PRACTICE AREAS:
Business Law and Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Construction Law, Employment Law.

EDUCATION:
Indiana University-Bloomington, B.S. (with high distinction) 1997; J.D. (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif) 2000. Notes Editor, Federal Communications Law Journal, 1999-2000.

EXPERIENCE:
A wide range of litigation matters in both state and federal courts, including construction disputes, patent, trademark and copyright infringement, employment discrimination, products liability, shareholder disputes, and real estate disputes. First-chair trial experience in employment discrimination and construction cases.

Selection and formation of business entities, mergers and acquisitions, and general contractual matters. Selection and registration of trademarks, service marks, and copyrights.

SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Enjoining Lender and Surety Payments in a Bad Economy,” DTCI Annual Conference, November 2009.
Business Litigation Case Law Update, DTCI Annual Meeting, November 2007.
The Abrogation of the Indiana Common Law Prejudgment Interest Doctrine in Tort Cases, 3 IN. CIV. LIT. REV. 243 (2006).
Jury Verdict Update, Insurance Institute of Indiana Defense Seminar: Current Litigation Trends, October 2005.
Note, Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Private TCPA Claims: Why The Federal Courts of Appeal Got It Right, 52 FED.COMM.L.J. 189 (1999), cited in United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc. v. F.C.C., 147 F.Supp.2d 965, 975 (D.Ariz. 2000), and WRIGHT, MILLER & COOPER: FEDERAL PRAC. & PROC. & 3562, The Meaning of "Arising Under," n. 45.1.

ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to Bar, 2000, Indiana. Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana.

COMMUNITY AND CIVIC:
President, Board of Directors, Autumn Ridge Homeowners Association.
Volunteer, Indy Thunder Beep Ball Team (baseball for the visually impaired).

MEMBERSHIPS:
Chair, Business Litigation Section, Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (2007- Present)
Indianapolis Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association

AWARDS:
Scribe Award for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing.