Overview

Mark has more than a decade of experience helping clients create estate plans that not only carry out their wishes, but also protect and preserve their assets for generations to come. Building strong and lasting relationships with his clients is important to Mark, and he understands that when clients come to him for estate planning, they must share deeply personal information.

Mark focuses his practice on matters associated with estate and tax planning, gift planning and wealth transfer. He uses a range of estate and gift planning techniques to achieve his clients’ long-term goals while strategically maximizing potential tax savings. Mark also advises charitably inclined clients with respect to meeting their goals in a tax efficient manner. He works collaboratively with his clients and their trusted advisors including accountants, financial advisors and insurance professionals.

A large part of Mark’s practice involves advising trustees and executors in the administration of trusts and estates. He helps them understand their legal obligations and how to properly implement the decedent’s stated intent. Mark also works closely with heirs and beneficiaries, helping them navigate trust and probate administration as well as understanding their legal rights. When necessary, Mark draws on his litigation experience to assist clients when disputes arise regarding wills and trusts.

Education

  • University of Miami School of Law  (LL.M., 2010)
  • University of Kentucky College of Law  (J.D., 2003)
  • University of Kentucky  (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000)

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio
  • Kentucky
  • North Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • Supreme Court of the United States

Professional Associations

  • Ohio State Bar Association, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section Member

Honors & Awards

  • Ohio Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Edition

Community

  • University of Cincinnati College of Law, Adjunct Professor for Estate Planning Course
  • Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council, Board Member and Planned Giving on the Run Instructor
  • Cincinnati Estate Planning Council, Member