Mark Bisard
General Counsel's Office
Media
Social
Biography
Before joining American Express in 2008, Mark worked for Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP (New York City, NY) and Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss LLP (Detroit, MI), specializing in IP and internet law issues for a wide range of business clients.
Prior to practicing law, Mark spent two years teaching at a small high school in rural Louisiana with the Teach for American program. Mark now lives in Brooklyn with his wife Christie and their two sons.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Word of Mouth Marketing Association and the Purple Promise to End Melanoma Foundation.
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Top 40 Under 40
Crain's Detroit Business Top 40 Under 40 (2002)
Education
University of Michigan
BA
Political Science
1994
Wayne State Law University
Law
J.D. Law
1999
Wayne State University Law School
J.D., Law
1996 – 1999
Activities and Societies: Moot Court
University of Michigan
B.A., Political Science
1990 – 1994
Affiliations
- Associations: WOMMA Legal Affairs Committee, Journal of Digital Marketing Editorial Board, Legal Technology News Advisory Board, ABA-Cyberspace Law Committee, Purple Promise to End Melanoma Foundation Board of Directors, Leadership Detroit XXIV
Event Appearances
Moderator: A View from the Trenches: Hot Issues, Creative Solutions
PLI's Social Media 2015: Addressing Corporate Risks San Francisco, CA
2015-02-10
Featured Panelist: Regulation in the Irregular World of Social Media
FTF Financial Tech Forum's Social Media and Compliance in Financial Services Conference ("SMAC Forum") New York City, NY
2014-09-18
Featured Speaker
Key Issues in Today's Mobile Marketing: emerging trends in mobile tech, location-based services and mobile commerce New York City, New York
2014-06-11
Featured Panelist (w/ Nestle and Google), WOMMA's - 2nd Annual Driving Engagement Award panel
2014 Social Media Preview for the Chicago Auto Show Chicago, Ill
2014-02-07
Featured Panelist (w./ Frankfurt Kurnit) - "Social Media Platform Rules - A Guide for Advertisers"
Association of Corporate Counsel's Advertising Practice Group event New York City, New York
2013-10-02
Featured Panelist - "A View From the Trenches: Hot Issues, Creative Solutions"
PLI's "Social Media 2014: Addressing Corporate Risks" New York City, NY
2014-02-26
Featured Panelist - "Social Media Four Letter Words" Panel
University of Texas School of Law 36th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute Dallas, Texas
2014-04-10
Sample Talks
Social Media: Risks & Rewards - Protecting Your Company in a Digital World
Featured panelist at along with Wells Fargo, Arise Communications and WebVisible speakers discussing how to "protect a company's identity in a virtual world." Corporate Counsel symposium at Harvard Club, NY. September 21, 2009
Featured Panelist, ACC GNY Chapter's "Mobile Marketing" Event
Mark will participate on ACC-GNY’s new Digital, Technology, eCommerce and Privacy Law Practice Group's panel re: "Mobile Marketing" on June 11, 2014.
Featured Panelist: Social Media Risk Panel
Featured panelist along with Dell and Mayo Clinic lawyers discussing social media law risk for State Bar of Texas. May 1st, 2014
Moderator, Legal & Ethical Marketing - What's Next?
Moderating exciting panel on the future of legal and ethical marketing at womma.org's WOMMNext event in Chicago, Illinois. April 29th, 2014.
Social Media Media Risk and Reward
Mark is a frequent speaker and company trainer on social media (and other e-contracting, mobile payments, APIs, IP, and internet law related issues generally) for a wide array of audiences (compliance groups, marketers, legal counterparts) from the Alley to Valley. Examples:
• WOMMA Annual Summit – Las Vegas
• Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium - Washington, D.C.
• LegalTech - NYC
• Social Media Strategies Summit (GSMi) – Boston
• ALM’s Social Media Risk & Reward - NYC
Style
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist