Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Alimony & Spousal Support
• Animal Bites -- Defense
• Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Child Support
• Closely Held Businesses
• Collections & Repossessions
• Commercial Leasing
• Commercial Real Estate
• Condominiums & Cooperatives
• Construction Contracts
• Construction Law
• Construction Liens
• Consumer Bankruptcy
• Consumer Protection
• Conveyancing
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Divorce
• Education Law
• Elder Law
• Eminent Domain
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Formation & Business Planning
• Government Contracts
• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Litigation & Appeals
• Living Wills
• Mortgages & Foreclosures
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Municipal Corporations
• Municipal Employment
• Municipal Liability
• Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
• Paternity
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Powers of Attorney and Appointment
• Premises Liability -- Defense
• Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Property Damage -- Defense
• Property Damage -- Plaintiff
• Public Schools
• Real Estate Law
• Residential Real Estate
• Slip and Fall -- Defense
• Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
• State & Municipal Contracts
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Trusts
• Wills

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 1975
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1975
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1989

Education

• Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1975
  J.D.
  Honors: Dean's List
  
  
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1971
  A.B.
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: Political Science and History
  
  

Honors and Awards

• W.D. Rollison Award for Excellence in Wills and Trusts
• Seldon Hale Award

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
  
  
• Indiana State Bar Association
  
  
• Madison County Bar Association
  
  
• Indiana Trial Lawyers
  
  
• Indiana Municipal Attorney Association
  
  
• U.S. Army
  
  
• Anderson Home Builders Association
  
  
• Millcreek Foundation
  
  

Ancillary Businesses

• Assistant City Attorney, Anderson, 1988 - Present
• Town Attorney, Town of Chesterfield, 1976 - Present

Fraternities/Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi
• Delta Upsilon

Birth Information

• March 14, 1949, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America