Law License and Admissions
First Admitted to Practice Law: 1982
Licensed to Practice Law: Illinois,
Indiana
Noteworthy Achievements
Professional Associations
Lake County and Indiana State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association; “The Million Dollar Advocates Forum – The Top Trial Lawyers in America.” Other Professional Licenses
Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate (1996) Other Professional Licenses
Author, The Contributory Negligence Defense as Applied Against Children in Indiana, 16 Valparaiso University Law Review 319-359 (1982); Co-Author, Latent Heart Injury Following Vehicular Impact or Other Blunt Chest Trauma, 35 The Trial Lawyer’s Guide 3 (Callaghan 1991); Co-author, Indiana Not-for-Profit Corporations: Standing to Maintain a Derivative Suit on Behalf of the Corporation, a Member’s Suit to Enforce Membership Rights or a Citizen’s Suit to Enforce Performance of Charitable Obligations, 25 Valparaiso University Law Review 249 (1991); Author, Preparing Dog Bite Cases, 28 Verdict 3 (2007); Author, The Rescue Doctrine, 30 Verdict 1 (2008); Notable Appearances
Speaker, The Ambulance Intersection Case (ITLA, April 2010); Speaker, Medicare Set-Asides In Personal Injury Litigation (NBI, October, 2011); Speaker, Litigating Insurance Coverage Claims From Start To Finish (NBI, December, 2012); Speaker, In the Trenches: Hearsay, Email, Business Records and Social Media (NBI, August, 2014); Speaker, Advanced Issues in Personal Injury Litigation (NBI, December 2014)