R. Mark McCareins

After 33 years as a senior partner at Winston and Strawn LLP, ( where he served as the co-chair of the Firm's Global Competition Group), Mark became General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Metals Service Center Institute (www.msci.org) on February 1, 2014. In addition, after serving as a senior lecturer at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management for over 20 years while practicing at Winston, Mark received an appointment in 2014 to serve as a Clinical Professor and received teaching awards in 2016 and 2025. Mark served as the Kellogg Clinical Faculty representative to the Northwestern University Faculty Senate from 2021 to 2024. He currently serves on the University's Investment Advisory Committee. Mark was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lawrence Hall Youth Services (www.lawrencehall.org), after serving on the Board for many years, and now is an Advisory Trustee of Lawrence Hall. He was recently named to the Advisory Board of JuiceHoopsFoundation, a Chicago based non-profit dedicated to promoting neurodiversity. Mark also served on the Advisory Board of Catholic Charities of Chicago for many years. Mark is currently involved in legal committees of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Having served as Chairman of the Illinois State Bar Association Antitrust Section in 2014-2015, Mark was recently re-appointed to the ABA Antitrust Section leadership as the ABA Intellectual Property Law Section Liaison (through August 2026). He has served in leadership of many Sections of the ABA including the Antitrust and Business Law Sections . He was also appointed in 2022 to serve as an Observor to the Uniform Law Commission Study Committee on State Antitrust Law (Committee was de-commissioned in 2025). Mark was appointed in 2025 to serve as an NGA ( non governmental advisor) to the International Competition Network (ICN), which is a global commission of over 140 competition authorites, including the antitrust division of the U.S.DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission. He previously served as Chair of the Antitrust Committee of the Illinois Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association Antitrust Committee, receiving a Service Award from the Chicago Bar Association in June, 2017 for his work on that committee. Mark has also served on various boards at Washington University including the National Law Alumni Council and the Chicago Regional Cabinet of the University. He is also a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).