Mark S. Samila is a business lawyer whose practice includes business, estate planning, bankruptcy, tax, and employee benefits law. Mark blends his accounting and financial background with his legal experience. In so doing, he provides legal analysis and also understands and considers the business and financial implications of a client's legal options.

Experience:

• Tax and management consulting to privately-owned businesses for the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

• Certified Public Accounting Certificate.

Business & Professional Affiliations:

• Indiana Registered Civil Mediator

• Evansville Bar Association

• Indiana Bar Association (Member of Taxation Section Council)

• American Bankruptcy Institute

• American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Taxation Section

• Indiana Supreme Court Commission for Continuing Legal Education—Registered Mediator

• Evansville Estate and Financial Planning Council

Community/Civic Affiliations:

• Boys & Girls Club of Evansville, Indiana (Board of Directors and President Elect)

• YMCA of Southwestern Indiana (Board of Directors)

• Pulmonary Fibrosis Partners (Board of Directors)

• Evansville Bar Foundation (Board of Directors)

• Tuition Assistance Fund of Southwest Indiana (Board of Directors)

• Leadership Evansville graduate

• Jacob's Village (past Director)

• Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville (Past Director, Past President)

• Holy Rosary Catholic Church (Past Chair of Finance Commission and past member of Parish Council)

Publications & Seminar Presentations:

• Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation "Fundamentals of Will and Trust Drafting"

• Dubois County Estate Planning Council "Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies"

• Evansville Business Journal "Succession Planning for Family Owned Businesses"

• The Catholic Foundation of Southwestern Indiana "Estate Planning"

• Institute of Management Accountants "Bankruptcy and Preference Payments"

• Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, Basics of Bankruptcy

• Lorman Education Services, "The New Property Tax Regulations For Real Property Assessments", "The New Property Tax Appeals Procedures", "Reassessment and the New Property Tax Regulations", and "Appealing Property Tax Assessments"

• Institute of Management Accountants "COBRA: Questions and Answers"

• Evansville Bar Association, "Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code", and "QDROS: Forms and Facts You Need to Know"