MARK
E. CHRISTENSEN: Wheaton College (B.A., with high honors,
1977); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Admitted to bar,
1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
including Trial Bar; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, U.S. Court of
Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, North
Dakota; 1993, Western District of Wisconsin, Eastern and Western
Districts of Michigan; 1994, Southern District of Illinois; 1999 Eastern
District of Wisconsin; 2003, California; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals,
Third Circuit. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations;
State Bar of California; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
(Treasurer, Secretary and President, Illinois Division, 1992-1994);
Association for Transportation Logistics and Law Policy; Committee
Member, Board of Ethics, City of Chicago (1999-2001).
Mark
is a respected trial attorney and former president of the Illinois
Division of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. He
represents the interests of businesses and their insurers in
catastrophic property and bodily injury claims. Mark has a breadth
of experience in products, construction, and directors and officers
liability defense, having represented boat manufacturers, crane and
hoist companies, construction contractors and financial and non-profit
institutions in litigation throughout the United States. He is
also coverage and reinsurance counsel for various London-based and
domestic insurance companies and has an intimate knowledge of these
practice areas, including coverage trial experience. Finally, Mark has a
unique maritime practice in admiralty claims, charterer's and
stevedore's liability and cargo loss in the Great Lakes region.
