Attorneys

Mark is a partner in the Workers’ Compensation Defense practice based in Wiedner & McAuliffe’s Chicago office. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors. Rated an AV Preeminent lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, Mark focuses his practice on workers’ compensation defense and employment litigation. He represents employers across numerous industries.

Mark has been a faculty member and lecturer on various litigation-related topics for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. He previously served as an advisor on workers’ compensation legislation for the Republican Staff of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Active in his community, Mark has served on the long range planning committee for a local park district, the nominating committee to select candidates for a village board of trustees and was former legal counsel to a local youth baseball organization. He co-founded both a local baseball league for challenged children and a middle school booster organization.

Education

• J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 1980
• B.A., DePauw University, 1977

Admissions

• Illinois

• Goodson v. Industrial Commission et al., 190 Ill. App. 3d, 545 N.E.2d 975, 137 Ill. Dec. 214 (1st Dist. 1989): Mark secured dismissal of a claim for workers’ compensation benefits brought by a deceased workers’ wife. The petitioner alleged that her husband’s death was due to asbestos exposure while he was employed by the respondent. Mark successfully argued that the petitioner’s case was time barred, as the claim for death benefits is separate from the claim of the worker, and the law in effect on date of the worker’s death is controlling, not law at time of injury.
• Martin v. Industrial Commission and Impact Industries, Inc., 227 Ill. App. 3d 217, 591 N.E.2d 108, 169 Ill. Dec. 228 (2nd Dist. 1992): Mark secured dismissal in the Appellate Court of Illinois, reinstating the Industrial Commission’s original decision denying workers’ compensation benefits. Through the introduction of expert testimony about the petitioner’s pre-existing cardiac condition and evidence of multiple outside stressors, Mark successfully argued that the petitioner’s heart attack was not work-related.