Detroit Mercy Law Alumni Association will present the 2016 Time and Talent Award to Mark A. Wisniewski ’90, on September 30, 2016  at a special dinner following the School’s Homecoming Golf Outing at The Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, MI. The Time and Talent Award is the School of Law’s most prestigious award to honor those who have given their time and talent to the School through their distinguished leadership and longstanding service.
Mark Wisniewski has been a constant champion and distinguished ambassador for Detroit Mercy Law for more than 25 years. He has served on the Board of Directors of its Alumni Association for ten years, including two terms as President (2013 – 2015). He has taught Trial Practice as an adjunct professor, served on countless committees, attended all alumni events, and accepted every request for assistance, all while maintaining a thriving litigation practice at Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook, P.C.
Mark Wisniewski has been an attorney with the Kitch law firm since he graduated from Detroit Mercy Law in 1990 and has served as its Chairman and CEO since 2014. It is one of the largest law firms in southeastern Michigan and is headquartered in the heart of Detroit. In addition to his management responsibilities, he also leads the firm’s asbestos liability and mass tort defense practice groups.
During his time as a law student, Wisniewski was Associate Editor of the Law Review and served on the Student Bar Association Executive Board. He earned an A.B. in Political Science and American History from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. He is a graduate of De La Salle Collegiate, an all-boys Catholic high school located in Warren, Mich., and was honored as its alumnus of the year in 2013.
