Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson (BSJ80) was inducted into Medill’s Hall of Achievement in 2026.

Ferguson is a trial lawyer who has been nationally recognized for his ability to synthesize and present complex issues to civil juries and for his innovation in the business and practice of law.

Over his 40-year career, first working with Kirkland & Ellis, and then serving as a founding partner of Bartlit Beck LLP, he has represented corporate clients and individuals in state and federal courts, in business, financial and technical litigation.

Ferguson is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a leading accolade for trial lawyers in North America. He has been recognized locally and nationally for excellence by Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers in America and the American Lawyer, among others. Also, Ferguson was the recipient of the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Collaboration award.

Currently, Ferguson is a member of Medill’s Board of Advisers and has also served as an adjunct professor at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law trial advocacy program. Previously, he was a member of the Advisory Board of NYU Law School’s Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, a board chair of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund and president of the Springboard Foundation.