Illinois State Bar Association: Member: Assembly 2010 to present; Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council 2007 to present (Chairperson 2011-2012); Insurance Law Section Council: 1995 -2004 (Chairperson, 2002-2003); Tort Law Section Council 1989-2006; 2007 to present; Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluations, 1998-2000; Frequent Lecturer at ISBA Seminars; Former Co- Editor, Tort Trends) Bar Associations.

• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice

MARK L. KARNO - Principal of this law firm that concentrates its practice in all aspects of Civil Trial Practice and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts in the Northeastern Illinois geographical area with a focus on catastrophic bodily injury and death claims concentrating in the representation of clients in their Nursing Home Neglect, Motor Vehicle Negligence and Premises Liability claims. The firm also represents clients in their Workers Compensation Act claims and their commercial and residential real estate transactions and associated litigation.

PROFESSIONAL:

• Selected by peers as a Super Lawyer (2009, 2010 and 2011)
• Elected Member of the Assembly of Illinois State Bar Association (2010 to present)
• June 2007 to present-Member of the Illinois State Bar Association Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council (Chair,2011-2012)
• June 1995 to June 2004- Member of the Illinois State Bar Association Insurance Law Section Council; (2002-2003 Chair)
• 1989 to present- Member of the Illinois State Bar Association Tort Law Section Council. June 1999 to June 2003- Co-editor of Tort Trends, the publication of the Tort Law Section Council of the ISBA.
• 1998 to 2000-Member of the Illinois State Bar Association's Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluations.
• Authored, promoted and testified during the Spring 1997 Session at State of Illinois House Judiciary Committee Hearings, through the auspices of the ISBA, certain changes to 215 ILCS 5/143a [the Insurance Code] whereby Supreme Court Rule 90(c) or AAA Rules will apply to all UM/UIM Cases subject to certain limitations on the introduction of medical opinion witness testimony wherein the claimant is seeking monetary damages in excess of the statutory minimum insurance limits.
• Speaker at the April 15, 2011 Seminar “Don’t “Lien” on Me: A Comprehensive Overview of Liens” sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on Medicare Liens.
• Speaker at the November 5, 2010 Seminar “Trial Practice from Voir Dire Through Post Trial” sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on “Closing Arguments”.
• Speaker at the November 13, 2009 Seminar “Insurance Law Update” sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance Claims.
• Speaker at the June 23, 2007 Seminar “Uninsured/Underinsured: The Necessary Basics” sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association lecturing on Uninsured Motorist Claims.
• 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.
• 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
• Speaker at the April 5, 2001 “Insurance Coverage: An Update Seminar” lecturing on The Emerging Tort of Bad Faith
• Speaker at the May 18, 2000 Seminar “An Update for Tort and Insurance Litigators” lecturing on Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitrations
• Speaker at the June 20, 1997 Tort Law Update Seminar at the ISBA Annual Meeting lecturing on Recent cases involving Legal Malpractice.
• Speaker at the November 30, 1995 ISBA Professional Liability Litigation Seminar.
• Speaker at the December 8, 1994 ISBA Third Party Practice Seminar.
• Speaker at the April 30, 1993 ISBA Recreational Law Update Seminar.
• 1992 to 1999 - Member of the Chicago Bar Association Civil Practice Committee, 1997 to 1998 Chairperson of Division IV; Division I. Chairperson for the 1995-1996 Year.
• 1993 to 1999 - Member of the Chicago Bar Association Civil Practice Committee Executive Section.
• Author of Statute of Limitations on Injured Minors' Medical Expense Claims, the Solution, 28 ISBA Tort Trends 3 (July, 1992); 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); Legal Malpractice Issues Facing the Tort Law Practitioner, 29 ISBA Tort Trends 4 (April, 1994); House Bill 20 Turns the Petrillo Doctrine Upside Down, 30 ISBA Tort Trends 8 (June, 1995); and Section 143a of the Insurance Code: A proposed Amendment, 32 ISBA Tort Trends 1 (August, 1996); Changes on the Horizon for Trial Lawyers, The Seventh Circuit's Jury Trial Project 42 ISBA Tort Trends No. 3, September 2006;
• Elected a Fellow of the Illinois Bar Foundation.
• Guest panelist on the ISBA Cable Television Program that dealt with the topic area of automobile accident claims. This was filmed on August 21, 1997.
• Reported cases of: 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); Walters v. Walters, 238 Ill.App.3d 1086, 178 Ill.Dec. 176, 605 N.E.2d 432 (2d Dist., 1992); and 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).
• 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)
• Member of the Chicago, and Illinois State Bar Associations
• Licensed by the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois since November, 1982
• Licensed as a member of the Trial bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois-Eastern Division since 5/31/85 and the General Bar of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 10/19/84.

EDUCATION:

• IIT/CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, Chicago, Illinois
  Juris Doctorate - June, 1982
• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, Illinois
  Bachelor of Science, Finance (High Honors) - May, 1979

PERSONAL:

• President of the 1330 North La Salle Condominium Association from December of 1990 through August of 1999
• President of the Astor Plaza Condominium Association from 2000 to 2004.
• Licensed Real Estate Broker
• Licensed Title Agent of Chicago Title Insurance Company