One West Pack Square
PO Box 7647
Asheville, NC 28802
mkurdys@roberts-stevens.com
direct dial: 828.210.6820
fax: 828.253.7200
v-card
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
- North Carolina State Bar
- 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. One of Mark's most notable malpractice cases was on behalf of a hospital and involved six years of litigation, two lawsuits and two appeals. The jury ultimately awarded one dollar to the plaintiff, who filed an appeal. The Court of Appeals reversed the one dollar judgment.
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
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
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
