Honors and Awards:

• Fellow, Tennessee Bar Association
• Served on the Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (former Chairperson) and Ethics and Professionalism Committees of the NBA
• Served as a Special Judge in the General Sessions Court for Davidson County
• Appointed and reappointed by the Supreme Court of Tennessee to serve on the Hearing Committee of the Board of Professional Responsibility
• Selected for inclusion in the 2008 Mid-South Super Lawyers list compiled by Law and Politics magazine featuring the top 5% of attorneys in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
• Received highest rating possible (AV rating) from Martindale-Hubbell.
• Tennessee Association for Justice Board of Governors, Circle of Advocates
• Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation
• Best Lawyers in America, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Tennessee Bar Association, Member
• Nashville Bar Association, Past Member, Board of Directors
• Admitted to practice in Tennessee, 1980

Pro bono/Community Service:

• He is a past President of the Exchange Club of Nashville and of Exchange Club Charities, Inc. He is also a past President/Chairman of the Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville which benefits Cheekwood-The Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center and other local charities. He has served on the Municipal Planning Commission for the City of Belle Meade since 2001. Mark is an active member of Westminster Presbyterian Church where he has been an Elder and Youth Mentor. Mark has taught Sunday school and participated on a number of committees at the church and also regularly participates in Room in the Inn, Habitat for Humanity builds and a men's Friday morning Bible study group. Mark was part of a group from his church which went to the Mississippi coast to help out with clean up after Hurricane Katrina. Mark and his family live in Nashville. His hobbies and interests include tennis, golf, gardening, history and coaching youth sports teams.

Educational Background:

• University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 1980, Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1977, B.A.