Mark Logan Tuft
Partner
Mark Tuft is a Certified Legal Malpractice Specialist (California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization) and serves as counsel to lawyers, law firms, and public and private organizations on the law governing lawyers, including professional responsibility and professional liability. He is a frequent lecturer and writer on legal ethics, and has received several awards for his work in advancing attorney professional standards in California, including the California Lawyers Association Harry B Sondheim Professional Responsibility Award, the Spirit of CEB Award, and the Bar Association of San Francisco Award of Merit. Mr. Tuft received his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of California, Hastings in 1968 and a L.L.M., with highest honors, from George Washington University School of Law in 1972. He served as a captain in the US Army Judge Advocate Generals Corp. from 1969 to 1972. Mr. Tuft was an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law from 1997 to 2009. He has been a co-author of the Rutter Group California Practice Guide on Professional Responsibility and Liability since 1997. Mr. Tuft practiced as a litigation partner with Cooper, White & Cooper LLP from 1978 to 2022. He joined Womble, Bond & Dickinson (US) LLP as a partner in September 2022.
