Associate
Marius represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes throughout California across numerous industries, including banking and finance, real estate, technology, and transportation. He is experienced in negotiating liability and settling disputes before litigation ensues, as well as handling matters from consultation to trial and appeal, and post-judgment enforcement. He is experienced in formulating legal strategy at case inception, drafting complaints, cross-complaints, motions, demurrers, and other pleadings and papers, handling all aspects of discovery, appearing at hearings, mediating claims, and generally handling matters from inception through judgment.
Marius graduated in 2021 from the UCLA School of Law, where he was staff editor of the Disability Law Journal and externed for the Hon. Maureen A. Tighe in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California. For his undergraduate studies, he was on the Dean’s List and graduated cum laude in 2017 with a degree in Business Administration, specialization in Business Law, and a minor in Economics. Before law school, Marius was the Director of Compliance at a real estate brokerage in Hancock Park, where he oversaw multi-million-dollar real property transactions.
Marius is licensed to practice law in California. He is fluent in Romanian. Although he was born in Romania, he has resided in Los Angeles for over twenty years and is a lifelong Angeleno. When not practicing law, he enjoys lifting weights, strolling down Santa Monica beach, reading colonial legal history, and spending time with family and friends.
- Negotiating and settling numerous real estate matters involving claims of fraud, failure to disclose, and breach of lease, among other claims
- Litigating and mediating legal malpractice and real estate fraud claims totaling millions of dollars
- Defending claims for securities fraud, intentional business torts, and other similar claims, including handling discovery and motion practice
- Prosecuting and defending direct and derivative claims under Corporations Code, including claims seeking receivership
- Representing defaulted trustors in connection with millions of dollars’ worth of real property, including successfully securing rescission of notices of default recorded against property
- Represent numerous founders in business disputes concerning control over business and usurpation of business opportunities, unfair competition, and trade secret misappropriation
- Vacated by way of motion practice nearly $2,000,000 default judgment
- Defeated motion to stay proceedings related to real estate dispute
- Settled pre-incorporation partnership dispute between co-founders
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February 15, 2024 – “The Feud Over TikTok User’s Fair Use of Universal’s Copyrighted Work” – co-authored article on legal fight between TikTok and Universal.
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January 25, 2024 – “Real estate brokerages face billions in liability in 2024 due to centuries-old practice” – co-authored article on potential liability for California real estate brokerages.
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August 24, 2023 – “Whether in the ring or the courtroom, no one knows if X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook will exchange blows” – co-authored article on legal struggles between Twitter/X and Facebook/Meta.