Mark A. Rabinowitz

Member

Mark A. Rabinowitz has substantial experience representing corporations, financial institutions, insurance companies, partnerships and individuals in a wide array of complex commercial litigation matters. These include copyright infringement, real estate, lender liability, consumer fraud class actions, breach of contract, insurance coverage, reinsurance, securities fraud, probate, and violation of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Mark earned his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. 

Experience

News

Leading Lawyers Network Recognizes 19 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers as Top Illinois Practitioners

March 05, 2024

Ira Bodenstein, Jack Carriglio, Janet Davis, John Dunn, Mitch Edlund, Wendy Enerson, Gary Gassman, Tia Ghattas, Jeremy Glenn, Erin Bolan Hines, Mark Rabinowitz, Peter Roberts, Brian Shaw, Joseph Tilson, Julie Trester, Peter Valeta, Anna Wermuth, and Brian Williams were recognized as Leading Lawyers, Christina Sanfelippo was recognized as an Emerging Lawyer.

Leading Lawyers Network Recognizes 23 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers as Top Illinois Practitioners

March 02, 2022

The Leading Lawyers Network has named 22 Cozen O’Connor lawyers to its annual list of Illinois’ top practitioners and named one other as an Emerging Lawyer in its 2022 survey results.

Leading Lawyers Network Recognizes 26 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers as Top Illinois Practitioners

January 26, 2021

The Leading Lawyers Network has named 24 Cozen O’Connor lawyers to its annual list of Illinois’ top practitioners and named two others as Emerging Lawyers in its 2021 survey results.

Leading Lawyers Network Recognizes 17 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers as Top Illinois Practitioners

May 21, 2019

The Leading Lawyers Network has named 17 Cozen O’Connor lawyers to its annual list of Illinois’ top practitioners - including one Emerging Lawyer - in its 2019 survey results.

Leading Lawyers Network Recognizes 22 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers as Top Illinois Practitioners

November 29, 2017

Leading Lawyers Network has recognized 22 Cozen O'Connor attorneys as top Illinois practitioners, including 19 "Leading Lawyers" and 3 "Emerging Lawyers" for its 2017 survey results publication.

Publications

Reinsurer and Third Party Claims Administrators Not Proper Defendants in Asbestos Coverage Action [Global Insurance Alert!]

April 09, 2012

Reinsurer and Third Party Claims Administrators Not Proper Defendants in Asbestos Coverage Action - Global Insurance Alert! - On February 29, 2012, Judge Rita Novak, of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., issued a ruling of major significance granting the Motion to Dismiss filed by Cozen O’Connor on behalf of its clients and holding that a policyholder could
not hold a reinsurer or third-party claims administrators liable for allegedly assuming the direct insurer’s insuring obligations or tortious interference.

Industry Sectors

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1978
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., summa cum laude, 1975

Awards & Honors

Ranked by Chambers USA 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.

Leading Lawyers Network, Top Illinois Practitioner, 2017-2022, 2024

  • Illinois
  • Illinois Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • U.S. District Court -- Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Supreme Court