Mark F. Kruse
Partner

Weston Hurd’s Assistant Managing Partner, Mark Kruse, is an experienced attorney and litigator. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, Mark was a partner with Kahn Kruse Co., LPA since the 1980s.  Mark represents his clients in both state and federal courts throughout the United States, and is admitted to the Ohio Bar, various United States District Courts, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mark’s clients are engaged in a variety of industries and principally include construction companies (general contractors, subcontractors, materialmen), manufacturers, distributors and commercial property owners.  Mark handles a wide range of complex construction, business and commercial disputes, with areas of concentration including litigation, complex contract disputes, business torts, commercial real estate issues, business and partner issues (including break-up and wind down), asset purchases/sales, fiduciary claims, corporate director & officer liability/defense, lien issues, employment related claims, insurance coverage issues, and intellectual property protection and trade secret litigation.

Mark also represents investors who have lost funds in investments due to the advice, action or inaction of financial advisers and broker-dealers.  These disputes can be resolved in courts of law, or often through an alternative dispute resolution process within the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).  Investors claims often arise out of a financial adviser giving inappropriate investment advice, being improperly supervised, misrepresenting an investment status or potential, or placing client’s funds in inappropriate or unsuitable investments.

Mark’s client base understands that he personally cares about protecting their interests.  Mark strives to help clients achieve the best possible solutions, and always keeps an eye on the client’s all important bottom line.

Mark is recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for his work in Commercial Litigation. He is also among one of the “Top Lawyers in Ohio” by American Lawyer Media, named an Ohio Super Lawyer 2021 in Construction Litigation, and has earned an AV Preeminent Rating® by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2019, Mark was named a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, an invitation-only international honorary association composed of preeminent lawyers specializing in construction law and related fields.