Areas of Practice

• Personal injury
• Wrongful death
• Auto accidents
• Unsafe construction site accidents
• Brain and spinal cord injuries

Bar admissions

• Indiana, 1970
• Indiana Supreme Court, 1970
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1970
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1971

Education

• University of Connecticut, J.D., 1970
• Purdue University, 1967
• Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Indiana State Bar Association
• Tippecanoe Bar Association, President, 1998-1999
• Indiana Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
  • Lifetime Achievement Award- 2013
  • Past President- 2001
  • Co-trial lawyer of the year- 1998
  • Executive Committee, 1989 – 2002
  • Board of Directors, 1986 – present
  • Amicus Curiae Committee
  • Chairman, By-Laws Committee
  • Long Range Planning Committee
  • New Membership Committee
• College of Fellows of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association as the 1998 Trial Lawyer of the Year
• National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1980 Certified Civil Trial Advocate
• National Board of Trial Advocacy State Coordinator for Indiana
• American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
• Member Railroad Law Section
• Member of Motor Vehicle Accident, Highway and Premises Liability Section
• Indiana Super Lawyer since 2006
• The National Registry of Who’s Who Life Member
• Martindale Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated

Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
• SuperLawyer 2023 

Community Involvement

• Greater Indiana Master Swimming Association
• Collegiate Swimming Officials Association
• Tippco Soccer Club Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for his coaching and contribution to the development of youth soccer in Tippecanoe County.

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