Mark Crane is the founding member of Mark E. Crane, PLLC and has practiced before the federal, circuit and district courts for over twenty years. His primary practice areas include family law, divorce, paternity and custody litigation, commercial and general civil litigation, business and contract litigation and appeals. Mark graduated from The University of Michigan Law School, where he received his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, in 1993. He was the Managing Editor (1992-93) and an Associate Editor (1991-92) of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Mark transferred to U of M after two years of study at the Detroit College of Law, where he earned American Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law and Agency and Partnership, received honors in Research, Writing and Advocacy, finished first in the First Year Moot Court Competition, and was awarded the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Award for receiving the highest grade point average in his class. Mark received his B.A. in Economics from The University of Michigan in 1987. Mark is a Sustaining Member of the Oakland County Bar Association and past chair of the OCBA's Family Court Committee. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (Family Law Section) and the American Bar Association and is a Fellow of the Oakland County Bar Foundation. He sits as a Case Evaluator for the Oakland County Circuit and District Courts and is routinely appointed as a Guardian Ad Litem and Appointed Attorney in Oakland County Probate Court guardianship and conservatorship cases. For many years, Mark has provided pro bono legal representation through the Women's Survival Center, Oakland-Livingston Legal Aid and through the Family Law Assistance Project. Mark is admitted to practice in the courts of the State of Michigan and in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Mark was previously elected to the Orion Township Board of Trustees. He also served on the Orion Township Planning Commission, the Orion Township Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Township's Solid Waste, Landfill Closure and Union Contract Negotiation Committees. Mark is involved in various other political and community groups and is a member of American MENSA.