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Mark L. Karno

Mark L. Karno & Associates, L.L.C.
Illinois
General Civil LitigationPersonal Injury LitigationWrongful Death Litigation
33 N. La Salle Street, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60602

Mark L. Karno

Mark L. Karno & Associates, L.L.C.
Illinois
General Civil LitigationPersonal Injury LitigationWrongful Death Litigation
33 N. La Salle Street, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60602
312-701-0090
Mark.Karno@Karnolaw.com
www.Karnolaw.com
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Bio

About Mark L. Karno:

 

Professional Webpage: http://www.karnolaw.com/About-Us/Mark-L-Karno.shtml

Honors and Awards:

Diamond Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation

Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Selected to The American Society of Legal Advocates
AV Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
AVVO Rated 10 out of 10, 2012-Present
Special Licenses/Certifications:

Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois-Eastern Division-1985

Bar/Professional Activity:

Illinois, 1982

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1984
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1985

Co Chair of the Illinois Bar Foundation Annual GALA Black Tie fundraiser held on October 16, 2015 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, IL, 2015
Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation 2014-present
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors, 2012 - 2013 and 2014 to 2017

Member, American Association For Justice
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers

Member, American Bar Association
Co-Chair, Advertising Committee for the Diversity Scholarship Foundation's 2013 Unity Award Dinner
Former Chair, ISBA Insurance Law Section Council, 2002-2003
Former Chair, ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council, 2011-2012
Member, ISBA Tort Law Section Council
Elected Member, Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association Assembly, 2010
Member, Chicago Bar Association Civil Practice Committee, 1993-1999
Chairperson, Chicago Bar Association, 1995-1996
Chairperson, Division IV and Division I, Chicago Bar Association, 1997-1998
Member, Chicago Bar Association Civil Practice Committee, 1992-1999
Member, Illinois State Bar Association's Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluations, 1998-2000
Co-editor, Tort Trends, the publication of the Tort Law, June 1999-June 2003
Member, Illinois State Bar Association Tort Law Section Council, 1989-present
Chair, Illinois State Bar Association Civil Practice Section, 2002-2003
Member, Illinois State Bar Association Civil Practice Section,  June 2007-present
The National Trial Lawyers

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

Co-Chair, 2013 ISBA Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council's Allerton House Conference at Starved Rock State Lodge. The topic was "Adaptations of New Technologies to Civil Case Processes", April 11 - 13, 2013
Speaker, November 5, 2010 Seminar "Trial Practice from Voir-Dire Through Post Trial" sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on Closing Arguments
Speaker, November 13, 2009 Seminar "Insurance Law Update" sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance Claims
Speaker, June 23, 2007 Seminar "Uninsured/Underinsured: The Necessary Basics" sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on Uninsured Motorist Claims
Speaker, Seminar "Don't Lien" on Me: A Comprehensive Overview of Liens? speaking on Successfully resolving Medicare Liens against Tort claims, April 15, 2011
Speaker at the May 18, 2000 Seminar An Update for Tort and Insurance Litigators lecturing on Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitrations
Speaker at the April 5, 2001 Insurance Coverage: An Update Seminar lecturing on The Emerging Tort of Bad Faith
Speaker at the May 10, 2004 Seminar The Anatomy of an Automobile Case sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on issues involving the Bankruptcy of a Party, The Death of a Party and Non-English Speaking Parties
Speaker, Illinois State Bar Association Tort Law Section Council Seminar "Don't Lien on Me" on April 15, 2011 Lecturing on Medicare Liens on Third Party Liability Settlements
Speaker, Illinois State Bar Association's Countering Litigation Gamesmanship Seminar that took place on October 1, 2010
Speaker, Illinois State Bar Association Insurance Law Update Seminar on November 13, 2009 lecturing on Uninsured Motorist and Underinsured Motorist claims
Co-coordinator, October 23, 2008 Seminar, Expert Witnesses-A Primer sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association Tort Law Section Council
Changes on the horizon for trial lawyers: The Seventh Circuit's Jury Trial Project., 42 Tort Trends No 3, September 2006
Exploring the Bankruptcy Law Issues facing the Tort Law Practitioner, 40 ISBA Tort Trends No 1, page 5, November, 2004
Section 143a of the Insurance Code: A proposed Amendment, 32 ISBA Tort Trends 1, August 1996
House Bill 20 Turns the Petrillo Doctrine Upside Down, 30 ISBA Tort Trends 8, June, 1995
Legal Malpractice Issues Facing the Tort Law Practitioner, 29 ISBA Tort Trends 4, April, 1994
Written Exculpatory Clauses as a Defense to Tort Claims: A Survey of Illinois Case Law and Pointers to the Practitioner; 28 ISBA Tort Trends 4, March, 1993
Guest Panelist, ISBA Cable Television Program that Dealt with the Topic Area of Automobile Accident Claims. This was filmed on August 21, 1997
Speaker, April 30, 1993 ISBA Recreational Law Update Seminar
Speaker, December 8, 1994 ISBA Third Party Practice Seminar
Speaker, June 20, 1997 Tort Law Update Seminar at the ISBA Annual Meeting lecturing on Recent cases involving Legal Malpractice
Speaker, November 30, 1995 ISBA Professional Liability Litigation Seminar
Co-coordinator of the June 20, 2003 Seminar Potpourri of Civil Practice, Tort and Insurance Law Seminar sponsored by the ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure, Tort and Insurance Law Section Councils
Changes on the Horizon for Trial Lawyers, The Seventh Circuit's Jury Trial Project 42 ISBA Tort Trends No. 3,September 2006
Section 143a of the Insurance Code: A proposed Amendment, 32 ISBA Tort Trends 1,  August 1996
30 ISBA Tort Trends 8, June 1995
House Bill 20 Turns the Petrillo Doctrine Upside Down, 30 Illinois State Bar Association Tort Trends 8, June 1995
Legal Malpractice Issues Facing the Tort Law Practitioner, 29 Illinois State Bar Association Tort Trends, April 1994
Written Exculpatory Clauses as a Defense to Tort Claims: A Survey of Illinois Case Law and Pointers to the Practitioner, 28 Illinois State Bar Association Tort Trends 4, March  1993
Statute of Limitations on Injured Minors' Medical Expense Claims, the Solution, 28 Illinois State Bar Association Tort Trends, July 1992
Representative Cases:

Silverberg v. Haji, 2015 IL App (1st) 141321, 2015
Donald W. Fohrman & Associates, Ltd. v. Marc D. Alberts, P.C.,2014 IL App (1st) 123351, 2014
Argued the appeal of Szymakowski v. Szymakowski, 185 Ill. App. 3d 746, 134 Ill. Dec. 193, 542 N.E. 2d 372 (1st Dist., 4th Div.), 1989
Illinois Founders Insurance Company v. Guidish, 248 Ill. App.3d 116, 187 Ill. Dec. 845, 618 N.E.2d 436 (1st Dist., 4th Div.), 1993
Walters v. Walters, 238 Ill.App.3d 1086, 178 Ill.Dec. 176, 605 N.E.2d 432 (2d Dist.), 1992
Wilson v. Teloptic Cable Construction Co.,  314 Ill.App.3d 107, 731 N.E.2d 899, 247 Ill.Dec. 126 (1st Dist., 5th Div.), 2000

Educational Background:

University of Illinois, B.S. in Finance, High Honors, 1979

I.I.T./Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1982

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