Mark Quigley

Mark T. Quigley has spent three decades representing whistleblowers and workers in wrongful termination, retaliation, employment discrimination, and business litigation. He obtained a $39 million jury verdict against UC San Diego for a doctor who was fired after exposing diversion of a $10 million research donation, recognized by the L.A. Daily Journal as one of 2023's Top Verdicts. He secured a $26.6 million verdict in a whistleblower retaliation and breach of contract case and a $5.8 million verdict against UC Irvine for a tenured neurosurgeon who raised patient safety concerns.

He also won a $7 million verdict in the Bikram Choudhury sexual harassment whistleblower trial and a $10 million settlement in Pedowitz v. UC Regents after an eight-week trial. In the area of lottery fraud, he obtained a $7.982 million verdict in Farraj v. Circle K and a $12 million verdict in Chae v. Kim. He received a Giant Slayer Award from The Recorder in 2015. He holds a B.A. from Kings College (1976) and his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law (1985).