Mark McKinzie
Owner and Partner @Riley Bennett Egloff, Llp
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WORK HISTORY
Owner and Partner @Riley Bennett Egloff, Llp
Litigation is more time-consuming and expensive than most business professionals ever anticipate and should be avoided if economically feasible. However, sometimes litigation becomes necessary/inevitable: A long-term client, business owner and entrepreneur, Joseph Radcliff, and his Fishers-based construction company, C.P.M. Construction, several years ago were sued by State Farm based upon unfounded accusations of wrongdoing. In addition to defending Mr. Radcliff and his company’s interests, I assembled a trial team to counter-sue State Farm. Together with Will Riley of the Price Waicukauski & Riley firm, we led the representation of Mr. Radcliff and his company in a six week jury trial. The jury fully rejected State Farm’s allegations and returned a verdict for Mr. Radcliff and C.P.M. in the amount of $14.5 million. Following the trial and confirmation of the jury\'s verdict, SF brought the matter before the Court of Appeals. The verdict was unanimously upheld in a 61 page opinion handed down on April 11, 2013. The Indiana S/CT denied SF\'s Petition to Transfer on October 10, 2013. This is one of the largest defamation awards in U.S. history.
EDUCATION
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MBA with Highest Honors, Finance
University of Illinois
BS with Highest Honors, Finance
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
JD with Honors
SKILLS
ABOUT MARK MCKINZIE
From his law office in Indianapolis, attorney Mark McKinzie utilizes his 42 years of experience in the areas of:• business & corporate law;• business contract drafting and negotiating;• business entity selection;• contract disputes; • noncompetition agreements;• construction litigation; • dispute resolution; and• insurance regulatory and coverage issuesto provide counsel to and advocacy on behalf of his clients. Mark understands the importance of cost effective representation of his clients’ interests. He identifies key issues and approaches resolving them with a view toward avoiding litigation which often can be more costly and time-consuming for the litigants than initially anticipated. Where reasonable resolution cannot be obtained, Mark aggressively protects and promotes his clients’ interests and goals. In pursuing a counterclaim for a business owner against a major insurance company in Hamilton County, Indiana, Mark and his co-counsel secured the largest jury verdict for defamation against an American corporation in United States history. Mark joined Riley Bennett Egloff LLP as a Partner over 18 years ago, after a distinguished career in corporate insurance law, rising to be Senior VP, General Counsel, and Secretary for the Meridian Insurance Companies and serving in that position prior to the company’s sale and merger with State Auto Insurance Company of Columbus Ohio.Mark’s most recent focus includes using his experience and perspective in assisting litigants on both sides of disputes to mediate their differences, a process which is mandated in most Indiana state courts. With his business and legal background and extensive and varied experience, having represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of practice areas, Mark possesses and consistently demonstrates keen insight and pragmatic, resourceful solutions beneficial to the parties.
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