Mark is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department where he provides large corporations, innovative companies, and individual inventors with strategic insight regarding their intellectual property assets, liabilities, and opportunities.

Focusing on intellectual property transactions and litigation gives Mark perspective on successfully navigating the application and registration process, and how to enforce rights once they are granted. Weighing important factors such as financial investment, commercial viability, marketing and licensing, and the cost to protect IP assets, he counsels his clients regarding the best options and most appropriate courses of action to take. For his strategic planning talents, technical skills, courtroom advocacy, and history of favorable outcomes, DBusiness Magazine named him Top Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law for 2013.

Mark earned his undergraduate degree from Oakland University, and his law degree, cum laude, from the Michigan State University College of Law. He began his career at the firm as a law clerk while attending law school.

Mark also gives back to his community as President and Executive Board member of the Greater Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce, a leader in the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, and as Social Media Director of the Royal Oak Historical Society