Marek P. Bute

My practice is concentrated in business and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on contract disputes and claims relating to construction, lien law, arts and entertainment, and hospitality. My experience also extends to disputes involving copyright infringement, creditors’ rights, insurance coverage and defense, bad faith claims, commercial lease disputes, receiverships, deficiencies, and other actions seeking damages, extraordinary relief, injunctive relief, declaratory relief and other remedies in state and federal litigation, arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternate dispute resolution. I have represented a range of clients that includes recording artists, performance rights organizations, hotels, casinos, commercial and residential owners, developers, construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, financial institutions and insurance companies in multimillion dollar commercial litigation. Recently, I also had the privilege of serving as part of the legal team with Lambda Legal and O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, as pro bono local counsel for the Plaintiff couples in Nevada’s marriage equality case, Sevcik v. Sandoval, filed in April 2012. Upon appeal of a dismissal of the challenge in the United State District Court, in October 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ultimately reversed and remanded the lower court’s dismissal of the case, declaring the state marriage ban unconstitutional and ordering entry of a permanent injunction to protect marriage equality in the State of Nevada.