Admitted
1980, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Law School
Indiana University, J.D., cum laude, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Indiana University, B.A., with highest distinction, 1973
Memberships
Indianapolis (Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee) and Indiana State Bar Associations; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984—; College of Fellows, 1992—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Birth Trauma; Breast Implant; L-Tryptophan, Inadequate Security, Cardiac Devices, Parlodel and Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Groups); Trial Lawyers For Public Justice; American College of Legal Medicine; American College of Trial Lawyers.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Listed In: The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White Publishing Co. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Co-Author: Negligent Hiring and Negligent Retention of An Employee, Am Jur Trials 61 Vol 29; Proof of Subjective Injuries, 1982 Continuing Legal Education Seminar; Handling The Personal Injury Claim, 1984 Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Practice Skills Seminar. Author: Proving Dependency of Survivors in Wrongful Death Litigation in Indiana, 1985 Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar; Causes of Action Arising From Motor Vehicle Accidents, 1987 Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar; The Open and Obvious Danger Rule in Product Liability Litigation Under Indiana Law, 1988 Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar; Mock Trial Casebook, for Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Annual Institute, 1988; Breast Implant Litigation: An Overview, 1993 Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar; The Medical Negligence Litigation System: Dispelling the Myth of a System in Crisis, 1993 Verdict Magazine; Medical Malpractice and the Statute of Limitations, ICLEF Insider, 1998; Deposing the Defendant Doctor and Getting a Case to the Indiana Patient Compensation Fund, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2002. Lecturer: Indiana Continuing Legal Education Practice Skills Seminar, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar on Wrongful Death in Indiana, 1985; Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Litigating Automobile Accidents, 1987; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar, 1987; Indiana Dental Association Annual Seminar, 1987; National Institute for Trial Advocacy-Indiana Trial Skills Workshop, 1988, 1989; Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Product Liability Update, 1988; How to Win A Medical Review Panel Decision, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, 1989; Breast Implant Litigation, Indiana Trial Lawyers Seminar, 1992; Breast Implant Litigation: An Overview, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Semi