EDUCATION:
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Lexington, Virginia,
J.D., 1987
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
B.A., 1984
Degrees in Economics and History
ADMISSIONS:
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- Virginia State Senate, Member, 2004-Present
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
- Boyd-Graves Conference, 2003-Present
- James Madison University Board of Visitors, 1995-2003
- Mercy House, Inc. Board of Directors, 1993-Present
- Harrisonburg Rotary Club, Member and former Director
- Governor's Commission on Citizen Empowerment, 1994-1995
- Governor's Advisory Commission on Welfare Reform, 1995-1997
RECOGNITIONS:
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"Legal Elite," Virginia Business Magazine
2002-2010 - Named to Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation
2006 - 2010 - AV* Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
- "Super Lawyer," Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine
2006-2010
Mark D. Obenshain
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Harrisonburg
Phone: 540-437-3133
E-mail: mdo@lolawfirm.com
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At Lenhart Obenshain
Mark D. Obenshain, with more than twenty years of litigation experience and 75 jury trials to his credit, serves as lead counsel in complex litigation for clients. He began as a trial lawyer representing governmental agencies and their employees and insurance companies and their insureds in general and civil rights litigation. Mr. Obenshain now focuses largely on commercial and fiduciary disputes. He handles a wide variety of commercial and employment disputes including shareholder disputes, trade secrets, trademark copyright, ERISA, and Title VII cases. He also handles will contests and other trusts and estate litigation and serious personal injury cases. Mr. Obenshain has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. He chairs his law firm's Litigation Section. Mr. Obenshain received his law degree from Washington and Lee University and his undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech.
Experience
Case results depend on a variety of factors unique to each case and do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case.
- Successfully represented 70+ employees of a financially troubled foreign-owned manufacturing company in an ERISA claim seeking recovery of their severance benefits from their employer.
- Represented a multi-state food distribution company, which obtained injunctive and other relief from a competitor and former employees in federal court in a trade secrets case.
- Served as counsel for an internationally-owned communications company seeking injunctive relief from a contractor who obtained a PCS license through a Federal Communications Commission auction but then kept the license for its own account and attempted to arrange its sale to a third party.
- Represented a medical professional sued by a former employer in federal court for alleged violation of a covenant not to compete and the Virginia Trade Secrets Act. Successfully tried; sanctions including attorney's fees were awarded and affirmed on appeal.
- Handled hundreds of personal injury cases representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
- Handled more than 50 Federal Civil Rights Act claims on behalf of governmental entities and employees.
- Presented successful defense in a two-week jury trial in a $6 million claim over a fatal police shooting.
- Represented employers in business conspiracy litigation seeking injunctive and other relief from employees and competitors.
- Successfully represented party to software licensing agreement in asserting fraud and business conspiracy claims against licensor.
More than Lenhart Obenshain
Mark has served in the Virginia State Senate since his election in 2003. He served for eight years as a member of the James Madison University Board of Visitors. He has been active in his community, serving as Board member of numerous organizations including the Harrisonburg Rotary Club, the Harrisonburg Education Foundation, and Mercy House, a shelter for homeless families. This year Obenshain received the recognition from the Blue Ridge Legal Aid Society for his pro bono representation. Mark has long served as counsel and as an advisor to the Harrisonburg Rescue Squad and he and his family are active and long time members of First Presbyterian Church.
Jennifer Harris
540-437-3103
jharris@lolawfirm.com
Paralegal
Karen Wilkins
540-437-3130
kwilkins@lolawfirm.com
Areas of Practice
Intellectual Property Disputes
Patent Infringement
Copyright Infringement
Trade Secrets
Civil and Commercial Litigation
Employment Litigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Will Contests
Catastrophic and Serious Injury Litigation