Attorney Profile
Peter A. Velde
Partner
pvelde@k-glaw.com
tel (317) 638-4521 Ext 8131
fax (317) 636-5917

Practice Areas
›Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights
›Class Actions
›Construction
›Professional Liability
›Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use
›Commercial Litigation
›Contract Law
›Collections
›Real Estate
›Leasing
›Banking/Mortgage/Loans/Commercial Finance

Other Practice Areas

·         Collections – commercial, consumer, secured & unsecured

·         Mechanics Liens

·         Mortgage Foreclosures

Practice areas include all types of commercial matters, including bankruptcy, creditor rights, commercial/consumer collections, lien law, commercial litigation (including class action litigation) and zoning. Practice area also includes matters relating to the FDCPA and FCRA.

Education & Service

·         Purdue University (B.A., with distinction, 1971)

·         Albany Law School (J.D., 1975)

·         Lt. Col., retired, Indiana Army National Guard (JA)

Member

·         Indianapolis Bar Association

·         Indiana State Bar Association

·         ACA International (ACA/ MAP Program)

§         ACA CNR Letter Review Program (participation from inception)

·         Professional Liability Underwriters Society

·         Lexwork International

§         Member of the Board of Governors of Lexwork North America, 2006 - present

 

Author & Speaker

·         Basic Bankruptcy in Indiana, 1990

·         The Impact of Bankruptcy on Dissolution of Marriage in Indiana, 1997, 1999

·         Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Issues in Indiana, 1999

·         National Healthcare Collectors Association – 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2008 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 

·         Current Issues Surrounding Fair Debt Collections Practices Act – Spring 2001 National Legal Malpractice Conference

·         Indiana Collectors Association – 2002 (and yearly thereafter)  HIPAA and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Update

·         Kentucky Collectors Association – 2002 & 2003 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and HIPAA.

·         National Business Institute – FDCPA Compliance for the Indiana Practitioner – 2007 & 2008

·         Sherman Minton American Inn of Court – Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and Other Associated Issues in Collection of Debts – November 2008

 

Admitted to Practice

·         Admitted to bar, 1976 Indiana

·         Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts, Northern & Southern District of Indiana

·         Admitted to practice before the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, Northern & Southern District of Indiana

·         Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

 

Place of Birth

·         Des Moines, Iowa, June 16, 1949

Articles by Peter Velde
• Current Issues Surrounding Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

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