Additional Practice Areas
· Domestic Relations/Family Law
Construction litigation practice includes contracts, defects, liability, and liens. Contract law practice includes commercial contracts, breach of contract, and fraud. Insurance defense practice includes casualty insurance, commercial insurance and commercial property, fire insurance, subrogation, fire loss, loss recovery, property insurance defense, and property damage.
Education
· State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1982)
· Valparaiso University (J.D., 1985)
▪ Associate Note Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review, 1984-1985
· Law Clerk to the Honorable William J. Garrard, Indiana Court of Appeals, 1985-1986
Member
· Indianapolis Bar Association
· Indiana State Bar Association
· Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DTCI)
▪ Product Liability Section Chair, 2003
· Defense Research Institute (DRI)
· National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP)
▪ Chapter Chair, 2004 – present
· Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB)
Author & Speaker
· Panelist, ICLEF Insurance Subrogation Seminar, 1995
· Panelist, ICLEF Summary Judgment Practice Seminar, 1996
· Seminar Chair, ICLEF Fire Litigation Seminar, 1999
· "42 Things You Need to Know about Insurance Law," ICLEF, 2000
· Defense Seminar on Product Liability, Insurance Institute of Indiana, 2001
· “Initial Investigation Considerations,” CPCU I-Day, 2001
· Fire Litigation, ICLEF Indiana Litigation Institute, 2002
· "What's Mine is Yours," ICLEF Subrogation Law seminar, 2003
· Defense Seminar Case Law Update, Insurance Institute of Indiana, 2003
· Fire Litigation, ICLEF Indiana Litigation Institute, 2004
· “Powerful Evidence in Indiana Civil Litigation,” National Business Institute (NBI), 2004
· “Claims Investigations,” National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), Indiana Chapter, 2004
· Defense Seminar – Tripartite Relationship, Insurance Institute of Indiana, 2005
· “How to Become an Expert on Experts,” National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), Indiana Chapter, 2006
· “Retaining Experts the Right Way,” National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), National Conference, 2007
· “Defense Strategies in Personal Injury Cases,” National Business Institute (NBI), 2008
Admitted to Practice
· Admitted to bar, 1985, Indiana and Illinois
· Also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
Place of Birth
· Buffalo, New York, May 25, 1959
