Mark A. Kille (pronounced “Kelly”), born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, is the oldest of six children. In 1996, Mark graduated from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri with a Bachelor of Science in Justice Systems. He started law school in the fall of 1998, receiving a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Missouri in 2001. His first job as an attorney involved prosecuting claims under the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Statutes for employees who were injured on the job. In 2003, he accepted a position at a law firm housed inside historic Union Station in Kansas City which represented only injured railroad workers and their families under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act.