Mark Thomas McCloskey is an American former personal injury lawyer practicing in St Louis, Missouri, who attracted national attention in 2020 after he and his wife Patricia brandished firearms at protestors who walked past their house on a private street.
11 Facts About Mark McCloskey
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In 2022, Mark McCloskey ran for a United States Senate seat in Missouri, but he lost the Republican primary to Eric Schmitt.
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Mark McCloskey was born in Saint Louis and attended St Louis Country Day School, graduating in 1975.
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Mark McCloskey was admitted to the bar in 1986 in Texas; in 1986, Missouri; in 1986, Nebraska; US District Court, Southern District of Illinois, US District Court, Eastern District of Missouri and to the US Court of Appeals, 7th and 8th Circuits; and 1987, in Illinois.
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Mark McCloskey's practice has focused on suits involving traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, birth injuries, orthopedic injuries and major injuries resulting from car wrecks.
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Mark McCloskey said, "We saw the weapons at the time", and accused one protester of showing loaded magazines and telling him: "You're next".
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In December 2023, the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled that Mark McCloskey is not entitled to the return of the firearms seized by law enforcement, despite the pardon.
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Mark McCloskey intends to appeal that decision to the Missouri Supreme Court.
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Mark McCloskey gave $1,000 to Republican Bill Phelps, who was defeated by incumbent Democratic congressman Ike Skelton in 1992.
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In 2020, Mark McCloskey launched a campaign for the US Senate seat being vacated by Roy Blunt.
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Mark McCloskey said that it had bothered him "as long ago as when I was in grade school" that some death penalty opponents support abortion rights.