Mark is an attorney and a founding partner of the law firm, Foran, O’Toole & Burke, LLC. He and his partners have built a multi-state practice and national reputation as champion of property owners’ rights. Foran, O’Toole & Burke, LLC represents the owners of commercial, industrial and special use properties in states across the country and represents corporate clients such as, Prologis, CenterPoint Properties, Waste Management, UPS, McDonald’s, Simon Property Group and Ozinga, Inc.

A lecturer on eminent domain, condemnation and property rights, Mark has also authored multiple articles on related subjects.

Mark is also an active real estate investor, acquiring and developing commercial properties, many of which required extensive remediation, rezoning and repositioning before being successfully completed and sold.

Mark did his undergraduate work at Miami University and received his J.D. from Loyola University. A former law clerk to Justice William G. Clark of the Illinois Supreme Court, Mark was also Staff Counsel to the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. He is a longstanding member of the Board of Directors of Easter Seals of Metropolitan Chicago. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Board, and is currently a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Development Committee. Mark has been a member of the Lakeside Bank Board of Directors since 2021.