Mark Scalzo joined our New Lawyers Group (NLG) in 2024. The NLG provides our newest lawyers with the opportunity to gain exposure to different practice areas and lawyering styles before making a commitment to a specific practice. Individuals in the NLG may focus on a particular area of practice, or compare practices, during their first year with Jones Day. At Jones Day, Mark's practice has been focused on civil litigation, white collar defense, and appellate advocacy.
Mark contributes to a wide variety of pro bono matters, focused on religious liberty, habeas corpus law, and immigration appeals. He also is a member of the Start Anew team putting on the 2025 clinic for survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area.
Before joining Jones Day, Mark served as a judicial law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a judicial intern on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. During law school, he researched options and issues for potential federal data privacy legislation proposals and spent one summer contributing to constitutional litigation protecting equality, property rights, and the separation of powers. Prior to attending law school, Mark worked at a large health care software company on electronic health record (EHR) interoperability, regulatory compliance, and clinician well-being.
Experience
- Duke University (J.D. 2023; Notes Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems; Special Projects Editor, Duke Law & Technology Review); Stevens Institute of Technology (M.A. in Technology, Policy, and Ethics 2015; B.E. in Biomedical Engineering with high honors 2015; Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society)
- District of Columbia; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits; and U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the District of Maryland
- Law Clerk to Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (2023-2024); Intern to Judge John K. Bush, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (August 2022-May 2023)