Mark is an experienced commercial litigator with a national practice focused on complex business disputes and class action litigation. He has extensive experience representing clients in consumer protection, data privacy and privacy-related class actions, as well as high-stakes business litigation matters.

Mark regularly litigates disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate veil and alter ego claims, business divorces, and officer and director liability. His practice includes matters arising under numerous federal and state statutes, including the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MMPA), Kansas Consumer Protection Act (KCPA), Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

In addition to his litigation practice, Mark is an author and frequent speaker on data breach and privacy litigation, class actions, corporate veil piercing, business litigation strategy and legal ethics. He served as co-editor of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s Business Litigation Handbook and authored the chapter on piercing the corporate veil.

Education

  • University of Iowa (J.D., 1988)
    • with distinction; Journal of Corporation Law, Articles Co-Editor; Phi Delta Phi
  • Iowa State University (B.B.A., 1985)
    • with distinction; Phi Kappa Phi

Bar Admission

  • Missouri, 1988
  • Kansas, 2019

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2024
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1988
  • U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1998
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2003
  • U.S. Tax Court, 2016

Professional Affiliations

  • Missouri Institute for Justice and Justice Institute of Missouri
    • Vice President, 2014-2025
  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee
  • DRI Commercial Litigation Committee
    • Financial Services Litigation Special Litigation Group
      • Chair, 2016-2021
      • Vice Chair, 2015
      • Publications Chair, 2015
  • The Missouri Bar
  • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
    • Federal Court Advocates Section
    • Business Torts Committee, Chair 2000, Editor, Business Torts Handbook, 1998, 2010, 2017
  • Missouri Supreme Court, Region IV
    • Disciplinary Committee, 2008-2016

Recognition

  • Ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial, Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds, 2023-2025
  • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for the following:
    • Commercial Litigation, 2022-2026
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, 2023