Mark H. Schiff

Practice Areas
Business Law
Civil Litigation

Phone: (312) 651-2411
Fax: (312) 651-2499
E-mail: mschiff@frltd.com

Mark H. Schiff obtained his undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Illinois in Champaign. After obtaining his law degree from the John Marshall School of Law in 1977, he began working in a general business practice law firm gathering experience in the areas of litigation, business and corporate law, estate planning and real estate. Since the beginning of his career, he has worked extensively as outside general counsel for a number of companies and their entrepreneurial owners in high technology in the Midwest, including computer resellers, service companies, video game inventors and other advanced technology enterprises. He continues to act as general counsel for business clients ranging from small operations to companies employing over 400 employees, advising these companies in areas of contracts, corporate law and planning as well as employment law. This further includes the purchase and sale of businesses and succession planning for the businesses and their owners. As a critical part of his practice, since 1977 he has maintained a substantial and continuously thriving practice in the field of civil litigation, trying cases for clients of the firm in shareholder disputes, business related and employment law areas.

Mark has worked for many years in various not for profit endeavors including having served as a board member and past president of an international children’s charity and after serving as an alumni volunteer and board member for decades, he has been elected to and will assume the presidency of his international fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, in August, 2008.