Mark, the 1986 recipient of Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, represents individuals in automobile accidents, medical malpractice, class actions and products liability suits.  Since 1999, Mark has been selected yearly as one of The Best Lawyers in America, most recently for 2010.  In addition, Hutton & Hutton has been ranked #1 in Kansas and in Wichita in Mass Tort Litigation. Mark’s peers have chosen him as one of the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers for the years 2005 through 2009. Mark’s experience has led to his appointment as plaintiffs’ counsel in mass products liability litigation including In re: Silicone Gel Breast Implant Litigation, MDL 926 and In re: Norplant Contraceptive Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1038. Mark is certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the American Board of Trial Advocates.   

Licensed to Practice In: Kansas, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington D.C.

Court Admissions:  United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Tenth Circuit, the United States Claims Court, the United States District Courts for the Districts of Kansas, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Western Arkansas and Eastern Arkansas, the Supreme Court of Kansas, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the Supreme Court of Texas, the Supreme Court of Missouri, the Supreme Court of New York, the Western District of Oklahoma, and the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Associations:  Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Trial Lawyer of the Year 1986), American Board of Trial Advocates (Kansas Chapter President 1999-2000), International Bar Association, American College of Legal Medicine, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors), Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, Kansas Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, D.C. Bar Association and Wichita Bar Association.

Author:

• Mark B. Hutton. "Medical Malpractice Mediation Panels," Vol. 2, No. 1, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• Mark B. Hutton. "Substantial Possibility: A Doctrine of Causation," Vol. 3, No. 2, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• Mark B. Hutton. "Motion in Limine: A Mandatory Pre-Trial Motion in Civil Litigation," Vol. 4, No. 5, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• Mark B. Hutton. "Pharmaceutical Litigation-Drug Manufacturers Duty to Warn," Vol. 5, No. 5, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• Mark B. Hutton. "Intrusion into the Sanctimonious Physician-Patient Relationship," Vol. 7, No. 1, Aug. 1983, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• Mark B. Hutton. "The Privilege Log: Where the Battle Can Be Won or Lost," Vol. 19, No. 6, July 1996, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• Mark B. Hutton and Liz Dudley. "Genetic Susceptibility to Complications from Silicone Breast Implants," Vol. 4, No. 5, April 1996, Medical-Legal Aspects of Breast Implants Reporter.

• Mark B. Hutton and Liz Dudley. "Alert to Plaintiffs: New Study Links Implants to Silicone in Liver," Vol. 5, No. 3, February 1997, Medical-Legal Aspects of Breast Implants Reporter.

• Mark B. Hutton. "In Wake of Medtronic, Court Rejects Baxter's Preemption Claim," Vol. 5, No. 6, May 1997, Medical-Legal Aspects of Breast Implants Reporter.

• Mark B. Hutton. "Documenting the Neurological Impact of Exposure to Silicone," Vol. 6, No. 2, January 1998, Medical-Legal Aspects of Breast Implants Reporter.

• Mark B. Hutton. "Tampons and Toxic Shock Syndrome -- Failure in Corporate Risk Management," February 1988, Trial.

• Mark B. Hutton. "Norplant Litigation: Creating an Exception to the Learned Intermediary Doctrine," July 1996, Trial.

• Mark B. Hutton and Gerald L. Michaud. "Medical Tort Law: The Emergence of Specialty Standard of Care," Vol. 16, No. 4, 1981, Tulsa Law Journal.

• Mark B. Hutton and Andrew W. Hutton. "A Paradox -- The Kansas Collateral Source Rule," Vol. 2, No. 3, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

• Mark B. Hutton and Doug Peters. "Reye's Syndrome -- The Link Between Aspirin and Reye's," November 1987, Trial.

• Mark B. Hutton and Chan P. Townsley. "Recovering Damages in Personal-Injury Cases: Statutes, Issues and Developments," Wichita Bar Association and CLE Committee Present Damages Seminar, September 22, 1995.

• Mark B. Hutton, Andrew W. Hutton, Liz Dudley. "Smokeless Tobacco: An Unrecognized Health Problem," Vol. 28, No. 2, 2nd Qtr 1997, The Advocate -- The Journal of the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association.

• Mark B. Hutton, Andrew W. Hutton, Liz Dudley. "Smokeless Tobacco: An Unrecognized Health Problem," Vol. 20, No. 5, May 1997, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association Journal.

• Mark B. Hutton, Andrew W. Hutton, Liz Dudley. "Smokeless Tobacco: An Unrecognized Health Problem," Vol. 27, No. 7, Sept. 1997, Consumer Attorneys of California Forum.

• Mark B. Hutton and Liz Dudley. "Further Studies of Link Between Breast Implants and Disease," Vol. 6, No. 12, November 1998, Medical-Legal Aspects of Breast Implants Reporter.

• Mark B. Hutton and Liz Dudley. "Debate Rages On: Studies Link Breast Implants and Disease," Vol. 7, No. 1, December 1998, Medical-Legal Aspects of Breast Implants Reporter.