PRACTICE AREAS:
Civil litigation (commercial and products liability); insurance coverage (with special emphasis on complex and environmental claims); medical malpractice.

EDUCATION:
Indiana University, B.S., 1979; J.D. (cum laude) 1983. Associate Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1982-1983. Phi Alpha Delta (Justice, 1982-1983).

EXPERIENCE:
20+ jury trials.

Insurance coverage involving claims for coverage for environmental damage and remediation, for products liability, and other complex insurance matters.

Defense of manufacturers in products liability claims including medical products, safety equipment, chemicals, compressed gases. Defense of physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers in medical malpractice claims.

Commercial litigation involving claims for breach of contract, defective components.

SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Speaker: November 2003, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar, Bad Faith Claims in Litigation on “History of Bad Faith in Indiana”
• Speaker: October 2002, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar, Torts for Legal Support Staff and Paralegals on “Ethics and Paralegals”
• Speaker: October 2002, The National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues (formerly MECA) on “Complex Issues of Trigger/Allocation”
• Faculty: National Institute of Trial Advocacy (“NITA”) Seminar, Developing Deposition Skills (1998, 1999, 2000)
• Roundtable Panel Member: November 1999, Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Annual Meeting, Surviving an Audit After Recent Ethics Committee Opinions
• Speaker: September 1999, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar Complex Litigation, Making Order out of Chaos on “Joint Defense Agreements”
• Speaker: October 1997, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar, Insurance Law Institute on Legal Issue and Trends in Litigation of Environmental Claims - the Insurance Company Perspective
• Speaker: September 1996, The Midwest Environmental Claims Association, “When in Doubt D.J.”
• Speaker: (1992) Indiana Defense Lawyers Association and Insurance Institute of Indiana Annual Meeting, Case Law Update

ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to Bar, 1983, Indiana. Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, 1983; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1985; United States Supreme Court, .1998

COMMUNITY AND CIVIC:
Indianapolis Air Pollution Control Board 1996-2000

MEMBERSHIPS:
Indianapolis Bar Association (Litigation Section)
Indiana State Bar Association (Environmental Law Section)
Defense Research Institute (State Representative for Indiana)
International Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (Board of Directors)

AWARDS:
Indianapolis Monthly Magazine �Superlawyers� 2004