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Mark concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation for the trucking, transportation, and construction industries. Practicing law for over 33 years with Heyl Royster, Mark serves as chair of the firm's Trucking practice group.
Mark has handled cases in state courts in more than 19 counties in northern Illinois (including Cook County), plus Iowa, and in federal court in the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and Wisconsin. He has over 35 years of experience as a defense attorney and has successfully handed and tried numerous high-exposure trucking, construction, and product liability cases to verdict. Mark has also successfully defended product liability cases involving semi-trucks and trailers, diesel engines, construction and industrial equipment, and machine tools. He has also represented numerous general and subcontractors in building and road projects.
Mark's extensive background in mechanics, building construction, and trucking gives him a unique perspective and strength in his trucking, transportation, and construction cases. In fact, he owns a complete restoration and machine shop where he rebuilds and restores classic autos, trucks, and tractors when he is not in court. Additionally, Mark is a licensed private pilot and has experience working as a former farm hand and truck driver.
Before moving to Illinois in 1987, Mark worked for the legal department of the Defense Logistics Agency (Defense Contract Services) of the Department of Defense in Chicago, the legal departments of Land O'Lakes, Inc. in St. Paul, and 3M Corporation in Minneapolis.
Heyl Royster offers a 24/7 Rapid Response Team led by Mark to provide clients and their insurers with instant access to our attorneys and the industry's best and most qualified investigators and experts, who can immediately manage on-scene accident investigations, supervise evidence preservation, take statements, ensure proper drug testing is performed, and interface with law enforcement. Significant Cases
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