Practice areas include all aspects of first party insurance defense, arson and fraud defense, and insurance coverage; professional liability law emphasizing attorneys, accountants and insurance agents; life and disability insurance law. Practice also includes administrative proceedings. Selected for inclusion in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Indiana Super Lawyers®.
Education
·IndianaUniversity (B.A., 1974; M.B.A., with highest honors, 1978; J.D., magna cum laude, 1978)
§Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif
·Law Clerk to Honorable James E. Noland, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1978-1979
·Adjunct Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law, 1991
Member
·American Bar Association
Tort and Insurance Practice Section
Property Law Committee
Life Insurance Committee
Chairman of the Health and Disability Insurance Law Committee, 2006-2007
Professional Officers and Directors Liability Committee
Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee
ABA Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility, Associate Member 2000 - present
Indiana State Bar Association
Indianapolis Bar Association
International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
Vice Chair of the Professional Liability Committee
Vice Chair of the Property Insurance Committee
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DTCI)
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS)
Author & Speaker
·"Seventh Circuit," chapter 7 of ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits - 2010 Edition, co-authored with Mark D. Debofsky and Mark E. Schmidtke, edited by Brooks Magratten
·"Insurance Bad Faith Claims," Lorman Education Services, 2008
·"Advanced Insurance Law," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation (ICLEF), 2008
·"Insurance Bad Faith Claims," Lorman Education Services, 2007
·"Client Development Pitfalls for the Unwary," presented at the American Bar Association Fall 2007 National Legal Malpractice Conference, September 19 - 21, 2007
·"An Analysis of the Commercial Liability Policy in Business Litigation," ICLEF Masters Series, 2005
·"Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies - Legal Issues of Coverage Determination," Central Indiana Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society Industry Day, 2005
·"Smart Practice, Not Malpractice," CLE program with CNA Insurance, 2005
·"Bad Faith and Experts in the Disability Area," American Bar Association Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section Conference, January 13-16, 2005.
·"Legal Ethics & Malpractice in Indiana," Lorman Education Services, 2004
·"Civil Discovery: The Tough Issues Argued" ICLEF, 2004
·"Ethical and Practical Considerations (insurance and bad faith)," ICLEF, 2003
·"Common Life, Health and Disability Coverage Issues," Advanced Law Seminar, 2002
·"Mold, Mildew and Other Microbial Matters,"ABA teleconference, 2002
·"The Tort of Bad Faith," 2002
·"The Irony of Intentional Torts," 2001
·"Avoiding Bad Faith Liability in the Handling of First Party Claims," 2000
·"Employment Practices Liability Insurance," 2000
·"Analyzing and Defending Legal Malpractice Cases," 2000
·"Law and Practice of Insurance Coverage Litigation: Automobile Insurance," West Group, 2000
·"Pollution Exclusion in First-Party Property Insurance Coverage Disputes," Tort and Insurance Law Journal, 1997
·"Pollution Contamination, and the Sick Building Syndrome: How Courts Interpret the Language of the Pollution Exclusion in First-Party Property Insurance Coverage Disputes," Tort and Insurance Practice Section, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, 1996
·"A Potpourri of Property Protection for Proprietors, Partners and Corporations," Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, presented at Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, 1994
