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Mark concentrates his practice in commercial and civil litigation. He has extensively defended product liability, professional and construction liability, trucking, and agriculture liability cases. He is chair of the firm's Construction Practice. Mark has handled cases in state courts in more than 19 counties in northern Illinois, including Cook County, and in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois. He has successfully tried numerous high-exposure construction, trucking, and product liability cases to verdict. In October 2012, Mark obtained a defense verdict for a trucking company in a wrongful death lawsuit in LaSalle County, IL where the plaintiff claimed violations of numerous federal and state trucking regulations. He is licensed to practice in Illinois and Iowa. Mark has an extensive background in building construction and mechanics. Mark has also successfully defended product liability cases involving construction equipment, automobiles and trucks, industrial equipment and machine tools, and hunting products. Mark has represented manufacturers and retailers of ladders, cranes, machine tools, engines, fuel systems (in semi- tractor trucks and luxury yachts), deer hunting stands, electrical systems and equipment, food manufacturing equipment, amusement park attractions, building materials, and lawnmowers. He has represented numerous general and subcontractors in building, civil and road projects. As part of his professional liability practice, Mark has defended engineers, architects, agents and brokers, and real estate appraisers. Mark has successfully defended farmers, farm service companies and co-ops, and grain storage facilities. Mark has recently defended cases involving chemical spills and spray drift/off target claims, crop and nursery damage claims, farm equipment accidents, and grain bin fatalities. In addition, Mark has represented clients in the areas of business and corporate law, construction law, and real estate. Also, Mark has represented municipalities and clients before various governmental bodies, and has experience in annexations, subdivisions and developments, zoning, and intergovernmental agreements. Mark joined Heyl Royster in 1989, and became a partner with the firm in 1998. Prior to joining Heyl Royster, 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. Significant Cases
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