Background
Katz, Mark D. was born on June 10, 1960 in Pittsburgh. Son of Jack and Irma (Laufer) Katz.
Katz, Mark D. was born on June 10, 1960 in Pittsburgh. Son of Jack and Irma (Laufer) Katz.
State University of New York at Binghamton (Bachelor of Arts, in Economics, 1982). State University of New York at Buffalo (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Worked at Sherman, Taff & Bangert, P.C. (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Antitrust, Corporation, Insurance, Employment Discrimination, Civil Rights, Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions, Excess and Reinsurance Law, Fidelity and Surety, Aviation, Labor, Probate, Health and Hospital, Retail Liability, Products Liability, Drug and Medical Device, Environmental, Construction and Public Contracts, Litigation, Professional Liability, Pharmacy Liability, Workers Compensation, Insurance Coverage and Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1986, Missouri.
1987, Kansas and United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri. United States. District Court, District of Kansas.
Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient: James Wilson Spencer Trial Attorney of the Year, 1988. Warrant Officer of the Year, 1991. Co-Editor, In the Public Interest-A Review of Law and Society, State University of New York, 1984-1985.
Co-Author: and Co-Lecturer: "Administrative Procedures In Child Support Collection: Understanding The Maze," Family Law Seminar, University of Missouri-Kansas City. Co-Author: "The After Acquired Evidence Doctrine: What You Don't Know May Actually Come Back to Help You," International Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, 1995. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Jackson County, Missouri, 1988-1993.
Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; Defense Research Institute. Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
Kansas City Claims Association. Sherman, Taff & Bangert, P.C. continues to deliver quality, cost-effective litigation services to its clients as it has for three decades. From its Missouri and Kansas offices, the firm serves several clients as regional and national counsel.
Attorneys of the firm frequently author articles and speak at seminars sponsored by local, state and national professional organizations. The firm enjoys status as approved counsel for a number of national insurance carriers, governmental agencies and manufacturing corporations.
Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; Defense Research Institute. Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
Kansas City Claims Association.
Married Jill Marie Laughlin, May 3, 1992. Children: Erin, Hanna.