PRACTICE AREAS:
Insurance Coverage, Litigation.

EDUCATION:
Carleton College, B.A. (magna cum laude) 1984; Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, J.D. (magna cum laude) 1987. Note and Development Editor, Indiana Law Review (1986-1987).

EXPERIENCE:
Provides advice to insurance companies with regard to coverage issues and represents insurers in coverage litigation.

Defends clients in personal injury litigation.

Represents businesses in commercial litigation.

Represented clients in the following reported cases:

Auto Owners Ins. Co. v. United Farm Bureau Ins. Co., 560 N.E.2d 549 (Ind. Ct. App. 1990);
Knight v. United Farm Bureau Ins. Co., 950 F.2d 377 (7th Cir. 1991);
Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. Pure Air, 154 F.R.D. 202 (N.D. Ind. 1993);
Illinois Farmers Ins. Co. v. Adams, 144 F.3d 1129 (7th Cir. 1998);
Darst v. Illinois Farmers Ins. Co., 716 N.E.2d 579 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999);
Baxter v. ISTA Ins. Trust, 749 N.E.2d 47 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001);
Jackson v. Jones, 804 N.E.2d 155 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004);
Federated Rural Elec. Ins. Exchange v. National Farmers Union Prop. & Cas. Co., 816 N.E.2d 805 N.E.2d 456 transfer granted 816 N.E.2d 1157 (Ind. 2004);
Illinois Farmers Ins. Co. v. Wiegand, 808 N.E.2d 180 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004);
Midtown Chiropractic v. Illinois Farmers Ins. Co., 847 N.E.2d 942 (Ind.2006);
Abstract Title and Guaranty Co. v. Chicago Ins. Co., F3d (7th Cir. 2007), 2007 U.S. App. Lexis 12999

SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Speaker at ICLEF’s “Advanced Insurance Law,” 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, NBI’s “Insurance Litigation in Indiana,” 1995, 1997, ICLEF’s “Uninsured/Underinsured Motorists,” 1996.

ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to Bar, 1987, Indiana. Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

COMMUNITY AND CIVIC:
Moderator, Downey Avenue Christian Church 2004, Vice Moderator Downey Avenue Christian Church 2002-2003

MEMBERSHIPS:
Indianapolis Bar Association (Litigation Section)
Indiana State Bar Association
American Bar Association (Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice Sections)
Defense Research Institute
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (Chair of Insurance Coverage Section 1999)

AWARDS:
American Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure and Family Law;

Indianapolis Monthly Super Lawyer 2004