Attorney Profile

Mark S. Trustin is an attorney with more than thirty years experience in the practice of law with concentration in state and federal criminal trials, matrimonial law, and civil trial work.  Since 1997, he has  concentrated in administrative law appeals, representing students in disputes with public schools, colleges and universities. 

He also conducts mediation and facilitation, privately and through the North Carolina Superior Court Mediated Settlement Conference Program.

He is a co-founder and Board Chair of The Durham P.R.O.U.D. Program. P.R.O.U.D., established in 1996, is a life-skills training and development program for at-risk youth and their families.  Features of the Program include behavior management, taking personal responsibility, importance of education, and conflict resolution. He is a Board member or member of numerous professional and civic organizations including: American Bar Association, North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, City County Violence Prevention Committee of Durham, Durham Achieving Results for Youth and Children (DARYC) and the Achievement Academy of Durham.

Mark is an Adjunct Professor of Law at North Carolina Central University School of Law since 2001, training law students in the representation of young people denied their constitutional rights, and services to which they are entitled under law.

He is the owner and manager of a land development operation known as Owl’s Wood Development, LLC, concentrating in purchasing, developing for sale, commercial and residential real estate.

He is the co-director, with his wife, Marcia A. Angle, of a private family foundation supporting organizations which benefit children and families, world health and ecological preservation.