Mark Palmer

About Mark

Mark C. Palmer has served as Chief Counsel of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism since 2015, promoting professionalism, civility, and integrity in the legal system. He leads initiatives like a statewide lawyer mentoring program and educational programming. He is involved with the Illinois Supreme Court’s E-Business Policy Board and Illinois Judicial Conference’s AI Task Force. He was recognized as a 2023 vLex Fastcase 50 honoree for contributions to legal technology. Before joining the Commission, he was in private practice at Evans, Froehlich, Beth & Chamley, focusing on litigation and transactional matters. He also served on the federal Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel. He is actively engaged in professional and civic service, including the Illinois State Bar Association’s Board of Governors and Assembly, and chairs the Public Interest Law Initiative’s (PILI) 6th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois College of Law since 2009. He is an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A.) and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (J.D.), receiving an Outstanding Alumni Award in 2024 from the former.

Education

Colleagues at Clifford Law Offices PC

Robert A. Clifford

Founder and Senior Partner at Clifford Law Offices

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Hon. Deborah Mary Dooling

(ret.) who sat on the Cook County Circuit Court for 23 years and also taught Professional Negligence for the Illinois Judicial Conference

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Tracy L. Kepler

Director, Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association

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Judge Michael J. Chmiel

Co-Chair, Illinois State Bar Association AI Committee, Circuit Court of McHenry County

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Judge Thaddeus L. Wilson

Chancery Division - General Section, Circuit Court of Cook County

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Professor Katheryn M. Dutenhaver

Director, DePaul University College of Law Center for Dispute Resolution