Mark C. Kurdys

Practices & Industries

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Appellate Practice
• Business Law
• Health Care
• Hospitality & Tourism
• Insurance Coverage
• Litigation
• Manufacturers & Distributors
• Medical Malpractice
• Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
• Products Liability
• Sports Law
• Trucking Defense

Education

• University of Michigan, BGS, 1977
• University of Toledo, JD, 1980

Bar & Court Admissions

• Michigan State Bar
• North Carolina Bar Association, Women in Practice Committee; Sections: Sports Law, Litigation
• North Carolina State Bar
• Western District of North Carolina, Federal Bar Association
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court, North Carolina, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts

Biography

Mark Kurdys has successfully litigated thousands of cases, tried hundreds and managed dozens of appeals throughout his 29-year career. He practiced in Detroit, Michigan and Charlotte, North Carolina before joining Roberts & Stevens in 2000. His focus is complex commercial/business litigation, medical and other professional liability, product liability, transportation, insurance coverage and catastrophic personal injury cases. 

Mark is also a Certified Mediator, mediating cases for other lawyers and their clients. As a business litigator, Mark helps clients seek commercial solutions to disputes and seek negotiated resolutions when in the best interest of his clients. He is a past Director and the current Secretary of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Mark is also a member of the Defense Research Institute and the Women In Practice Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association.

Experience

Complicated business and contract litigation

Insurance coverage opinions and litigation

Intellectual property disputes

Malpractice defense on behalf of hospitals, physicians, dentists, mental health providers and long-term care facilities

Product liability claims against manufacturers and sellers of a wide range of products, from heavy construction equipment to micro-technology

Trucking and other transportation litigation

Professional

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation/Construction, 2012

Continuing Legal Education author and lecturer regarding basic and advanced litigation and trial skills, evidence, medical and damages evidence and professional ethics

Defense Research Institute

North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Board of Directors, Secretary

North Carolina Bar Association 'Ask-a-Lawyer Hotline,' volunteer

Presentations include:

'Intentional Torts - Defending the Bad Guy,' Presentation to joint meeting of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys and North Carolina Claims Association, 2010

“Building your Civil Trial Skills: How to Select the Right Jury for your Case,” Presentation with the National Business Institute in Asheville, NC, 2010

Community Service

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Western North Carolina, Board of Directors, 2003-2008, President, 2004-2006

Mountain Housing Opportunities, volunteer, 2009-present

Partnership for Pastoral Counseling, Board of Directors, 2002-2007, President, 2005-2007

Western North Carolina Gymnastics Parent Organization, President