Mark Vorder-Bruegge

Biography

Mark Vorder-Bruegge, Jr. is a partner in the Memphis Office of the regional law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP.  He currently chairs the Firm’s Intellectual Property practice, is the Firm’s Chief Technology Partner, is an Ethics Counseling and Loss Prevention Partner for the Firm, and is the Account Manager for the Firm’s membership in DuPont’s Primary Law Firm network.  He has concentrated his practice on resolution of complex problems of intellectual property, accounting and securities fraud, banking, professional liability, and commercial transactions.

Mr. Vorder-Bruegge received his B.A. degree in 1975 from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree in 1978 from Vanderbilt University, and served as Law Clerk to then-U.S. District Judge Harry W. Wellford.  He is a past President of the Memphis Chapter of the American Inns of Court.  He is named in Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Intellectual Property, Securities, and Commercial Litigation, and in Mid-South Superlawyers in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation.  He has also been recognized as a "Top Lawyer" in the American Lawyer/Corporate Counsel Annual Guide to Commercial Litigation.  He is a member of The Sedona Conference, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model ("EDRM"), and the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).  He is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and served on the TBA’s Legal Opinion Accord Committee.  He is a past chair of the Memphis Bar Association’s Ethics Committee.  He lectures and writes frequently on intellectual property, legal technology, complex litigation strategy, strategic planning, legal ethics, loss prevention, and law practice management.

Mr. Vorder-Bruegge also has been active in a number of civic and charitable organizations, including the Memphis Rotary Club, Junior Achievement's Economics of Staying in School Program, the Central Gardens Area Association, the Historic District Alliance, Memphis Heritage, Inc., the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the University of Virginia Fund.  He a Director and past President of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis, Inc., which houses patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  He is also a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court's Commission on Lawyers Assistance and is the Commission's Secretary-Treasurer.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: TN