MARC S. CWIK

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    Mr. Cwik was born in Baltimore, Maryland, grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and after completing his formal education, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1999 to pursue a career in the law. Mr. Cwik double majored in Sociology and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a member of the Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociological Honor Society, and received his Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.) in 1993. Thereafter, Mr. Cwik remained at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to enroll in graduate studies in the Department of Child and Family Studies, where he earned his Master’s Degree (M.S.) in 1996. During his graduate studies, Mr. Cwik was awarded the Viola Jurgenson Baker Fellowship, studied family law and human development, performed one of the largest research studies on domestic violence in religious communities, taught a course entitled “Family Relationships,” and served as the Midwest Editor of the Family Guardian Journal. With his expertise in family law as a backdrop, Mr. Cwik then enrolled in the University of Wisconsin Law School, and obtained his Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree (J.D.) in 1999. During his legal studies, Mr. Cwik served as the Note and Comment Editor for the University of Wisconsin International Law Journal, completed an internship representing incarcerated individuals at the Federal Prison at Oxford, Wisconsin, and clerked for a large Las Vegas Firm which specialized in civil litigation, insurance defense, and family law.

    Mr. Cwik was honored by the State Bar of Wisconsin for obtaining the highest class grade in both constitutional law and professional responsibility. He has authored numerous professional articles on divorce, domestic violence and fatherhood, and has testified on family law issues before the Wisconsin's Governor's Commission on Families and Children. He has petitioned the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service for the release of wrongfully detained individuals, and has involved himself in educating the public about the problem of Jewish wives in divorce proceedings being held hostage in their marriage by recalcitrant Jewish husbands who refuse to give their wives a Get (“Jewish Bill of Divorce”) under Jewish Divorce Law. In addition, he is the co-author of a paper on parenting delivered at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations held in Portland, Oregon.

    Mr. Cwik is admitted to practice in both Nevada and Wisconsin (state and federal courts), as well as before the United States Supreme Court, and practices primarily in the areas of family law, personal injury, construction law and insurance defense. He is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, State Bar of Wisconsin, Clark County Bar Association, and Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.

    In addition to his active law practice, Mr. Cwik is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Concord Law School, besides in Los Angeles, CA, where he teaches courses in Civil Procedure, and Medical Malpractice and Professional Responsibility.

    In his spare time, Mr. Cwik enjoys playing tennis, cooking, attending Wisconsin Badger , Milwaukee Brewers sporting events, and spending time with his wife, son and pug.

 

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