About Mark Quigley
Mark T. Quigley has spent three decades representing whistleblowers and workers in wrongful termination, retaliation, employment discrimination, and business litigation. He obtained a $39 million jury verdict against UC San Diego for a doctor who was fired after exposing diversion of a $10 million research donation, recognized by the L.A. Daily Journal as one of 2023's Top Verdicts. He secured a $26.6 million verdict in a whistleblower retaliation and breach of contract case and a $5.8 million verdict against UC Irvine for a tenured neurosurgeon who raised patient safety concerns. He also won a $7 million verdict in the Bikram Choudhury sexual harassment whistleblower trial and a $10 million settlement in Pedowitz v. UC Regents after an eight-week trial. In the area of lottery fraud, he obtained a $7.982 million verdict in Farraj v. Circle K and a $12 million verdict in Chae v. Kim. He received a Giant Slayer Award from The Recorder in 2015. He holds a B.A. from Kings College (1976) and his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law (1985).
Notable case results
Murphy v. UC San Diego Regents (whistleblower doctor fired after exposing research fund diversion)
Whistleblower retaliation and breach of contract
Pedowitz v. UC Regents (UCLA orthopedic surgery chair whistleblower, eight-week trial)
Bikram Choudhury sexual harassment whistleblower trial
Linskey v. UC Irvine (tenured neurosurgeon whistleblower)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
