Meet the Attorneys Practicing Law in Indiana

Indiana State University (B.S., 1969)

Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis (J.D., 1972).  

Fraternity: Phi Delta Phi. 

ABOTA Certified Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1998. 

Law Clerk, Indiana Court of Appeals, 1970-1972. 

Attorney: Vigo County School System, 1974-1979; Terre Haute Housing Authority, 1980-1981. 

Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association in 2020

ITLA Lawyer of the Year, 2005. 

Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America®, 2001. 

Publications in the ITLA Lifetime Achievement Seminar Series:

"It's the Little Things that Count: Finding the Levers that Get Settlements" (1994)

"Electrifying Livestock with Devastating Results" (1995)

"The Jurors Right To Question Witnesses, Your Real Time Focus Group" (1996)

"Preferred Venue is Your Clients Home County" (1997). 

Llewellyn v. Beasley, 415 NE 2d 789 (Ind.App. 1981)

Decker v. State, 426 NE 2d 151 (Ind.App. 1981) 

Skinner v. Martin, 455 NE 2d 1168 (Ind.App. 1983)

Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co. v. THI, Inc., 467NE 2d 37 (Ind.App. 1984)

Indiana &Michigan Elec.Co. v. THI, Inc., 507 NE 2d 588 (Ind.App. 1987)

Indiana &Michigan Elec. Co. v. THI, Inc., 525 NE 2d 1247 (Ind.App. 1988)

Page v. Hines, 594 NE 2d 485 (Ind.App. 1992)

Simon v. Clark, 660 NE 2d 660, NE 2d 634 (Ind.App. 1996)

Haltom v. Bruner and Meis, Inc., 680 NE 2d 6 (Ind.App. 1997)

WorldCom Network Services, Inc. v .Thompson, 684 NE 2d 211 (Ind.App. 1997)

WorldCom v. Thompson, 698 NE 2d 1188 (Ind. 1998)

WorldCom v .Thompson, 698 NE 2d 1233 (Ind.App. 1998)

Fischer v. Tipmont REMC, 716 NE 2d 357 (Ind. 1999), 697 NE 2d 83 (Ind.App.1998); M.V. v. 

Charter Terre Haute, 712 NE 2d 1064 (Ind.App. 1999)

Fischer-Marsh v. Fischer, 774 NE 2d 516 (Ind. 2002), 763 NE 2d 3 (Ind.App. 2002)

Mega Life & Health Insurance Company v. Dryer, 783 NE 2d 1285 (Ind.App. 2003)

Charles Shaffer v. State, 795 NE 2d 1072 (Ind.App. 2003)

Auto-Owners v. Harvey, 813 EN 2d 1190 (Ind.App. 2004), 842 NE 2d 1279 (Ind. 2006)

Hellmann v. City of Terre Haute, 814 NE 2d 1074 (Ind.App. 2004)

Swift v. Pirnat , 828 NE 2d 444 (Ind.App. 2005)

Doe v. Lafayette School Corporation, 846 NE 2d 691 (Ind. App. 2006)

Cain v. Griffin, 849 NE 2d 507 (Ind. 2006)

West American Ins. Co. v. Cates, 865 NE 2d 1016 (Ind.App. 2007)

Hoesman v. Scheffler, 886 NE 2d 622 (Ind.App. 2008)

Lawson v. Hale, 902 NE 2d 267 (Ind.App. 2009)

Woodsmall v. Lost Creek Twp. Conservation Club, 939 NE 2d 899 (Ind.Ct.App. 2010) trans denied

Ind. Dept. of Ins. v. Everhart, 939 NE 2d 1106 (Ind.Ct.App. 2010), 960 NE 2d 129 (Ind. 2012)

Kearschner v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., 192 N.E.3d 946 (Ind.App. 2022), 201 N.E.3d 604 (Ind. 2023)

Coulson-Smith v. Coulson, 210 N.E.3d 841 (Ind.App. 2023). 

Terre Haute Bar Association (President, 2000-2001)

Indiana State Bar Association

Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1993)

College of Fellows (President, 2015-2016)

American Association for Justice. 

University of Kentucky (B.A., 2000)

Legal education:

Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., 2003). 

Fraternity: Phi Alpha Delta. 

Doe v. LaFayette School Corp., 846 NE 2d 691 (Ind.App. 2006)

Hoesman v. Sheffler, 886 NE 2d 622 (Ind.App. 2008)

Lawson v. Hale, 902 NE 2d 267 (Ind.App. 2009)

Woodsmall v. Lost Creek Twp. Conservation Club, 939 NE 2d 899 (Ind.App. 2010) trans. denied

Kearschner v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., 192 N.E.3d 946 (Ind.App. 2022); 201 N.E.3d 604 (Ind. 2023)

Coulson-Smith v. Coulson, 210 N.E.3d 841 (Ind.App.2023). 

Terre Haute Bar Association (Secretary, 2006-2007)

Indiana State Bar Association

Indiana Trial Lawyers Association

American Association for Justice