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• Mark L. Tunnell
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Attorney Profiles

Mark L. Tunnell

E-mail: mtunnell@gawthrop.com

Mark L. Tunnell, a Board-Certified Civil Trial Advocate, handles a variety of complex commercial and injury cases, has won verdicts in excess of a million dollars, and frequently lectures on areas of interest which currently include probate and estate topics. He is also experienced in environmental litigation.

Mr. Tunnell has been practicing trial law for thirty-five years. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Tax Court and many other federal and state courts. He was an editor of the Chester County Law Reporter for two decades and is a past President of the Chester County Bar Association. He is a past Chair of the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

• Areas of Practice:

• Complex Commercial and Injury Cases
• Professional Malpractice
• Environmental Cases
• Nursing Home Claims
• Will Contests and Fiduciary Liability and Defense
• Certified Mediator - Chester County Guardianship & Incompetency Cases

• Certification/Specialties:

• Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Legal Specialty Certification 1995, recertified 2000, 2005

• Bar Admissions:

• Pennsylvania, 1975
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1976
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1993
• U.S. Tax Court, 1993
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1994
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2004

• Education:

• The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, VA, 1975 J.D.
• Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA, 1972 B.A.

• Honors and Awards:

• Board of Directors Award, Chester County Bar Association, 2001, 2004
• Special Achievement Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2005
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• A-V Rating by Martindale Hubbell

• Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Chester County Bar Association, 1975 - Present, President 2003
• Chester County Bar Foundation, 2003 - Present, Fellow, Chair 2004
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1975 - Present, Member
• Pennsylvania Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court, John E. Stively, Jr. Chapter
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, 1995 - Present, Chair 2004-2005
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Professionalism Committee, 2003 - Present, Co-Chair 2007-2008, Chair 2008-2009
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Past Delegate to PBA House of Delegates

• Past Employment Positions:

• Cremers, Morris, Greenwood & Tunnell, Partner, 1979 - 1985
• Cremers, Morris & Greenwood, 1975 - 1979

• Fraternities/Sororities:

• Kappa Delta Rho