Mark M. Rawdin

Mark M. Rawdin

Associate

600 West Broadway
Suite 1500
San Diego, California 92101

Mark Rawdin represents businesses in complex commercial litigation and transactional matters. His practice encompasses technology, intellectual property, real estate, and financial services, serving emerging growth companies and established businesses navigating corporate governance disputes and litigation defense.

Mark’s litigation practice covers intellectual property disputes, business torts, employment matters, corporate governance conflicts, class-action defense, and unfair competition claims. He handles cases involving tortious interference, trade secret misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duty, and complex multi-party disputes in both state and federal courts. Mark also provides transactional counsel for mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate transactions, business formation and restructuring, and contract negotiation.

Mark defends clients in high-stakes commercial disputes where litigation decisions directly impact business operations and valuation. He combines deep transactional experience with litigation strategy, allowing him to anticipate vulnerabilities, identify settlement leverage, and structure solutions that protect both immediate interests and long-term business positioning.

Mark earned his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he earned a CALI Award in Corporate Innovation and Legal Policy. During law school, he externed for the Honorable Gonzalo Curiel of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, and gained valuable experience clerking for a multi-state litigation firm with offices throughout the western United States. He maintains active membership in the California State Bar and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California.

Professional History

  • Associate, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, 2025 – present;
  • Associate, Procopio, Cory, Hargraves & Savitch, 2025
  • Associate, Klinedinst, PC, 2023 – 2025
    Law Clerk, Klinedinst, PC, 2022 – 2023
  • Judicial Extern, Southern District of California, 2022

Languages

  • Spanish

Personal

Mark grew up in San Diego and La Jolla. He enjoys backpacking and snowboarding in the High Sierra mountains, studying astrophysics, and playing basketball and football. He’s a devoted San Diego Padres fan and (still) roots for the Los Angeles Chargers.

Credentials

Education
  • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2023
    • Honors & Activities: Dean’s Honor Scholarship; Dean’s Outstanding Scholarship; CALI Award in Corporate Innovation and Legal Policy
  • San Diego State University, B.S., Business Management Entrepreneurship magna cum laude, 2018
Awards & Distinctions

Wallace Inn Presentation Award, 2023-2024

 

Wallace Inn Presentation Award, 2024-2025

Bar Admissions

State of California

 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

 

U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California

Memberships & Affiliations

State Bar of California, Member

 

Clifford Wallace Inn of Court

 

Association of Business Trial Lawyers, San Diego Chapter, Member