Mark helps clients recover what they are owed when borrowers and guarantors fail to meet their obligations. He focuses on creditors’ rights, loan workouts and enforcement, and bankruptcy, representing clients working out loans across various asset classes, including office, multifamily, retail, hospitality, health care, and industrial. Mark’s bankruptcy work includes representing secured and unsecured creditors in preference claims. His diverse practice includes helping clients resolve contract disputes, post-judgment collections, fraudulent transfer claims, complex business divorce issues, and other commercial litigation.

Mark’s holistic approach helps him to work backward from the desired outcome to determine the most effective recovery strategy, whether through foreclosure, receivership, or loan workouts. He negotiates loan sales, pursues complex loan enforcement actions, defends against lender liability claims, and is also highly regarded for representing receivers in complex scenarios.

Mark frequently speaks, writes, and comments on the CMBS industry and loan enforcement topics.

• Represents the U.S.’s largest CMBS special servicers in contested foreclosure litigation, guarantor litigation, receiverships, and bankruptcy matters involving assets located in Illinois and nationwide.
• BMO Harris Bank, N.A. v. K&K Holdings, LLC — Briefed and argued in opposition to the defendants’ motion to reconsider summary judgment in a complex bank recovery action defeating the defendants’ claim that the bank was barred by the doctrine of res judicata from enforcing a commercial guaranty in multiple counties. After briefing, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District affirmed the trial court’s ruling.
• Represents financial institutions in loan enforcement matters on ABL, C&I, and CRE credits both inside and outside of bankruptcy court.
• Negotiated recovery for a judgment creditor in a complex, multiparty post-judgment collection proceeding.
• Represents a large financial institution in fraudulent conveyance actions in various counties across Illinois.
• Obtained ruling for a banking client at an evidentiary hearing in a replevin action relating to an automobile part seller.
• Represented a property owner in multiple large-scale commercial forcible entry and detainer actions involving numerous corporate entities to ensure the building was vacant for further renovation and disposition.

• Global Restructuring Review 100 (2023)
• Lawdragon 500, Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers (2023)
• Connect Commercial Real Estate, Lawyers in Real Estate Award (2021-2024)
• Best Lawyers in America®: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2023-2026), Commercial Litigation (2021-2026), Litigation – Bankruptcy (2023-2026)
• Crain’s Chicago Business, Notable Rising Star in Law (2021)
• Illinois Super Lawyers® Rising Star, Creditor Debtor Rights: Business, Business Litigation, Bankruptcy: Business (2015-2025)