Speaker Profile
JAMES L. MARKETOS
James Marketos is a partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe. He specializes in complex civil litigation and has more than three decades’ experience in private practice with law firms in New York City and Washington. Representing individuals and corporations, as either plaintiffs or defendants, he tries cases and conducts appeals in federal and state courts around the nation. He also handles international and domestic arbitrations. Mr. Marketos graduated from Princeton University and New York University School of Law. Before entering private practice, he clerked for a federal judge in Manhattan. Mr. Marketos is a member of the New York and the District of Columbia bars and is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States and numerous lower federal courts.
How to Respond to a Subpoena for Documents or Testimony
Subpoenas are legally enforceable evidence-gathering tools. They are routinely used in all kinds of proceedings (civil, criminal, arbitration, regulatory). Even if you are not involved in a dispute, you can be subpoenaed by a party to the dispute and required to provide relevant information. The subpoena may require you to testify under oath, or to disclose documents (including electronically stored informa..