• Admitted to practice, State of Indiana, January, 1980; United States District Courts, Northern & Southern Districts of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; United States Supreme Court
• Law Clerk to Hon. Richard M. Givan, Chief Justice of Indiana, 1977 – 1979
• Private Law Practice, Lafayette, Indiana, 1980 – present
• Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1995, re-certified 2000, 2005
• Indiana SuperLawyer 2005, 2007-2010 by peer selection
• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory rating AV by peer selection
• Member by invitation, American Board of Trial Advocates

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, J.D. (summa cum laude), 1980
• University of Virginia, M.A., Economics, 1976
• Purdue University, B.S. 1973
  

Representative Cases

• Doe v. City of Lafayette, 377 F.3d 757 (7th Cir. 2004)
• Grott v. Jim Barna Log Systems-Midwest, Inc., 794 N.E.2d 1098 (Ind.App. 2003)
• Rayle v. Bolin, 782 N.E.2d 1063 (Ind.App. 2003)
• Dible v. City of Lafayette, 713 N.E.2d 269 (Ind. 1999)
• Foster v. Purdue Univ. Chapter, Beta Theta Pi, 567 N.E.2d 865 (Ind.App. 1991)
• Ingersoll-Rand Corp. v. Scott, 557 N.E.2d 679 (Ind.App. 1990)
• Village Furniture, Inc. v. Associated Ins. Managers, Inc., 541 N.E.2d 306 (Ind.App. 1989)
• Williams v. Lafayette Production Credit Ass'n, 508 N.E.2d 579 (Ind.App. 1987)
• Fuston v. Nat'l Mutual Ins. Co., 440 N.E.2d 751 (Ind.App. 1982)
• Drake Ins. Co. v. Carroll Co. Sheriff's Dept, 427 N.E.2d 1153 (Ind.App. 1981)
  

Publications

• Co-Author, Civil Trial Practice, West’s Indiana Practice, Vols. 21 and 22 (West Publ. Co., 1996)
• Author, Hoosier Justice:  A History of the Supreme Court of Indiana (publ. by Indiana Supreme Court, 1998)
• “Indiana’s Constitutional Right to a Remedy By Due Course of Law,” 37 Res Gestae 456 (April 1994)
• “The Future of Reciprocity Requirements” 57 Bar Examiner 4 (August 1988)
• “Some Thoughts on Character and Fitness,” 55 Bar Examiner 21 (November 1986)
• “The Lawyer’s Dilemma:  Frivolous Lawsuits and Duties to Clients,” 30 Res Gestae, 164 (October 1986); recipient of Best Article Award, Indiana State Bar Association.
• “The No-Assignment-Without-Consent Clause in Franchise Agreements,” 4 Franchise Law Journal 1 (Fall 1984)
• “Reciprocity, Monopsony Power and Section 7,” 25 Antitrust Bulletin 217 (Spring 1980)
• Several papers and presentations for Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum
  

Professional Activities

• Indiana State Board of Law Examiners, 1982 – 1997 (President, 1986 – 1988; Secretary, 1985-1986; Treasurer, 1988-1992)
• Indiana State Bar Association (Board of Governors, 1994-1996)
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
• Tippecanoe County Bar Association (Vice-President, 2002; President, 2003)
• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• Indiana Bar Foundation (Patron Fellow; Board of Directors, 1990-1994, 2010-)
• Tippecanoe County Legal Aid Volunteer Lawyer
• Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Purdue University School of Management, 1981-1983, 2006
• Tippecanoe County Deputy Public Defender, 1980-81
• Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Association (Board of Directors, 1998-2010; President 2009-2010)
  

Community Activities

• Trustee, Tippecanoe County Public Library, 1997 – present (President, 2002-03; Vice President, 2000-01; Chair, Building and Facilities Committee, 1997-present)
• Director, Tippecanoe County Public Library Foundation, 1998 – present (President, 2004 – 2005)
• Director, Wabash Center, Inc., 1991 - present (Board Chairman, 1999 – 2001; Treasurer, 1995 – 1999; Finance Committee, 1995 – present; Director, EA Staffing Service, Inc. subsidiary, 1998 – 2006; Director, Rest Assured, LLC affiliate, 2006 - present)
• Deputy Member, Tippecanoe County Election Board, 1997 – 2000
• Host, “By The People,” Cable TV public affairs program, 1993 – 2002
• United Way Professional Division (Chair, 1988, 1999; Vice-Chair, 1987, 1998)
• Chairman, Tippecanoe County Republican Party, 1989 – 1991
• East Tipp Summer Recreation, (Coach/Volunteer/Director, 1990 – present)
• St. Lawrence Catholic Church (Parish Council, 1991-1994; Finance Council, 1997 - present)
  

Personal

• Married, Mary Jo (Registered Pharmacist), three adult children