Attorney Profiles

Mark Kitrick
Columbus, Ohio

President
phone	(614) 224-7711 (866) 227-7711 (Toll Free)
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Year Joined Organization:: 1986

Areas of Practice:: Aviation; Business Formations; Business Litigation; Class Actions; Consumer Law; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation & Appeals; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury -- Plaintiff; Professional Malpractice Law; Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions:: Washington, 2004; Ohio, 1981; New York, 1995; U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1987; U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1995; U.S. Supreme Court

Education:: University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio, 1981
Honors: National Moot Court Team; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: Psychology

Published Works:: Author of Manual, How to Successfully File Documents with the Clerk of Courts, Civil Division: Answers to Common Questions, 1995; Co-Author Article, Direct Examination, Ohio Trial, Summer, 1998; Co-Author, Law on the Internet: Mapping the Electronic Wilderness for Trial Lawyers, Ohio Trial, Spring, 1988; Co-Author, Are you Certain It Is Probable or Is It Probably Certain? Admission of a Medical Expert's Opinion Regarding Future Damages, Ohio Trial; Co-Author, Gaining a New Perspective: Extending the Loss of Chance Doctrine Beyond Medical Malpractice, Ohio Trial, 2000; Texler v. D.O. Summers Cleaners & Shirt Laundry Company (Amicus Brief), 81 Ohio St. 3d 677., 1998; Armstrong v. Best Buy, Inc. (Amicus Brief), Supreme Court Case No. 02-0367, 2002; Co-Author article, Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael: Blowout from the Overinflation of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, University of Toledo Law Review; Co-Editor, OATL's The Big Book of Complaints, 2003; Legal History Columnist for the Columbus Bar Association's Bar Briefs; Co-Editor, OATL's The Big Book of Motions, 2005; Creator and Editor-in-Chief of New Compilation Book for Columbus Bar Association, Reflections on Life and the Law - Wit and Wisdom from Columbus Bar Association Attorneys, June, 2006; Arbino v. J&J (Amicus Brief), Supreme Court Case No. 2006-Ohio-1212, 2006; Exploring Noneconomic Damages: Mining for Meaning, Fall, 2007 - Ohio Trial

Representative Clients:: All Seasons Spa, Inc.; Camp & Williams, Inc.; Shoku; Tyfoon; Mukha Custom Cosmetics; International Collision Repair Company Inc.; R Design Inc.

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Lecturer, Wills, Trusts, Estate and Guardianships and Topics to and for Older Adults, Westminster Retirement Community, 1984 - 1992; Moot Court Judge/Advisor, National Moot Court Team, Capital Law School, 1981-1982, Spring, 1988 and Fall, 1989, 1981 - 1982

Honors and Awards:: National Order of the Barristers Lifetime Advocacy Accomplishment; President's Award, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers - 2005; Distinguished Service Award, Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association - 2004; President's Award, Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association - 2000, 2003-2004; Recognition, Columbus Bar Association - 2004-2006

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Ohio Association for Justice (formerly the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), May 1, 2007 - May 31, 2008; President; National Order of the Barristers - Lifetime Advocacy Accomplishments; Ohio Association for Justice, 2006 - Present; Officer and President-Elect; Ohio Association for Justice, 2005 - 2006; Vice President; Ohio Association for Justice, 2004 - 2005; Officer-Secretary; Ohio Association for Justice, 2003 - 2004; Fundraising Chair; Ohio Association for Justice, 2002 - 2004; Amicus Chair; Ohio Association for Justice, 2003 - 2004; Officer-Treasurer; Ohio Association for Justice - Negligence Law; Chair; Ohio Association for Justice - Amicus Section; Past Chair; Ohio Association for Justice - Coalition Committee; Chair; Ohio Association for Justice - Trustee-at-Large, 1996 - Present; Chair; Columbus Bar Association; Board of Governor Member, two terms; Law 2010 Committee; Member; Columbus Bar Foundation Audit Committee; Member; Columbus Bar Association (Environmental Law, ADR, Real Property, Small Firm Committees); Laison; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association (FCTLA), 2003 - 2004; President; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association (FCTLA); Past positions included: Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Trustee; Franklin County Trial Lawyers - Membership Committee, 1996 - 1997; Co-Chair; Franklin County Trial Lawyers - Membership Committee, 1997 - 1998; Chair; Ohio State Bar Association Foundation's 2006 Fellows Class; Short North Neighborhood Foundation, 2000 - 2002; Trustee; Dominican Home Health Agency, 1996 - 1999; Trustee; American Association for Justice

Pro Bono Activities:: Volunteer Mediator, Peace Exhibition, Ohio State Fair, 1989; Volunteer Mediator, Franklin Cty. Ct. of Common Pleas & Municipal Ct., 1987 - 1988; Volunteer Mediator, Franklin Cty. Ct. of Common Pleas & Municipal Ct., 1991 - 1992; Aikido Instructor & Co-Administrator (Sixth Degree Black Belt), 1988 - Present; Co-Chairperson, Committee for Children Conflict Resolution - Mediation, Schoolutions; Volunteer Judge, Jessup Int'l Law Competition, Ohio State University, 1993; Volunteer Legal Instructor, Westminster Retirement Community; Court-Appointed Chief Arbitrator for Rule 65 Arbitrations, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, 1984 - 1985

Languages:: German

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Alpha Delta