Mark Mccareins

Biography

R. Mark McCareins is a Clinical Professor of Business Law in the Strategy Department where he teaches courses on Antitrust and Business Law. Mark is also Co-Director of the JD/MBA program at Kellogg. Mark received a student Impact Award for his teaching of Business Law in the fall quarter of 2016. While Mark has been instructing at Kellogg for over twenty-five years, he also practiced law as a senior partner in the international law firm of Winston and Strawn LLP for thirty-three years, retiring effective February 1, 2014. At Winston, Mark was co-chair of the firm's global competition practice and served in a number of management positions within the firm and the litigation department. Mark's trial practice concentrated on antitrust, intellectual property and unfair competition issues. He tried cases and supervised commercial litigation for clients in nearly forty federal district and appellate courts. These clients were diverse and ranged from pharmaceutical (Abbott Labs) to consumer products (Tropicana Beverages). Through 2014, Mark was ranked as one of the leading antitrust and commercial litigation lawyers in Illinois, the United States and globally in such publications as SuperLawyers, Legal 500, Chambers Guide to Leading Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Mark is a member of both the Illinois and California bars. Mark currently serves as the General Counsel of North America's premier metals trade association, the Metals Service Center Institute (www.msci.org). R. Mark McCareins is a Clinical Professor of Business Law in the Strategy Department where he teaches courses on Antitrust and Business Law. Mark is also Co-Director of the JD/MBA program at Kellogg. Mark received a student Impact Award for his teaching of Business Law in the fall quarter of 2016. While Mark has been instructing at Kellogg for over twenty-five years, he also practiced law as a senior partner in the international law firm of Winston and Strawn LLP for thirty-three years, retiring effective February 1, 2014. At Winston, Mark was co-chair of the firm's global competition practice and served in a number of management positions within the firm and the litigation department. Mark's trial practice concentrated on antitrust, intellectual property and unfair competition issues. He tried cases and supervised commercial litigation for clients in nearly forty federal district and appellate courts. These clients were diverse and ranged from pharmaceutical (Abbott Labs) to consumer products (Tropicana Beverages). Through 2014, Mark was ranked as one of the leading antitrust and commercial litigation lawyers in Illinois, the United States and globally in such publications as SuperLawyers, Legal 500, Chambers Guide to Leading Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Mark is a member of both the Illinois and California bars. Mark currently serves as the General Counsel of North America's premier metals trade association, the Metals Service Center Institute (www.msci.org).

Research Interest

Microeconomics, theory of the firm, entrepreneurship, industrial organization, international economics, law and economics, management strategy