2026 Hall of Fame Inductee Mark Arnzen Class of 1972
Mark G. Arnzen is a principal in the law firm of Arnzen, Storm & Turner, P.S.C., in Covington, Kentucky. He is a graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Xavier University, and University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law (1972), where he was a member of the staff of the Kentucky Law Journal. He has served as Juvenile Judge Pro Tem for Kenton County, and is a former president of the Kenton County Bar Association.
Arnzen is a past chairman of the Kentucky Board of Bar Examiners and was appointed to the Inquiry Commission by the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He has also served on the Judicial Nominating Committee, Kentucky Defense Counsel Board of Directors, President of Salmon P. Chase Inns of Court, and chairman of the Northern Kentuckians for the Judiciary. Arnzen provided leadership in the formation of Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky (LMICK) and served on the Board of Directors for many years. He has received the Distinguished Lawyer of the Year Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Northern Kentucky Bar Association. He has been honored as a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been recognized in Woodward & White’s Best Lawyers in America since 1988.
Arnzen has been an adjunct professor at Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law where he also served as a member of the Visiting Committee. He has published articles for the Kentucky Bench & Bar and has also lectured to the local and state bar associations.
He has served on the Board of Directors of the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky and the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. He also served on the Board of Regents of Northern Kentucky University and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, serving as its treasurer.