Mark Schmidt

Practice concentrated in the defense of tort claims, the prosecution and defense of commercial disputes, the prosecution and defense of claims in the environmental field, the prosecution and defense of eminent domain actions, and in the preparation and presentation of materials and seminars providing legal education and training for business and claims professionals. Matters defended and prosecuted include asbestos, negligence, nuisance, trespass, warranty, contract, chancery (including claims seeking temporary, preliminary and/or permanent injunctive relief), breach of fiduciary duty, food poisoning and adulterated products, product liability, consumer fraud, premises liability, trucking, insurance coverage, corporate dissolution, condemnation, civil rights and employment discrimination, tax indemnity, estate and probate, bankruptcy, and Superfund actions. Participated in all aspects of pre-trial and trial work, and in the preparation of appeals. Matters handled include the representation of corporations and management companies. Handled cases in U.S. District Courts in Chicago, Rockford, Hammond, and Indianapolis, and in U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in Chicago, Peoria/Rock Island, and Indianapolis. Handled state court actions throughout northern and central Illinois, including Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Henry, Iroquois, Johnson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Madison, McHenry, Morgan, Ogle, Peoria, St. Clair, Stephenson, Tazewell, Warren, Will, and Winnebago Counties. Handled claims brought before the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the Illinois Department of Labor, The Illinois Department of Insurance, and the Illinois Workers Compensation Appeals Board. Special Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General/State of Illinois.

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

J.D. (1980) | Law

1980

University of the Pacific

B.A. (1976) | Communications Arts & Sciences

Received B.A. in Communications Arts & Sciences, in June 1976; third year of university spent at University of Durham, Durham, England.

Partner

Schmidt & Barbrow, PC

Current

APPEALS written

Environmental Law in Illinois

Contributing Author - Sponsored by the Canterbury Group, Rockville, Il. First Presented at Canterbury Group Seminar, Chicago, IL 1990

Environmental Liability Insurance in Real Estate Settings

Delivered to the Real Property Committee of the Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL 1989

Environmental Liability Insurance

presented as part of IICLE/ATGFs Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Ownership and Transfer, Chicago, IL - September, 1989; and Champaign, IL - October, 1989.

Subpoenas Requesting Insurance Company Records: What Must Be Produced?

presented to the Claims Department, Casualty Insurance, Chicago, IL - Summer, 1988.

Demonstrative Evidence: Its Creation and Management

delivered to the Claims Department, The Travelers Insurance Companies, Naperville, IL - Spring, 1987.

DuPage County Bar Association

Chair - Media Relations Committee 2002-2003 and Host of DuPage Legal Action Vice Chair - Media Relations Committee 2005-2006

Current

State Bar of Illinois  # 3128187

Member

1980 - Current

Illinois

Since 1980

Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois

Since 1996

Certified Arbitrator for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, IL

Since 1997

Federal Trial Bar

Since 2006

Supreme Court of Illinois

Since 1980

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Since 1980

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Since 1981

• Credit Cards Accepted

• Will, Estate & Trust Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Tort Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Insurance Coverage & Litigation