District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors Mark H. Tuohey, III, Confirmation Resolution of 2003
PR 15-458

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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

To confirm the appointment of Mr. Mark H. Tuohey, 1.11 to the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the " District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors Mark H. Tuohey, III Confirmation Resolution of 2003".

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Mr. Mark H. Tuohey, III
1655 Kalmia Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20012
(Ward 4)

as a member and Chairperson of the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors, established by section 5 of the Omnibus Sports Consolidation Act of 1994, effective August 23, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-152; D. C. Official Code § 3-1404), replacing William Lucy as a member, whose terns ended December 31, 2002, for a term to end December 31, 2006.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

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Mark H. Tuohey 

Partner
Co Section Head, Litigation Co Administrative Partner 

Vinson & Elkins LLP.The Willard Office Building 
1455 Pennsylvania Ave., N .W.
Washing on D.C. 20004-1008

Practice Description

Mark is the Co-Administrative Partner of the Washington office. He concentrates his practice in complex civil and criminal litigation, internal corporate investigations and compliance programs. His practice is largely devoted to representing corporations, their officers and directors, and individuals in civil and white-collar criminal litigation and Congressional investigations. In addition, Mark is involved in alternative dispute resolution matters including arbitration and mediation, in the United States and abroad.. Mark represents clients in a variety of national and international investigations and litigation matters. In 1998 and 1999; he acted as Special Counsel to the District of Columbia Council and conducted its investigations of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Administration; he currently serves as special counsel on Anti-Terrorism Preparedness.

Activities and Affiliations

• President: District of Columbia Bar, 1993-1994

• Chair: District of Columbia Bar Foundation, 1996-2001

• Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; American Law Institute

• Member: District of Columbia Federal Judicial Nominating Commission; American Bar Association House of Delegates; Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit; Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Office of Corporation Counsel

• Master. William J. Bryan American Inn of Court

• Faculty Member. National Institute for Trial Advocacy

• Lecturer and Writer various trial advocacy topics, including issues relating to complex civil and criminal litigation, and Congressional oversight investigations

• Trustee: Catholic University of America; Gonzaga College High School; Washington Jesuit Academy

• Recipient: 2001 D.C Lawyer of the Year, Bar Association of the District of Columbia 

Education and Professional Background

• Saint Bonaventure University, BA in history, 1968

• United States Army, Officer, 1970-1971 

• Fordham University Law School, JD., 1973 (Writing & Research Editor, Fordham Urban Law Journal)

• Admitted to practice: District of Columbia,1973; New York 1981; United States Supreme Court; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Superior Court of the District of Columbia; US. District Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; US. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Fourth, D.C and Federal Circuits; US. Court of Claims

• Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia, 19731977

• United States Department of Justice, Special Trial Counsel, 1977-1978; Special Counsel to the Attorney General. 1979

• Deputy Independent Counsel, Whitewater Investigation,1994-1995

• Brooking Institution Commission on the Independent Counsel Act, 1999