James L. Petersen

Insurance, Mediation
One American Square, Box 82001
Indianapolis, Indiana 462820002


Insurance

Admitted

1976, Indiana; 1980, Florida

Law School

Indiana University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1976

Law School Graduation Year

1976

College

Illinois State University, B.A., 1970; University of Illinois at Springfield, M.A., 1973

Memberships

Indiana State and American (Member: Litigation Section: Products Liability Committee, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Committee on Commercial and Business Litigation; Forum on Franchising, Business Section; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; International Franchise Association (Member, Symposium Organizing Committee); Indiana Association of Defense Counsel (Past Co-Chair, Products Liability Committee; Diplomat, 1997); International Association of Defense Counsel

Biographical

Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa honorary; Phi Gamma Mu history honorary. Associate Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 1975-1976. Speaker: Specialized Lines of Insurance Coverage, Lorman Education Services Insurance Law in Indiana Seminar, February, 2003; Product Liability and Tort Reform, DTCI Seminar, Fall, 1998. Author: A Survey of Indiana's Franchise Law for the General Practitioner, Res Gestae, 2002; State Tying Claims: Do You Know What May Be Lurking? American Bar Association Franchise Law Journal, 2002; Defining the Scope of Commercial Insurance Contracts, Insurance Advocate, 2001; Law Governing Liability of Component Part Manufacturers, The Indiana Lawyer, 1999); Product Liability and Tort Reform, The Indiana Lawyer, 1998; The Risk Utility Test in Indiana Product Liability Law, The Indiana Lawyer, 1996; Tort Reform, Act No. 1741, Res Gestae and The Indiana Lawyer, 1995. Past President, Illinois State University Alumni Association. Past President, Indiana University School of Law Alumni Association. Listed in Who's Who in America. Board Member, The Business Counsel, Inc. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.

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