Admitted
1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1974, Illinois, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
Law School
Indiana University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Indiana State University, B.S., 1971; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1984
Memberships
Terre Haute and Indiana State (Counsel, Trial Lawyers Section, 1985-1989) Bar Associations; Bar Association of the 7th Federal Circuit; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1988—; Member, Executive Committee, 1998—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Biographical
Sigma Pi Alpha. Recipient, Indiana State University Distinguished Alumni Award, 1999. Member, Board of Editors, Indiana Law Review, 1973-1974. Alumni Counsel, Indiana State University, 1986-1991. Member, Board of Directors, Indiana University Law School Alumni Association, 1987—. Author: Recent Developments, 6 Indiana Law Review 314, 1972 and 6 Indiana Law Review 812, 1972; Note, Risk of Loss Under the U.C.C., 7 Indiana Law Review 711, 1974; Article, Indiana's Medical Malpractice Act—The Developing Law, Vol. XXVII No. 10, Res Gestae 494, 1984; Article, Maximizing the Benefits and Avoiding the Pitfalls of Comparative Fault, ICLEF Seminar on Impact of Comparative Fault, September, 1984. Article and Seminar Lecturer: Insurance Carrier's Duty of Good Faith & Fair Dealing To Its Insureds, ICLEF Seminar, September, 1986; The Mechanics-Procedural Devises For Keeping Evidence Out, ICLEF Seminar, March, 1988; Article and Seminar Lecturer, The Current Status of Premises Liability, ICLEF and ISBA Seminar, October, 1989; Article and Seminar Lecturer, The Preparation and Trial of Dog Bite Cases, ITLA Seminar, March 1990. Article and Seminar Lecturer, New Developments in Comparative Fault, ITLA Seminar, March, 1991; Author: Chapter 57, Cranes, Product Liability Practice Guide, (Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., October, 1991); Is it Whiplash Or Is It Myofacial Pain Syndrome, ITLA Seminar, March, 1992. Article and Seminar Lecturer: Article, Pain Syndromes with Positive Test Results and Objective Symptoms, Spring, 1992, Verdict; ITLA Seminar, March 1993, Article and Seminar Lecturer, Consistent and Inconsistent Statements-Correct Use and Evidentiary Impact, October, 1993. Seminar Lecturer, Processing A Civil Lawsuit, St. Mary of the Woods College, December, 1993—. Seminar Chairman, Indiana Trial Lawyers 1993 Annual Institute. Article and Seminar Lecturer, Using Experts Under Indiana's New Rules of Evidence, ITLA Seminar, March, 1994. ITLA Seminar, March 1994; Article and Seminar Lecturer, Practic