PRACTICE AREAS:
Business law and litigation serving the insurance, healthcare, construction, real estate, media, not-for-profit and entertainment industries.

EDUCATION:
Kelly School of Business; Indiana University-Bloomington, B.S., Finance (with high distinction and Beta Gamma Sigma) 1975; J.D. Indiana University-Indianapolis Law School (magna cum laude, Associate Editor, Indiana Law Review) 1978.

EXPERIENCE:
Since 1978 Mr. Bennett has represented businesses, including product manufacturers, construction contractors, real estate and development companies, hospitals, nursing homes, and transportation companies as well as professionals, including doctors, lawyers, insurance and real estate agents and professional and fraternal associations, political subdivisions and municipalities including the City of Indianapolis in thousands of matters, many litigated to conclusion through dispositive motions, negotiated settlements, mediations, arbitrations and numerous bench and jury trials in State and Federal courts. He has argued appeals before the 7th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals and before the Indiana Supreme Court. He has been admitted to practice pro hac vice in various jurisdictions throughout the United States and has been admitted to the United States Supreme Court since 1991.

Mr. Bennett is also a certified Alternative Dispute Resolution mediator and has experience as an arbitrator and as judge Pro Tempore in the Marion Superior Courts.

Mr. Bennett forms business and not-for-profit entities and counsels them as well as their members, directors and shareholders on various issues, including governance, fiduciary duties and disclosure requirements, contractual matters, intellectual property registration and protection, risk management, recognizing and minimizing liability exposure, employment issues, non-compete, non-piracy and confidentiality agreements, regulatory and governmental relations, real estate and environmental issues, acquisitions, creditors rights, shareholder rights and exit strategies. He is also an experienced director serving in leadership positions on several corporate and not-for-profit boards.

SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Mr. Bennett has served as Chairman, Moderator and Faculty Member for business and litigation seminars on Maximizing Cash Flow, Trial Techniques, Evidence, Case Evaluation and Negotiation, Legal Ethics and Malpractice, Dispute Resolution, Handling Media Inquiries, Fraternity Risk Management and has been a featured speaker at a meeting of the Indiana Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has published articles in the Indianapolis Business Journal, Indiana Lawyer, Insurance Institute of Indiana Policy Maker and various trade publications and newsletters. Published appellate decisions include the following:

• Frohardt v. Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P., 788 N.E.2d 462 (Ind.App., May 13, 2003) (No. 49A02-0204-CV-324)
• PCL/Calumet v. EnterCitement, LLC, 760 N.E.2d 633 (Ind.App., Dec. 21, 2001) (No. 32A01-0011-CV-376)
• Vernon v. Acton, 732 N.E.2d 805 (Ind., June 30, 2000) (No. 49S02-9809-CV-488)
• L.W. v. Western Golf Ass’n., 712 N.E.2d 983, 136 Ed. Law Rep. 538 (Ind., July 12, 1999) (No. 79S02-9907-CV-379)
• Cinergy Corp. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 785 N.E.2d 586 (Ind.App., Mar. 17, 2003) (No. 49A02-0206-CV-503)
• Vernon v. Acton, 693 N.E.2d 1345, Transfer Granted, See Appellate Rule 11 (Ind.App., April 16, 1998) (No. 49A02-9702-CV-121)
• L.W. v. Western Golf Ass’n., 675 N.E.2d 760, 115 Ed. Law Rep. 1030 (Ind.App., Jan. 29, 1997) (No. 79A02-9507-CV-393)
• Fire Ins. Exchange v. Bell by Bell, 634 N.E.2d 517 (Ind.App. 2 Dist., May 05, 1994) (No. 49A02-9308-CV-415)
• Matter of Lawrance, 579 N.E.2d 32 (Ind., Sep. 16, 1991) (No. 29S04-9106-CV-00460)
• Reed v. Beachy Const. Corp., 781 N.E.2d 1145 (Ind.App., Dec. 27, 2002) (No. 34A04-0202-CV-90)
• Babinchak v. Town of Chesterton, 598 N.E.2d 1099 (Ind.App. 3 Dist., Sep. 10, 1992) (No. 75A03-9112-CV-372)
• Frampton v. Hutcherson, 784 N.E.2d 993 (Ind.App., Mar. 11, 2003) (No. 79A02-0204-CV-309)
• South v. Johnson & Dudley Real Estate, 437 N.E.2d 494 (Ind.App. 1 Dist., July 15, 1982) (No. 1-1281-A-359)
• Johnston v. Smith Surgical Group, 854 N.E.2d 388 (Ind. App. September 25, 2006) (No. 49A02-0503-CV-206)
• Cinergy Corp. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 873 N.E.2d 105 (Ind. App.2007)
• Berger v. Ohio Table Pad Co., 539 F. Supp. 2d 1069; 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2530
• Cinergy Corp. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co., (No. 32A04-0810-CV-622)

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ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to Indiana bar in 1978. Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; and U.S. Supreme Court. Pro hac vice admissions to practice law before courts in Ohio, Illinois and South Carolina.


COMMUNITY AND CIVIC:
Mr. Bennett is active on numerous community service committees and has experience as an Officer, Director and Counsel to several boards, including:

• Chairman of the Board, Central Indiana Better Business Bureau (2006- 2008)
Member, Board of Directors (2002-2008 )
• Counsel to the Better Business Bureau (2009- )
• Central Indiana Small Business Development Center, Board of Advisors (1999-2000) (2003- 2007)
• President, Board of Directors, Indianapolis City Market Corporation (1998-2000)
• Indianapolis Bar Foundation Board of Directors (1995-2002); President (2001)
• Indiana Chamber of Commerce: Small Business Council; Economic Development and Congressional Affairs Committees
• Indianapolis Bar Association, Board of Managers (1995-1997) (2001-2003)
• House of Delegates, Indiana State Bar Association (1996-2003)
• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Board of Directors (2004-2007 )
• Skyline Club Board of Governors (1994- )
• Treasurer and Director, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Board of Directors (2002- )
• Chairman, City of Indianapolis Equal Opportunity Advisory Board (1994-1996)
• Rotary Club of Indianapolis (1991-2004)
• Sr. Vice President and General Counsel for Hemophilia of Indiana, Inc. (1991-1999)
• General Counsel and Treasurer of the Indianapolis Press Club (1991-1998)
• Vice President and Director, American Pianists Association (1994-2000)
• Indianapolis Philharmonic Orchestra, Vice President, Board of Trustees (1995-2004)
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Historic Indianapolis City Market Foundation (2004-2007)
• Indiana Political Subdivision Risk Management Commission (2007- )
• Indianapolis Marion County Publis Library Strategic Planning Committee (2008)
• Board of Directors, Indianapolis Marion County Public Library Foundation (2009- )
• Board of Directors, Indiana Health Care Foundation (2009- )



MEMBERSHIPS:
Mr. Bennett is a member of the I.U. School of Business Alumni Association, American Bar Association Construction Forum, Litigation, and Intellectual Property Sections, International Association of Defense Counsel, Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, past President of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation, Chairman of the Executive Counsel of the Indianapolis Bar Association Litigation Section (1994), Chairman of the IBA Judicial Evaluation Committee (1996), Indiana State and American Bar Associations, Indiana State Bar Association (House of Delegates and Litigation Section), Indianapolis Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Indianapolis Downtown, Inc., Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Insurance Institute of Indiana, and Metro Indianapolis Coalition for Construction Safety, Inc.


AWARDS:
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Business Associations; named as a “Super Lawyer” in Indianapolis Monthly magazine; listed in several “Who’s Who” publications, including "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in American Law"; “Grand Buffalo” of Indianapolis Press Club and named by the Indianapolis Business Journal in its charter class of the top 40 “hotshots” from various professions and businesses who made their mark in Indianapolis before their 40th birthday; Indianapolis Bar Association Fellow; and Indiana Bar Association Fellow.


PERSONAL:
His wife, Donna Bennett, also an attorney, is the former Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Insurance.