Richard Marks
Richard D. Marks is co-founder and president of Patient Command, Inc., McLean, Virginia, a company that is developing a secure repository platform (a health record bank) and secure personal health record system for the Internet.
Mr. Marks practiced law in Washington, D.C. from 1972 to 2003. His practice included litigating intellectual property, privacy, freedom of expression, and security issues; advising and litigating on behalf of telecommunications companies; negotiating and enforcing contracts for outsourcing or acquisition of large computer systems; and advising on health information privacy. Mr. Marks successfully argued the first case declaring a part of the Communications Act unconstitutional, and in 1998, in the U.S. Supreme Court, he argued and won a landmark First Amendment–free press case concerning televised political debates. He also represented the American Association for the Advancement of Science in a friend-of-the-court brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals in a case challenging export restrictions on encryption source code.
Mr. Marks has published extensively on security and privacy issues, and has been a speaker on personal health records, health record banking, and information security and corporate governance as it relates to privacy and security. Mr. Marks is a member of the American Law Institute, and he was an American Bar Association member of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists.
Mr. Marks served in the U.S. Army, including a tour in Vietnam as a Captain in Military Intelligence. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and is a certified flight instructor. He earned a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Mr. Marks practiced law in Washington, D.C. from 1972 to 2003. His practice included litigating intellectual property, privacy, freedom of expression, and security issues; advising and litigating on behalf of telecommunications companies; negotiating and enforcing contracts for outsourcing or acquisition of large computer systems; and advising on health information privacy. Mr. Marks successfully argued the first case declaring a part of the Communications Act unconstitutional, and in 1998, in the U.S. Supreme Court, he argued and won a landmark First Amendment–free press case concerning televised political debates. He also represented the American Association for the Advancement of Science in a friend-of-the-court brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals in a case challenging export restrictions on encryption source code.
Mr. Marks has published extensively on security and privacy issues, and has been a speaker on personal health records, health record banking, and information security and corporate governance as it relates to privacy and security. Mr. Marks is a member of the American Law Institute, and he was an American Bar Association member of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists.
Mr. Marks served in the U.S. Army, including a tour in Vietnam as a Captain in Military Intelligence. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and is a certified flight instructor. He earned a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
