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Mark graduated from SIU-C School of Law in 1988 and has practiced in southern Illinois since that time. Aside from a short stint at an insurance defense firm, Mark has always represented individuals that have been harmed by the negligence or intentional wrong-doing of others. Since 2004, he has been the principal at Prince Law Firm in Marion and Carbondale, Illinois.

Mark is the immediate Past President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, having served as President from June 2018-June 2019. Since 2010, he has served on the Executive Committee. In his capacity as a longtime chair of the Legislative Committee, he has testified before the House Judiciary Committee on bills effecting the practice of law.

In 2011, Mark was drafted to serve on the ITLA and organized labor negotiating team that addressed perceived shortcomings in the workers’ compensation system. During the negotiations many measures were considered and agreed to that have improved the overall health of the Illinois workers’ compensation system. Governor Quinn appointed Mark to the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board after those negotiations were completed. Mark served on that Board from approximately 2012 to 2015. Current Governor J.B. Pritzker has reappointed Mark to this same Board.

Mark also lectures at numerous seminars every year about issues related to Plaintiff’s personal injury practice. He has spoken many times on the topics of preparing your client for trial, preparing your case for trial, insurance coverage issues and many other topics of significance to the trial bar.

In October 2015, Mark also was honored by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin/Jury Verdict Reporter with a Trial Lawyer Excellence Award. His team of trial attorneys received this award because they set a record verdict in Pope County, a very rural county in which the largest award had been in the neighborhood of $75,000. After a two week trial, the Pope County jury returned a verdict of $1,200,000. This case presented many difficult facts that he had to deal with.

In October 2017, Mark received a second Trial Lawyer Excellence Award by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin/Jury Verdict Reporter. This time Mark received the award for a record setting settlement in Jackson County, Illinois. The Trial Lawyer Excellence Award is given to very few lawyers and is highly coveted.

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