Butler Snow LLP

Health Law - Practice Group Leader

Mark serves as the Practice Group Leader for the Health Law Group.  His practice is focused on health law, administrative law, and government regulations. He is experienced in the handling of healthcare certificates of need, legislative drafting and strategy, Medicaid policy and appeals, regulation of medical cannabis, and litigation of regulatory disputes. He previously served as a Representative in the Mississippi House of Representatives, Chief of Staff for the Office of the Governor, and has served in various appointed positions in state government and the Mississippi Bar.

Mark has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® (Government Relations, Health Care Law, and 2016 Lawyer of the Year -Government Relations Practice) and Super Lawyers®, and he is AV®-Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®.  Mark frequently writes and speaks on health law-related topics, and in 2021 and 2022 he was as a guest on In Legal Terms, Mississippi Public Broadcasting.  He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, Federalist Society, American Bar Association, and Capital Area Bar Association.

Mark earned his J.D. from the University of Mississippi and is admitted to The Mississippi Bar, the U.S. District Courts Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and the U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.