Thompson Hine LLP

White Collar Defense & Investigations

Mark is a partner in the firm's White Collar Defense & Investigations group. He has extensive experience involving complex financial crimes, including securities law violations, market manipulation, and investment fraud, as well as violations of the False Claims Act, public corruption, cross-border crimes, and all types of government enforcement investigations. He has tried over 65 jury trials to verdict and managed a wide variety of financial fraud, regulatory fraud, criminal procurement fraud, bribery, and money laundering.

Prior to joining Thompson Hine, Mark served at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was the Principal Assistant Chief of Litigation in the Criminal Division's Fraud Section. As a former supervisor at the DOJ, Mark led some of the department’s most high-profile cases, played a central role in the development of the Fraud Section’s cryptocurrency and digital asset practice, and made significant contributions to the commodities enforcement initiative. He also spearheaded efforts to combat fraud against the government, utilizing data analytics and working closely with agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to prosecute cases that were previously handled by civil regulators.

Previously, as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, Mark personally handled hundreds of criminal trials involving homicide, sexual assault and other felonies, including a landmark investigation into clergy abuse in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2003, cum laude Temple University, B.A., 1999