Edward D. Markle

Edward Markle was graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. After working for Combustion Engineering designing nuclear and fossil fuel power plant, Mr. Markle enrolled in the MBA program at Tulane University and then transferred to the combined law/MBA programs offered at Loyola University. He received his degrees from Loyola Law School in 1978. Mr. Markle is licensed to practice law and maintains offices in the states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Colorado, and Texas. 

Since graduating from law school, Mr. Markle's practice has consisted of commercial litigation, insurance defense, aviation, governmental relations, insurance coverage, errors and omission, director's and officer's liability, products liability, aviation litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and professional liability litigation.   He has counseled many corporate clients on intellectual property requirements as well.   Mr. Markle has extensive trial experience at every state and federal court level in Louisiana, Mississippi, Colorado and Texas and has tried lawsuits in several foreign countries.   He also has broad experience in handling multiparty complex litigation, which routinely involves multimillion-dollar claims as well as broad experience in large real estate development projects. 

In 2004, Mr. Markle was retained by the Commissioner of Insurance to rewrite and recodify the Louisiana Insurance Code.  In addition to his years of general litigation and business practice, Mr. Markle has been registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1978. He has been heavily involved in copyright and trademark infringement litigation. Since 1988, Mr. Markle has served as a teacher and instructor at both Tulane University and the University of Florida, lecturing on environmental law and related issues.

Mr. Markle is also a member of the Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and American Bar Associations, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Transportation Safety Board Association. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and various other federal and state courts throughout the country. Mr. Markle holds an "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory, the highest rating granted by that national legal directory..

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AREAS OF PRACTICE/ADMITTANCE/EDUCATION

Areas of Practice:

• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Aviation
• Governmental Relations
• Corporate Law
• Professional Liability Litigation
• Environmental Law

Admitted to Practice:

• Mississippi
• All Louisiana Courts
• Colorado
• Texas
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

• Loyola University (MBA & J.D,, 1978)
• University of Arizona (B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, 1972)