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Recognized to Indiana Chapter for Mediation
Video ConferencingRegularly travels out of state to: Kentucky
Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Fact Finding, Insurance Umpire, Med-Arb, Mini-Trial JudgeAvailable
- Practice Commenced1992
- # of MEDS (as of 8/12/24)2000
- # of ARBS (as of 8/12/24)20
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
A broad based legal career beginning in 1980 has transitioned to a mediation practice going back to 1992. Experienced in routine cases as well as mass actions/multi-party litigation with complex issues and claims. With a mobile mediation office I am able to accommodate your mediation needs. Contact me for references, to discuss your mediation needs further, or to schedule mediation.
Case Experience
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Contract Disputes
- Discrimination
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Engineering
- Environmental
- Family Businesses
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceuticals
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Trusts / Estates
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- B.A. English, cum laude, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1977
- Phi Beta Kappa
- 1976 Undergraduate Fellowship in English, 1976-1977
- J.D., Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, 1980
- Registered Indiana Civil Mediator, 1992-present
Memberships & Affiliations
- National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, 2015 - present
- The Best Lawyers in America, Mediation Law 2015, 2020-2024
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2007, 2009-2018, 2022
- Top 50 Indiana SuperLawyers®, 2013 - 2016, 2018-2020, 2022
- Indiana SuperLawyers®. ADR, 2016-2024
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation - Insurance in Indianapolis, 2020 Lawyer of the Year
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Insurance 2020-2023
- The Best Lawyers inAmerica®, Product Liability Litigation, Defendants, 2020-2023
- Indiana SuperLawyers®, Civil Litigation Defense, 2005, 2007-2015
- AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability™
- Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™, 2009
- Diplomat of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, installed in 2011
Rates Information
$500 to $1,000/hour; rates may be customized in certain situations and/or for multi-party cases and taking into consideration travel.