Overview
Mark focuses his practice on representations and warranties insurance, directors and officers liability insurance, and insurance coverage litigation. Mark serves as coverage counsel for primary and excess insurers, analyzing claims made under buyer-side RWI policies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions. Mark also serves as coverage and claims monitoring counsel for insurers in a wide range of complex litigation involving both public and private companies and their directors and officers.
He is committed to providing his clients with practical legal counsel and unyielding advocacy, ensuring that their needs are met with professionalism and dedication.
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2011, Cum Laude)
The Ohio State University (B.A., 2007, Cum Laude)
Bar Admissions
Ohio
Florida
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Professional Recognition
Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, Insurance Coverage, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Insurance Law, Interprofessional Patient/Client Care
Professional Highlights
Noteworthy Experience
Experienced as lead counsel in all aspects of litigation, including drafting pleadings, motions, briefs, and written discovery, taking and defending depositions, attending mediations, presenting oral arguments, and conducting bench trials.
Experienced in appellate briefing and oral arguments.
Judicial Extern for Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor.
Represented insurer in obtaining summary judgment based upon denial under insured v. insured exclusion. Czerwinski v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147727 (C.D. Cal. Sep. 11, 2017).
Represented insurer in obtaining dismissal of coverage lawsuit based upon late notice defense, which was affirmed on appeal. ISCO Industries v. Great Am. Ins. Co., 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-180636, 2019-Ohio-4852 (1st Dist. Nov. 27, 2019).
Represented insurer in obtaining dismissal of coverage lawsuit based upon uninsured capacity defense. Griffin v. Darling Ingredients, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:19-cv-009, United States District Court, Southern District, Ohio (S.D. Ohio March 23, 2020).
Represented D&O and E&O insurers in connection with hundreds of securities class actions, derivative claims, employment matters, professional liability claims, and other management liability claims.
Represented insurers in connection with dozens of representations and warranties insurance claims made in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Law You Can Use – Creditors Ask Asset Questions in Judgment Debtor Exams, Ohio State Bar Association, December 2012
Finding Some Certainty in the Substantially Uncertain Realm of Employer Intentional Tort: The History of Compensating Workers in Ohio, OACTA Quarterly Review, June 2013 (Co-author)
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
Member, Columbus Bar Association
Member, Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Florida Bar Association
Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society
Mark focuses his practice on representations and warranties insurance, directors and officers liability insurance, and insurance coverage litigation. Mark serves as coverage counsel for primary and excess insurers, analyzing claims made under buyer-side RWI policies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions. Mark also serves as coverage and claims monitoring counsel for insurers in a wide range of complex litigation involving both public and private companies and their directors and officers.
He is committed to providing his clients with practical legal counsel and unyielding advocacy, ensuring that their needs are met with professionalism and dedication.
Practice Areas
Education
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2011, Cum Laude)
The Ohio State University (B.A., 2007, Cum Laude)
Bar Admissions
Ohio
Florida
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Professional Recognition
Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, Insurance Coverage, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Insurance Law, Interprofessional Patient/Client Care
Noteworthy Experience
Experienced as lead counsel in all aspects of litigation, including drafting pleadings, motions, briefs, and written discovery, taking and defending depositions, attending mediations, presenting oral arguments, and conducting bench trials.
Experienced in appellate briefing and oral arguments.
Judicial Extern for Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor.
Represented insurer in obtaining summary judgment based upon denial under insured v. insured exclusion. Czerwinski v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147727 (C.D. Cal. Sep. 11, 2017).
Represented insurer in obtaining dismissal of coverage lawsuit based upon late notice defense, which was affirmed on appeal. ISCO Industries v. Great Am. Ins. Co., 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-180636, 2019-Ohio-4852 (1st Dist. Nov. 27, 2019).
Represented insurer in obtaining dismissal of coverage lawsuit based upon uninsured capacity defense. Griffin v. Darling Ingredients, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:19-cv-009, United States District Court, Southern District, Ohio (S.D. Ohio March 23, 2020).
Represented D&O and E&O insurers in connection with hundreds of securities class actions, derivative claims, employment matters, professional liability claims, and other management liability claims.
Represented insurers in connection with dozens of representations and warranties insurance claims made in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Law You Can Use – Creditors Ask Asset Questions in Judgment Debtor Exams, Ohio State Bar Association, December 2012
Finding Some Certainty in the Substantially Uncertain Realm of Employer Intentional Tort: The History of Compensating Workers in Ohio, OACTA Quarterly Review, June 2013 (Co-author)
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
Member, Columbus Bar Association
Member, Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Florida Bar Association
Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society