Mark A. Lichtenwalter

Joliet, Illinois
Associate since 2003
phone (815) 726-4311
fax 815-846-2410
email Mark

Mark A. Lichtenwalter joined Spesia & Ayers as an associate in 2003 after working as a law clerk with the firm since his graduation from law school.

Mr. Lichtenwalter graduated cum laude from The John Marshall Law School in June 2003. He is admitted to practice in all Illinois state courts and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is currently assigned to the Civil Trial Division of the firm, headed by Senior Partner E. Kent Ayers.

Mr. Lichtenwalter was born and raised in Will County. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

During law school, Mr. Lichtenwalter was inducted into The Order of John Marshall, an academic honors society. He served as a member of the Law Review Board and participated in national and international trial competitions.

Mr. Lichtenwalter was named to Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars for 2010. He will serve on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Managers, 2010-2011.

Mr. Lichtenwalter is involved in several local charitable organizations. He is on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy County, President of the Illini Club of Will County (the local University of Illinois Alumni Club) and an adjunct professor at the University of St. Francis.

Year Joined Organization:
   2001

Areas of Practice:
    100% Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation

Litigation Percentage:
   100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:
   Illinois, 2003
   U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2003

Education:
   John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, June, 2003 - J.D.
   Honors: Cum Laude
   Honors: Order of John Marshall
   Law Review: John Marshall Law Review; Board Member, Law Review Candidate, 2001 - 2003

   University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 1992
   B.S., Journalism

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Constitutional Law, Corporations, Mock Trial, and Legal Writing, St. Francis University, 2006 - Present


• Mock Trial Attorney Advisor, Joliet Central High School, 2005 - Present

Honors and Awards:
   Participant, National and International Trial Competitions

   Participant, National White Collar Crime Competition

   Participant, International Commercial Arbitration Competition, Vienna, Austria, 2003

   Top Ten, YLA/American College of Trial Lawyers National Trial Competition, 2003

   Illinois SuperLawyers Rising Stars 2010.

Professional Associations and Memberships:
   Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2003 - Present - Member

   Illinois State Bar Association, 2003 - Present - Member

   Will County Bar Association, 2003 - Present - Member