As a dedicated trial lawyer for more than three decades, Mark Lewis cares about the well-being of his clients. Their cases are more than just legal problems to solve or win. He appreciates his clients as thoughtful, deserving people whose lives matter in our legal system, and who require the utmost understanding and commitment to their cases.
Mark also believes that the more challenging the case, the better. He enjoys collaborating with his clients to solve complex legal problems that others might shy away from. He regularly succeeds in cases that present some of the most difficult and complex personal injury issues in our legal system.
Mark is passionate about practicing law and his exceptional results have earned him many honors and awards. He combines his passion for legal education and volunteer service by teaching both law school students and local high school students. For nearly twenty years, he has served as an Adjunct Law Professor at Capital University Law School, where he teaches advocacy, storytelling, writing, and ethics in the legal profession. He created two courses – Law & Literature and Law, Film & Culture – the first of their kind at the law school. He instills in his student’s ways to become more humane, compassionate lawyers so they can best serve clients. Mark also volunteers at local high schools to teach students about our legal system and their important role in shaping it. He serves as a Mentor for the Law and Leadership Institute and the Ohio supreme Court to help young students realize their educational and career aspirations in the law.
In addition to teaching, Mark is an avid reader and writer and musician. His articles and essays have been published in numerous outlets. He is also the creator-editor of literarylawyers.org, a site devoted to promoting the combined study of law and storytelling.
- 2019 Super Lawyers, Top 50 Attorneys Columbus
- 2018 Super Lawyers, Top 100 Attorneys Ohio
- 2018 Super Lawyers, Top 50 Attorneys Columbus
- 2017 Super Lawyers, Top 50 Attorneys Columbus
- 2017 Super Lawyers, Top 100 Attorneys Ohio
- 2016 Best Speaker Award for Street Law/Business Law program at Westland High School
- 2014-present AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale Hubble
- 2012 Super Lawyers, Top 50 Attorneys Columbus
- 2010-present Best Lawyers in America
- 2010-present Ohio Super Lawyers
- 2011-present Avvo Rated 10/10 “Superb”
- 2011 Louisville Slugger Award for Justice for pro bono class action work
- 2002 Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association President’s Award
- 2007-Present Adjunct Law Professor at Capital University Law School
- 2008-Present volunteer Street Law speaker at Westland High School
- 2019-Present Law and Leadership Institute Mentor
- 2019 Columbus Bar Task Force on Lawyer Physical and Mental Well-being
- 2010 Central Ohio Association for Justice, President
- 2003-2010 Central Ohio Association for Justice Board Member and Officer (Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice President)
- 2004-2009 Editor-in-Chief, COAJ Communicator, A Trial Lawyer’s Journal
- 2008 Ohio Association for Justice statewide seminar presenter on Storytelling and the Law
- Editor and creator, literarylawyers.org
- Author of numerous articles, including past columnist for CBA Barbriefs “Philosophers at the Bar” series, creator/editor of lawyerthinks.com, and contributing author to Trial Magazine, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly, Ohio Trial Magazine, among others.
- Author of How Law Works According to My Cousin Vinny: “It’s Like Building a Carburetor” (Winter 2023, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Author of You Can Never Be Wrong if It’s Your Job To Be Right (Summer 2022, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of The Dangers of Thinking Alone (Fall 2021, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Author of The Responsible Monkey Mind (Summer 2021, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Author of Lawyers Suck at Apologies: Empathy Reform in Legal Writing (Winter 2021, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of Where Science Meets Storytelling: The Drama of Change (Summer 2020, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of How Our Inner “Press Secretary” Tells Delusional Stories (Spring 2020, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of Client as Character: Soliloquy, Vulnerability, Skill and Morality (Winter 2020, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of Should You Argue or Tell a Story? (Summer 2019, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of Your Mind is a Storyteller (Spring 2019, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of Theme: The Heart of Your Legal Writing (Winter 2019, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of Writing Better Beginnings (Fall 2018, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
- Co-author (with Mark Kitrick) of Legal Storytelling: Character, Conflict and Arc (Summer 2018, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly)
View/download a full version of Mark Lewis’s Curriculum Vitae [pdf] here.