Attorney Profiles

Mark Worischeck joined Sanders & Parks in 1988, and is a Shareholder and a Director. He also serves as a corporate officer of the firm.

Mr. Worischeck's practice emphasizes tort litigation, primarily in the areas of professional liability defense (directors, officers, attorneys, architects and engineers), aviation, trucking, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, and product liability. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, Maricopa County Bar Association, Defense Research Institute and Arizona Association of Defense Counsel.

Mr. Worischeck has extensive experience with complex litigation matters and has successfully tried numerous jury trials. He has defended class action claims concerning environmental groundwater contamination and construction defects. He regularly defends product manufacturers including Motorola, Square D Company and GROB Aviation, and has represented several major foreign defendants in large exposure tort cases. Mr. Worischeck also represents insurance carriers providing coverage opinions, litigating coverage disputes and defending claims of extra-contractual liability. Other representative clients include Royal Insurance, SCF Arizona, Swiss Re and Kitchell Contractors.

Mr. Worischeck earned his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1986, and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Arizona, with distinction, in 1983. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Arizona, United States District Court, District of Arizona, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Worischeck has presented for the State Bar of Arizona on such topics as the law of insurance bad faith. He has also served as a guest lecturer at the Arizona State University College of Law in the areas of insurance law and torts.

Mr. Worischeck is a licensed private pilot with ratings to fly various single-engine aircraft. He is a member of the Aviation Insurance Association (AIA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Worischeck serves as the Arizona State Chair of the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association and is a panel attorney for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA).

Mr. Worischeck has received Martindale-Hubbell's highest A-V rating and is listed in Strathmore's Who's Who.