Admitted
1992, North Carolina, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School
Indiana University, J.D., 1992
Law School Graduation Year
1992
College
Ball State University, B.S., cum laude, 1989
Memberships
Indianapolis (Board Member and Treasurer, Litigation Section), Indiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1995—; Co-chair Legislation Committees) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Products Liability and Medical Malpractice Committees; Insurance) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chair, Tort Liability Litigation Section, 1997-2001); Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1998— Member, Legislative Committee); American Society for Testing and Materials (F13, F15 Committee Member); Certified Civil Trial Mediator, 1993
Biographical
Recipient, Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation Graduate Scholarship. Gruenewald Scholar. Note Editor, Indiana International Law Review, 1990-1992. Member, Moot Court Society. Member, Professional Association of Diving Instructors (P.A.D.I.) Divemaster, 1985. Author: Truck Cases: Rules of the Road, Trial Magazine, 1998; Working with Co-Counsel, Trial Magazine, 1998; Jury Prejudice in Civil Litigation, Indiana Lawyer, 1997; The Professional Truck Driver, ATLA Newsletter, 1996; A Practitioner's Guide to Filing a Tort Claim Against A Governmental Entity, Res Gestae, 1995; Premises Liability Standards, Indiana Lawyer, 2000; Trucking Litigation, Indiana Lawyer, 1999; Seat Belt Defense, Indiana Lawyer, 1999. Real Property Broker, Indiana, 1990. Lecturer: Pedestrian Slip Resistance Cases, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1996; Pedestrian Slip Resistance Cases, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1996; Voir Dire: Overcoming Jury Bias, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1997; Premises Liability: Beyond the Basics, ICLEF, 1997; The Use and Abuse of Expert Witnesses, Codes, Regulations, and Standards, ATLA, 1997; Mastering Medical Litigation, Indiana CLEF, 1998; Highway Defect and Design Cases, ATLA, 1998; Effective Use of the Internet to Win Your Case, ATLA, 1998; Connective Tissue Injury, ITLA, 1998; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Law, NBI, 1999; Juror Misconduct, ITLA, 1999; Effective Expert Witnesses, NBI, 2000; ASTM Standards, ATLA, 2000; Medical Research, ICLEF, 2000; Case Management, ATLA, 2000; Trucking Litigation, ICLEF, 2001; Trampoline Injury, ICLEF, 2001; Nursing Home Litigation, Lorman, 2002. Member, Governor's Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving, 2000—. Fellow, National College of Advocacy; Indiana Amputee Foundation, Inc. (Member: Board of Directors, 1995-1997); Brain Injury Association of Indiana, Inc. (Professional Member, 1997—).