Marc Elliot Grossman

Marc Grossman is an Upland Attorney helping clients in family law and civil litigation. His passion for the law and his clients has made him one of the most sought after attorneys within the Inland Empire.

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Marc Elliot Grossman (born October 1, 1966 in Pomona, California) is apracticing attorney, social activist, rare document dealer and formermusician.

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Marc Grossman was born to David Grossman and Adrienne Grossman (neeWasserman) and is the second of three sons. Grossman's older brother, ScottGrossman, Ph.D., is a noted theoretical astro-physicist and Grossman'syounger brother, Craig Grossman, is a practicing attorney as is Grossman'sfather and wife. Grossman attended Upland High School.

Grossman studied at the University of California at Los Angeles (1984 -1987) matriculating in psychology and business and the University ofCalifornia at Santa Cruz (1988 - 1990) attaining a Bachelor of Arts degreein Philosophy. During lawschool, Grossman worked as a substitute highschoolteacher and as a vest-pocket coin dealer. Grossman attained a Juris Doctordegree from the University of La Verne College of Law in 1998 and wasadmitted to the California State Bar in November, 1998.

As a student activist at UCLA, Grossman was involved in helping to establishUCLA as one of the first sanctuaries for Salvadorian refugees during thecivil conflicts of the 1980s and was also instrumental in the campaigncalling for the Regents to divest their funds from South Africa during theApartheid era. Grossman worked for Campaign California, a grass roots fundraising organization under the direction of Assemblyman and former "ChicagoSeven" member Tom Hayden, and fought successfully to pass Proposition 65,the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986

As an attorney, Grossman represented Plaintiffs in the Irvin Landrum matterwhich gathered national attention when Claremont Police Officers wereaccused of shooting an unarmed African-American 18 year old and of plantinga gun on him in 1999. The officers had claimed they had shot Landrum inself defense after he pulled a gun and had shot at them. However,ballistics reports confirmed the gun had never been fired and belonged to adeceased police chief from a neighboring town. In the wake of civil rightsdemonstrations alleging racial profiling and murder, the City of Claremontawarded the two officers involved in the shooting with Employee of the YearHonors as did the Claremont Police Officers Association. The case waseventually settled for $450, and the awards were rescinded. In 2000,California Chief Justice Ronald George presided over an award ceremonywherein the California First Amendment Coalition awarded Claremont theirBlack Hole Award in recognition of having been the public entity acting mostimproperly regarding open government and first amendment freedoms inconnection with their Landrum related activities. Further fallout from theLandrum matter included several subsequent lawsuits regarding racialprofiling and police officer rights.

Grossman has been at the center of other high profile matters includingrepresenting San Bernardino County gadflies Jeff Wright and Shirley was alleged to have been targeted for his political activitiestargeting former San Bernardino County Supervisor Jerry Eaves. Eaves wouldultimately face Federal Criminal corruption charges for which he would pleadguilty.

In 2001, Grossman formed the briefly lived South Western Poverty Law Centeras a coalition of local organizations to fight institutionalizeddiscrimination in the Inland Empire. In 2003, Grossman was recognized bythe Los Angeles Times as one of the Inland Valley Times 66 most influentialpersons.

Grossman has successfully obtained the release of dozens of lifers whom hadbeen determined to have been improperly denied parole following theirconvictions and life sentences. Grossman's work in this field has resultedin numerous published opinions and has helped shape the law at the State andFederal levels. His clients have included Robert Rosenkrantz, Leslie VanHouten and Richard Shaputis.

Grossman is an accomplished musician and poker player and currently plays ina band with 80's rocker Gene "Rockin" Roland A.K.A. The Zig Zag Man andformer Velvet Chain drummer Craig Van Sant. Grossman is also a respectedcollector of rare historical manuscripts and the proprietor of SignatureHouse, an auction house devoted exclusively to the sale of historicaldocuments and manuscripts. In 2008, Grossman formed the American ManuscriptLibrary, a non-profit organization providing scholarships and educationalprograms throughout Southern California as well as providing a researchlibrary which includes holographic exemplars from thousands of individuals.

Grossman is currently married to Evangeline Grossman, a partner at theprestigious firm of Shernoff, Bidart, Darras and Echeveria whom arerecognized as the founders of the tort of Bad-Faith Insurance and also fortheir Holocaust litigation whereby they sought to hold European insurancecompanies accountable for thousands of life insurance policies never honoredfollowing World War II. Grossman and his wifelive in Upland, California with their 3 wonderful children.