Honors and Awards:

• MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION       SPIRIT AWARD       April 26, 2001                                                            

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Mark Thomsen is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in the State of Wisconsin, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.  He is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Wisconsin Association for Justice (WAJ), the Milwaukee County Bar Association, Waukesha County Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin and the American Bar Association. Law Clerk to the Honorable John L. Coffey, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1987-1988; Wisconsin Association for Justice Board of Directors since December 1994;   Chair of the Amicus Curiae Brief Committee (1992-2001); Treasurer (2005);    Secretary (2006);    Vice-President (2007);    President-Elect (2008);    President (2009);    Past-President (2010)

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Federal law often fails to mitigate environmental harm. An alternative litigation response when federal avenues prove ineffective is reliance on state common law doctrines, especially public and private nuisance. A rebirth of the common law is occurring. This Article provides examples of the rebirth of the environmental common law and suggests how common law claims and remedies in the environmental context can mitigate environmental harm., Co-Authored, Advancing the Rebirth of Environmental Common Law, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 2007

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• President of the Marquette University Law School Alumni Associations (2003-2004); Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board of Directors  (2004 to present), Current Secretary

Educational Background:

• Loras College, Luther College, Indiana University Northwest (B.G.S., 1984), Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1987)