PRACTICE AREAS:
Insurance Regulation, Insurance Defense, Corporate Law, Litigation, Insurance Coverage and Regulatory Compliance, Business and Commercial Law

EDUCATION:
University of Illinois, B.S., Finance (with high honors) 1974; M.B.A. (with high honors) 1976; Indiana University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude) 1978.

EXPERIENCE:
Joined the firm as a partner in November of 2002. Previously served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for both the Meridian Insurance Group and Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company.

Licensed to practice law in both Indiana and Illinois.

SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Speaker and moderator at past Insurance Institute of Indiana Annual Seminars for Insurance Professionals and Defense Trial Attorneys

ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to Bar, 1979, Illinois. Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana and United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Admitted to Bar, 1989, Indiana.

COMMUNITY AND CIVIC:
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parishioner
C. Y. O. Girls Basketball Coach
Board of Directors Woodland Country Club

MEMBERSHIPS:
Indianapolis Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association
American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice and Business Law Sections)
Illinois State Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana

Mr. McKinzie’s insurance industry affiliations have included:
Insurance Institute of Indiana Committees, including past Chairman of both Legislative Steering and Amicus Curiae Committees
Member Alliance of American Insurers Legal Committee
Member National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies Legal Committee
Member National Association of Independent Insurers Laws Committee
Member of the Indiana Insurance Guaranty Association Board of Directors (Chairman 1996-2000)
Founding Director of the Urban Insurance Partners Foundation

AWARDS:
Outstanding Leadership Award for four years as Chairman of Indiana Insurance Guaranty Association’s Board of Directors

Leadership Award for serving as Chairman of Insurance Institute of Indiana Legislative Study Committee