for Underwriters and Business Leaders in the Aftermath of COVID-19
Article, The Recorder, 4.17.20
•Get Specific With In Limine Motions
Publications, 10.6.14
•Litigation 101: Moving for Sanctions
Publications, 10.6.14
•How to Decide When a Demurrer Makes Sense
Publications, The Recorder, 5.14.14
•Voir Dire, Tactics for First Impression
Publications, 3.22.13
•“Law Limits Indemnification Obligations for Design Professionals ” (CLM Magazine; September 1, 2018)

In the News

•Neither an Insurer nor Insurance Agent has an Affirmative Duty to Inform an Insured of the Need to Increase Insurance Coverage on their Home
•Getting Ahead of the Curve: Future Lessons for Underwriters and Business Leaders in the Aftermath of COVID-19
•Getting Ahead of the Curve: Future Lessons for Underwriters and Business Leaders in the Aftermath of COVID-19
•Litigation 101: Moving for Sanctions

Honors & Recognitions

•Super Lawyers Magazine “Southern California Rising Star,” 2015