Mark is a Partner in the Philadelphia office but collaborates with the healthcare litigation teams in all MOODK offices. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, all of its federal District Courts, including the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He has tried cases in several counties in eastern Pennsylvania, as well as in Allegheny County, and in the state of Maryland.

Mark graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Communications and spent 4 years on BC’s rugby team. He then attended Temple University Law School where he focused on the Trial Advocacy Program and participated in clinical rotations through the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and the Camden Public Defender’s Office. Mark also served as a clerk for the Honorable Albert W. Sheppard in the Philadelphia Commerce Court Program where he learned much from a legendary judge and great mentor.

Following law school, Mark worked for a medical malpractice defense firm gaining great courtroom experience and representing physicians at every stage of litigation, including participation in multiple trials in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties and arguments before the Pennsylvania Superior and Commonwealth Courts.

Since joining Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, Mark has continued representing physicians as well as other healthcare providers, including nurses, physicians’ assistants, nurse practitioners, chiropractors, physical and occupational therapists, psychologists and social workers, as well as various institutions, including hospitals, health systems, long term care facilities, home care providers and behavioral health facilities in malpractice actions. In addition, he has defended health care providers against civil rights claims involving the prison population. He has also gained experience representing a variety of clients in general liability and product liability matters and has tried cases to verdict in Philadelphia and other counties in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Some notable recent victories include a 2023 defense verdict in Chester County in a lawsuit against a chiropractor for claims arising from a patient’s stroke; and a 2024 defense verdict in a wrongful death action against an attending physician in a nursing home. He has also achieved several defense verdicts in private binding arbitrations since COVID began.

Mark has presented lectures to lawyers, law students, Physicians’ Assistant students and insurance executives relating to subjects including prisoner malpractice litigation, the impact of the 2003 MCARE Act and litigation against physicians’ assistants.

He loves spending time with his wife, Suzanne, and three children, and putting his feet in the sand on the beach in Ocean City, NJ when possible. He has enjoyed coaching youth sports, especially basketball, since high school. He spent several years coaching in the developmental Sonny Hill league and currently volunteers in St. Genevieve’s CYO program. He is a loyal Philadelphia sports fan with always high hopes.