Mark represents clients in the full spectrum of business litigation and transactions. He has substantial trial experience, and he has secured several multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts for his clients.Five of Mark's recent representative engagements include the following: (1) he was co-lead counsel in a shareholder oppression trial which settled on the 5th day for $13 million in favor of his clients; (2) he settled a shareholder oppression case for $4.59 million; (3) he obtained a nearly $1 million trial verdict in a breach of commercial contract and judicial foreclosure case; (4) he structured the negotiation and sale of the golf dome in Auburn Hills and a hotel in Bay City; and (5) he formed several business entities in the restaurant industry.Mark’s litigation experience includes:➢ Member and shareholder oppression disputes➢ Partnership and fiduciary duty actions➢ Business breach of contract cases➢ Real estate disputes➢ Lender liability cases (bank side)➢ Commercial judicial foreclosures➢ Automotive supplier disputes➢ Construction defect cases➢ Class actions➢ Environmental remediation litigation➢ Bankruptcy matters (creditor side)➢ Probate disputes➢ Sensitive family law and child custody mattersMark has structured the following types of transactions:➢ The formation of privately held businesses➢ Shareholder and member operating agreements➢ Partnership arrangements➢ Commercial real estate transactions➢ Stock purchase agreements➢ Automotive supplier agreements➢ Sales representative and employment agreementsMark graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1998 with a B.A. in English. He received his law degree from Wayne State University in 2001, graduating cum laude, near the top of his class. Mark distinguished himself in law school, earning a Silver Key Certificate for high scholarship and by winning first place in the law school’s mock trial competition.