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Mark
D. Howard
mhoward@mcdonaldmccabe.com
T (312) 845-5186
F (312) 845-5825
PRACTICE
AREAS:
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Coverage
Professional Liability
Property Subrogation
Tort & General Civil Litigation
BIOGRAPHY:
Mr. Howard has broad subrogation, defense, and first party experience. In
addition to trial skills developed over more than two decades of
technical litigation and first party disputes, he possesses wide
knowledge regarding issues surrounding recovery of real and personal
property, business interruption, extra expense, and other losses incurred
as a result of covered events. He is the principal brief author and
argument counsel in numerous reported state and federal appellate cases.
He is a
keen insurance policy analyst, often reviewing the coverage opinions of
prior counsel, and he provides recommendations regarding coverage and
interpretation on manuscript policies as well as standard policies on all
issues arising under them. Some of the areas of his recent emphasis have
included mold, pollution, and collapse cases. In addition, he has done
substantial work addressing the interrelationship of insurance contracts
and construction contracts relating to defending and overcoming
contractual releases, damage limitations, and implied and express waivers
of subrogation.
EDUCATION:
Northwestern University, B.A., 1978; University of Illinois,
J.D., 1981.
BAR ADMISSIONS:
General admission to the Illinois
Bar, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981; General and Trial Bar of the U.S.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1985; U.S. Supreme Court,
1986; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 1989. In addition,
he is frequently admitted pro hac vice across the country to protect
client interests.
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
“Proving Causation with Expert Opinion, How Much Certainty is
Enough,” Illinois Bar Journal, August 1986; “Future
Consequences of Injury: Satisfying the Rule Against Conjecture,”
Illinois Bar Journal, August 1988. Presentations on litigation topics:
Peoria County Bar Association, 1995; Illinois Institute for Continuing
Legal Education, 1999
PUBLISHED DECISIONS:
Northern Border Pipeline Company v. 86.72 Acres of Land, 144 F.3d 469
(7th Cir. 1998); Calhoun v. Jumer, 226 Ill. Dec. 776 (4th Dist. 1997);
Bishop v. Tri-County Radiologists, 210 Ill. Dec. 516 (3rd Dist. 1995);
Rekhi v Wildwood Industries, 61 F.3d 1313 (7th Cir. 1995); Weber v. St.
Paul Fire & Marine Insurance, 251 Ill. App. 3d 371; 622 N.E.2d 66
(3rd Dist. 1993); Rekhi v. Wildwood Industries, 162 Ill. Dec. 375 (4th
Dist. 1991); Hagood v. O'Connor, 165 Ill. App. 3d 367; 519 N.E.2d 66 (3rd
Dist. 1988); YMCA v. Midland Architects, Inc., 124 Ill. Dec. 468 (3rd
Dist. 1988); Yates v. El-Diery, 112 Ill. Dec. 105 (3rd. Dist. 1987);
Herington v. Smith, 92 Ill. Dec. 689 (3rd Dist. 1985); Roadway Express,
Inc. v. Treasurer, State of Illinois, 75 Ill. Dec. 898 (4th Dist. 1983).
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