Mark Nicholson

Mark Nicholson is a People Helper Lawyer. It is his prior prison experience that gave him such passion for helping people like you. His perspective is unique and rare for an Indiana attorney and often frustrates the opposing party, especially prosecutors.

Attorney Nicholson has an A+ rating by the Better Business Bureau, has 5-star ratings, and is an award-winning attorney. He is a dynamic, aggressive, and trustworthy attorney. He focuses on criminal law (battery cases are his favorite), personal injury and civil rights.

In addition, Indiana trial attorney Mark Nicholson is so trusted and respected that he has given presentations and spoken on panels. He has given presentations involving police brutality, prison, civil rights, criminal justice, death penalty, education, and other topics. He even wrote the book on your constitutional rights, whether you are in prison our out of prison. The Law: From Prison to the Street. Buy this best-selling and well-respected book on Amazon.

Attorney Nicholson has written and published several books and articles about your rights, the law and various other topics. Also, for more legal news you can subscribe to his newsletter and podcast, The Nicholson Nugget, and his YouTube channel, Mark Nicholson Law.

Shameka 'S. Diane' Clair

Attorney S. Diane Clair is an Atlanta native that knows the city and metro counties very well. She received her Bachelor's degree from Georgia State University and her Juris Doctor degree from Florida A&M University College of Law. Diane Clair has court room and trial experience and is also great at negotiating resolutions outside the courtroom. She is admitted to practice law as a member of the Georgia Bar as well as the Georgia Court of Appeals, United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia and Middle District of Georgia. Attorney Clair is also a Professor in the Paralegal Program for Kennesaw State University.

Joselynne Gardner

With a business background and a long career in public service, Joselynne Gardner is uniquely qualified to represent both public and corporate sector clients in commercial real estate and supply chain transactions. Mindful of both the need for efficiency in a high-volume work environment and the important ethical and regulatory considerations of clients, Joselynne takes a steady, solution-focused approach to her work.

Clients value Joselynne’s creative and collaborative style, which helps them find unique solutions to the complex challenges they face in negotiating contracts and navigating complex real estate transactions, including leasing and development projects. Her broad experience across multiple areas of law informs an empathetic perspective that focuses on closing deals and achieving goals without being adversarial.

Her experiences and skills have been sharpened in the crucibles of Cook County and City of Chicago Government – with responsibility and oversight on a range of corporate and municipal matters, and prior to becoming a lawyer, Joselynne had a career in management consulting. In these roles, Joselynne provided legal and business counsel to a host of corporate executives, elected officials, and government bodies relating to regulatory compliance, risk analysis, procurement, contracting, real estate, and finance.

She is passionate about her community service and has spent over 15 years working with law students while they prepare to take the bar exam in Illinois and California, as well as, created pipeline programs that prepare first generation and diverse law students for successful legal careers by teaching them tools for academic and employment goals during their time in law school.

Experience

Clerkships

Judicial Extern, Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Presiding Judge, 1st Municipal District, Circuit Court of Cook County (2004)

Representative Engagements

Tenant’s counsel for national restaurant chain for complex commercial real estate transaction.
Owner’s counsel negotiated master property management contract for public education facilities.
Landlord’s counsel for long-term lease agreement with national telecommunications company.
Lender’s counsel for multi-family real estate development deal.

Credentials

Education

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, J.D., 2006

Editor, Adelphia Law Journal
ABA Moot Court Competition Quarter-Finalist, 2nd Best Advocate
National Trial Advocacy Competition Quarter-Finalist

University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., French and Pre-Medicine, 1996

Powers-Knapp Scholar, 1992-1996
Outstanding Student Leader, 1996
Study Abroad, Université de Sorbonne Paris, France, Spring 1995

Bar Admissions

Illinois

Teaching Appointments

Adjunct Professor of Law, Professional Responsibility, Loyola University School of Law (2020-present)

Adjunct Professor of Law, Moot Court Honors Program, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (2007-2015)

Community Service

Civic Leadership Academy, University of Chicago Center for Effective Government (2019)

Minority Legal Education Resources, Inc.

Treasurer, Board of Directors
California Bar Process Management Program, Co-Coordinator

Loyola University School of Law, Pugh-Kaufman Scholars Coordinator

Glass Slipper Project, Volunteer

Reading in Motion, Former Auxiliary Board Member

Practice Areas

Business Transactions

Zaneta Moore Robinson

Zaneta Moore Robinson is an Associate Clinical Professor and founding Director of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic at Wake Forest University School of Law, where students provide legal services to entrepreneurs and emerging businesses under her supervision. She is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law whose scholarship focuses on the intersections between U.S. trademark law, language, and global culture. Prior to joining Wake Forest Law, Professor Robinson was a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Intellectual Property Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.

Professor Robinson began her legal career as a business litigator, ultimately settling into a transactional intellectual property practice. She has counseled clients on copyright, trademark, and related intellectual property protection and enforcement strategies, while managing domestic and international trademark portfolios for clients in the apparel, cosmetics and skincare, higher education, and tech industries, among others. She also has extensive experience drafting and negotiating contracts that affect intellectual property rights and representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Throughout her career, Professor Robinson has served on nonprofit boards, spoken at conferences, symposia, and continuing education programs, and served as a periodic guest on a broadcast program focused on finances and entrepreneurship.

Professor Robinson earned her JD from Wake Forest University School of Law and her BS from James Madison University. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, all North Carolina Federal District Courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States.