
About Mark Pestronk Mark has 38 years' experience in advising travel agencies and other travel companies in travel-industry matters. He is one of the few attorneys in the world whose practice is solely devoted to travel-industry concerns. Mark concentrates his law practice in nine main areas: 1. GDS contracts 2. Other travel-technology contracts 3. Agency mergers and acquisitions 4. Travel supplier contracts 5. Government and corporate-travel matters 6. Group and incentive contracts 7. Client disclaimers and releases 8. ARC and IATAN matters 9. Employment and independent-contractor contracts Mark also provides advice in these related areas: 1. Agency evaluations in connection with sale of business, estate planning, divorce, and partnership split. 2. Agency joint ventures 3. Stockholders' agreements 4. Government proposals and protests 5. Corporate travel proposals and policy Mark is the weekly legal columnist for Travel Weekly, the travel industry's leading trade publication. Mark is a popular speaker at industry conventions and has given seminars for ASTA, ARTA, Radius, Hickory, Carlson Associates, NBTA and Uniglobe. A native of New York City, Mark holds a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in international relations, a master's degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a law degree from Georgetown University. Mark is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. Mark is also one of the top all-time money winners on the TV game show "Jeopardy!". |
| 910 17th Street, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Ph: 202-833-1900 Fax: 202-315-3677 email: mark@pestronk.com Mark's Latest Travel Weekly Column (Requires free registration. Then, scroll down Opinion Page) |



