About Mark Lain
Mark Lain Venardi is a licensed attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1994. His license is presently in lively standing. Mr. Venardi is a companion at Venardi Zurada LLP, a law firm specializing in personal damage, employment legal proceedings, transportation and admiralty law, and commercial litigation. The firm's workplaces are positioned in Walnut Creek and Oakland, California.
Mr. Venardi earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, graduating in 1994. Prior to law school, he finished his undergraduate education on the University of California, Berkeley, receiving a Bachelor of Arts diploma in Political Science in 1991. During his time at UC Hastings, he used to be recognized with the Snodgrass Award for Best Oral Argument and served as Chairman of the Moot Court Competition Committee. He was additionally a member of the University of San Francisco Maritime Law Review.
Mr. Venardi's areas of practice include private damage, employment litigation, transportation and maritime law, and business litigation. He represents clients in things involving vehicle and pedestrian accidents, boating and maritime injuries, construction accidents, premises legal responsibility, traumatic brain injury, medical malpractice, fatal injury claim, wage and hour claims, whistleblower representation, unlawful termination, discrimination, harassment, and employment contracts. His practice encompasses all stages of legal proceedings, which includes preliminary case evaluation, discovery, facilitated negotiation, settlement discussions, and trial hearings in each state and federal courts.
Throughout his career, Mr. Venardi has treated cases in the Superior Court of California for the County of Contra Costa, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. He has also seemed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to founding Venardi Zurada LLP, he labored as an affiliate at Cox Wootton, Griffin & Hansen LLP from 1994 to 1998, and at Haight, Gardner, Holland & Knight LLP from 1998 to 2000. He have become a partner at Holland & Knight LLP in 2001 and persisted in that role till 2004.
Mr. Venardi is an active member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Association for Justice, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association, and the California Employment Lawyers Association. He has served as a board member of the Employment Law Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association from 2011 to 2013. He is likewise a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California. In 2013, he graduated from Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, a prestigious trial lawyer education software. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers from 2009 to 2026 and used to be named "Lawyer of the Year" in Admiralty and Maritime Law in Oakland in 2026 by leading attorneys list.
