Mark Cornelison

Mr. Cornelison brings a blend of business and legal experience to our firm. His thirteen years of legal experience range from advising startups to taking companies through complex Chapter 11 restructurings. His business experience consists of three and a half years providing management consulting services to Fortune 50 companies. Mr. Cornelison has presented at legal conferences, co-taught a law class at BYU, and co-authored the legal handbook on real estate for real estate brokers in Idaho. Mr. Cornelison grew up on a dairy farm in Southeastern Idaho, where he experienced firsthand the opportunities and challenges of small business and agriculture. He spent two years living in Bogota, Colombia and remains fluent in Spanish. He graduated from law school at the University of Idaho and completed an MBA at BYU, focusing on strategy and entrepreneurship. Following his MBA, Mr. Cornelison worked in Dallas, TX for international consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. There, he worked in the customer strategy segment, advising some of the largest companies worldwide. Mr. Cornelison is the father of a young daughter whom he adores. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with her skiing, mountain biking, cycling, flying, and nearly anything outdoors. He and his daughter have competed in several bike races and look forward to more. Lawyers of Distinction Members have been selected based upon a review and vetting process by our Selection Committee utilizing U.S. Provisional Patent # 62/743,254. The platform generates a numerical score of 1 to 5 for each of the 12 enumerated factors which are meant to recognize the applicant’s achievements and peer recognition. All applicants must be licensed to practice law. Members are then subject to a final review for ethical violations within the past ten years before confirmation of Membership. A Lawyers of Distinction Nomination does not guarantee membership and attorneys may not pay a fee to be nominated. Attorneys may nominate to Lawyers of Distinction their peers whom they feel warrant consideration. The determination of whether an attorney qualifies for Membership is based upon the aforementioned proprietary analysis discussed above. Membership is not meant to infer any endorsement of Lawyers of Distinction by any of the 50 United States Bar Associations or The District of Columbia Bar Association. Any references to “excellent,” “excellence,” or “distinguished” are meant to refer to the Lawyers of Distinction organization only and not to any named member individually.