David Lyndon Marks is a Fairfax County native and currently resides in Annandale,
Virginia. Mr. Marks attended Annandale High School before graduating from Mary
Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1994, with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Political Science. He then received his juris doctor in 1997 from the
T.C. Williams School of Law of the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia.
Following graduation from law school, Mr. Marks was first employed by the law firm of Brandt, Jennings, Roberts, Davis & Snee, PLLC in Falls Church, Virginia, specializing in Insurance Defense and Plaintiff's Civil Litigation. He then worked for the Law Office of Maury B. Watts, III, in Annandale, Virginia, concentrating solely on Plaintiff's Personal Injury Law and Medical Malpractice, before opening his own firm in 2004.
Mr. Marks has been a member of the Virginia Bar since 1998, the District of Columbia Bar since 1999 and the Maryland Bar since 2004. He is admitted to practice in all Virginia State trial and appellate Courts, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Superior Court and Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the U.S. District Court of Maryland.
Mr. Marks is very active in the Fairfax Bar Association, having served on the Board of the Young Lawyers Section of the Fairfax Bar Association since 2002 and served as President of the Young Lawyers Section and ex officio member of the Fairfax Bar Association Board of Directors for 2004 and 2005. Mr. Marks has been a member of the Pro Bono Advisory Committee of the Fairfax Bar Association since 2000 and served as Co-Chairperson of the Committee from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Marks was honored to have received in 2005 the Fairfax Bar Association President's Award for Outstanding Services. Just recently, Mr. Marks had the honor of being elected to serve on the Fairfax Bar Association Board of Directors, beginning June of 2007.
Mr. Marks is a volunteer at the Culmore Community Center Legal Clinic Program assisting low-income clients with free legal advice and representation. Mr. Marks is also a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the District of Columbia Bar Association.
Mr. Marks was profiled in Virginia Lawyers Weekly as an "Up and Coming Lawyer.