Attorney Profiles

Mark Lewis
Columbus, Ohio

Partner, since 2000
phone	(614) 224-7711 (866) 227-7711 (Toll Free)
fax	(614) 225-8985
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Mr. Lewis focuses his practice on complex litigation, including consumer and shareholder class actions, personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, and insurance and commercial disputes. He has successfully prosecuted class actions against some of the world's largest corporations, including ebay and BP, among others.

Mr. Lewis also serves as an adjunct professor of law at Capital University Law School where he teaches Law & Literature, a course that investigates jurisprudential and moral themes in great works of literature, drama, and art. Mr. Lewis is the president-elect of the Central Ohio Association of Justice, and he also acts as the editor in chief of the organization's legal periodical.

Before beginning his career as a litigator, Mr. Lewis served as an editor of the law review and later as a federal judicial law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, where he helped draft more than 100 opinions for the court.

Litigation Percentage:: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Ohio, 1994; U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1995; U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1997; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2000

Education:: Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio, 1997
LL.M. Masters of Law in Taxation and Business; Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio, 1994
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Property Law II, 1992
Honors: Model Final Examination Award for Contracts Law I, 1992-93
Honors: Order of the Curia, 1994
Law Review: Capital University Law Review, Associate Editor, 1992 - 1993
Law Review: Capital University Law Review, Publishing Editor, 1993 - 1994; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1991
B.A
Major: Sociology/Criminal Justice

Published Works:: Exploring Noneconomic Damages: Mining for Meaning, Ohio Trial, Fall, 2007; Storytelling and the Law, Ohio Association of Justice, 2007 Annual Convention Manual, Volume II, 2007; 1-800-LAWYERS: Truth, Good Taste & Profit, CBA Barbriefs, Winter, 2005; Ordinary Lawyers, Ordinary Moments, CBA Barbriefs, July/August, 2002; Truth Above All, CBA Barbriefs, April, 2002; Philosophers at the Bar: Nietzsche's Courage, CBA Barbriefs, Feb., 2002; Philosophers at the Bar: Aristotle's Happiness, CBA Barbriefs, July/August, 2001; Co-Author, Law on the Internet: Mapping the Electronic Wilderness for Trial, Ohio Trial, Spring, 1998; Editor in Chief, Franklin County Trial Lawyers, The Communicator, A Trial Lawyer's Journal; Co-Author, Kumho Tire Company vs. Carmichael, Blowout from the Overinflation of Daubert, 31 Toledo L. Rev. 1, 2000

Representative Cases:: Texler v. D.O. Summers Cleaners & Shirt Laundry Company, 81 Ohio St. 3d 677. ( 1998); Armstrong v. Best Buy, Inc., Ohio-2573 ( 2003)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Adjunct Professor of Law and Literature, Capital University Law School, 2006 - Present; Storytelling and the Law, Ohio Association of Justice, 2007 Annual Convention, 2007 - Present; Mindfullness and the Ethical Practice of Law, Ohio Academy, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2005 - Present

Honors and Awards:: Recipient of FCTLA President's Award for outstanding efforts on behalf of Association, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Central Ohio Association of Justice (Formerly Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association); President-Elect; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association; Officer (Past Treasurer and Secretary); Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - 1997; Chairman, Deposition Bank Committee; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association, 1997 - 1998; Chairman, Internet and Website Committee; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association, 2003 - Present; Board of Directors Member, Officer; The Ohio Association for Justice; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association; Secretary; American Association for Justice; Ohio State Bar Association; Columbus Bar Association; American Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:: Southern District of Ohio, United States District Court, Law Clerk, 1994 - 1995

Pro Bono Activities:: Volunteer Judge, Capital University Law School, Trial Advocacy Mock Trial, 2003 - Present