PRACTICE AREAS:
Business law and litigation serving the insurance, manufacturing, banking, real estate and construction industries.

EDUCATION:
University of Notre Dame, B.B.A. (with high honors) 1986; Indiana University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude) 1993.

EXPERIENCE:
Certified Public Accountant in California (inactive).

Negotiation, drafting and litigation of business contracts; prosecution and defense of shareholder, products liability, premises liability, construction, insurance and other litigation for both public and private companies; real estate; lender documentation and review.

SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Speaker and Moderator at Insurance Institute of Indiana Annual Seminar for Insurance Professionals and Defense Trial Attorneys. Speaker at Better Business Bureau Seminar for Business and Tax Planning.

ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to Bar, 1993, Indiana. Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit.

COMMUNITY AND CIVIC:
Notre Dame Alumni Association
Indiana University Alumni Association
Holy Spirit at Geist Church

MEMBERSHIPS:
Board Member, Indiana State Bar Association Insurance Agency
Advisory Board Member, Central Indiana Small Business Development Center
Defense Research Institute
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
American Bar Association
Seventh Circuit Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association
Indianapolis Bar Association

AWARDS:
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Negotiable Instruments