Mark was born in Rochester, New York, raised in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and moved to Washington State in 1974. He graduated from Eatonville High School in 1979 and received his B.A. degree in History in 1983 from Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. Following college Mark attended the University of Puget Sound, School of Law (now Seattle University) where he obtained his law degree in 1986.
Mark’s principal area of practice is in Criminal Defense (Felony, Misdemeanor, DUI, Juvenile) as a Tacoma, WA criminal lawyer. He has experience in all Pierce, King, and Thurston County courts and routinely handles matters in Pierce County District and Superior Court, Tacoma Municipal Court, Lakewood Municipal Court, and Puyallup Municipal Court. He is a former prosecuting attorney (Pierce County) and is admitted to practice in both Washington State and Federal Court. Mark is both knowledgeable in the law as well as an experienced Tacoma DUI defense lawyer. Mark’s father, Paul Treyz, is a retired Pierce County judge, and Mark was a pro tem judge in Pierce County, from 1993 through 2005. In addition, Mark has been both a speaker and co-chair at various legal seminars over the past 30 years. He has handled over two thousand criminal cases in his 30 years of practice and has tried over 100 cases.
Mark resides in Puyallup with his wife Elva. He has three grown children and four grandchildren. Mark’s outside interests include history, reading, traveling, and baseball.
