Condon & Cook, L.L.C.

Attorneys At Law

Mark B. Ruda

Born 1958 in Evanston, Illinois.  Admitted to the Bar of the State of Illinois and United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1983; the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1986; and the Trial Bar of the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1996.

Designated: Leading Lawyers Network: The Top Lawyers, 2005, by The Law Bulletin Publishing Company.

Education: Loyola University of Chicago (B.A. with Distinction, 1980); Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D. with High Honors, 1983).

Legal Fraternity: Phi Alpha Delta.

Member: DuPage County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association (Section on Litigation and Committee on Product Liability); Illinois Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute.

Lecturer: National Claim Training Center, Special Investigative Unit Seminars, 1994 and 1995; 11th Annual I.A.S.I.U. Seminar, Tucson, Arizona, "Suspicious First Party Motor Vehicle Bodily Injury Claims: Effective Use of Examination Under Oath," September 1996; 14th Annual I.A.S.I.U. Seminar, Dallas Texas, "Anatomy of a Fraudulent Bodily Injury Claim," September 1999; 15th Annual I.A.S.I.U. Seminar, Orlando, Florida, "Anatomy of a Fraudulent Bodily Injury Claim," September 2000; National Arson Investigation Training Seminar, Insurance Committee for Arson Control, Savannah, Georgia, "Defenses and Contemporary Legal Issues," 1999; Claims Conference, P.L.R.B, Chicago, Illinois, March 2000; 18th Annual I.A.S.I.U. Seminar, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, "Mortgage Flipping: What Is It And What Can The Industry Do About It," September 2003.