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Visibility Rankings  | | #20 out of 158 lawyers in Valparaiso, Indiana | | #127,687 out of 893,079 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Plaintiffs Personal Injury(100%); Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Third Party Wrongful Death; Brain Injury; Severe Burns; Construction Accidents; Truck Accidents; Railroad Accidents and Injuries; Aviation Accidents; Medical Malpractice; Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA); Products Liability; Airplane Crash Litigation; Trucking Liability; Negligence; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Boating Accidents; Aquatic Injuries; Head Injury; Electrical Injury; Motorcycle Accidents; School Bus Accidents; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Mass Torts; Tort Liability; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Personal Injury | | | Education | Indiana University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1981, Cambridge University, England; Valparaiso University, A.B., 1979 | | | Admitted | 1981, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 1986, Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Memberships | Chicago, Lake County, Porter County, Illinois State, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Sustaining Member); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member). | | | Born | Gary, Indiana | | | Biography | United Way Leadership Donor and Member, The Tocqueville Society. Named, Distinguished Barrister for Leadership in the Law, 2008. Recipient, Fifth Annual Child Safety Advocate Award, Indiana University School of Medicine - Automotive Safety Program. Appointed Class Counsel in several important class actions, including the South Shore Train Crash at Gary, Indiana, on January 18, 1993; the Nurseryland Bus Crash at Gary, Indiana, on June 25, 1998; the Truck/Train Collision at Portage, Indiana, on June 18, 1998. Also appointed to Plaintiffs' Discovery Committee for the Air Crash Disaster at Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19, 1989. Clients have been featured on DATELINE and he has also been interviewed on INSIDE EDITION, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, WGN, FOX, listed in Who's Who in American Law and on OPRAH. Former Superior Court Judge, pro tempore. Member, Carpenter's Union (UBC). Former Member, Teamster's Union (IBT). Former railroad Track Laborer (UTU). Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation (Life Patron Fellow). | | | Reported Cases | Van Swol v. ISG Burns Harbor, LLC, 491 F. Supp. 2d 80 (2008); Florio v. Tilley and CalArk International, Inc., 875 N.E. 2d 253 (Ind. Ct. App., 2007); Bond v. Walsh & Kelly, Inc., 869 N.E. 2d 1264 (2007); Recio v. GR-MHA Corp., 366 Ill. App. 3d 48; 851 N.E. 2d 106 (2006); Allstate v. Fields, 842 N.E. 2d 804 (Ind. 2006); R & D Transp., Inc. v. A.H., 855 N.E. 2d 996 (2006); Reliable Dev. Corp. v. Berrier, 851 N.E. 2d 983 (2006); Walker v. Emplrs Ins. of Wausau, 846 N.E. 2d 1098 (2006); Parks v. Guidant Corp., 402 F. Supp. 2d 964 (N.D. Ind. 2005); Anderson v Griffin, 397 F.3d 515 (7th Cir. 2005); Madden v. INDOT, 832 N.E. 2d 1122 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005); Bechard v. CSX Corp., 415 F.3d 205 (7th Cir. 2005); In re Estate of Hammar, 832 N.E. 2d 1065 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005); Mesman v. Crane Pro Services, 409 F.3d 846 (7th Cir. 2005); Monroe Guaranty Ins. Co. v. Berrier, 827 N.E. 2d 158 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005); Funston v. School Town of Munster, 822 N.E. 2d 985 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004), transfer granted 831 N.E. 2d 748 (Ind. 2005); Csicsko v. Hill, 808 N.E. 2d 80 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004); Woodley v. Fields, 819 N.E. 2d 123 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004), transfer granted, 831 N.E. 2d 750 (Ind. 2005); Messer v. Cerestar USA, Inc., 803 N.E. 2d 1240 (Ind. App. 2004); Fifth Third Bank v. CSX Corp., 306 F. Supp. 2d 841 (N.D. Ind. 2004); Strack and Van Til, Inc. v. Carter, 803 N.E. 2d 666 (Ind. App. 2004); Fifth Third Bank v. CSX Corp. 306 F. Supp. 2d 841 (N.D. Ind. 2004); Evans v. Buffington Harbor River Boats, LLC, 799 N.E. 2d 1103 (Ind. App. 2003); Wright v. American States Ins. Co., 765 N.E. 2d 690 (Ind. App. 2002); Indian Trucking v. Harber, 752 N.E. 2d 168 (Ind. App. 2001); Kleen v. Homak Mfg. Co., Inc., 749 N.E. 2d 26 (Ill. App. 1 Dist. 2001); Schmidt v. American Trailer Court, Inc., 721 N.E. 2d 1251 (Ind. App. 1999); Pluard ex rel. Pluard v. Patients Compensation Fund, 705 N.E. 2d 1035 (Ind. App. 1999); Barclay v. Universal Underwriters Group, 703 N.E. 2d 169 (Ind. App. 1998); Grand Trunk Western R. Co. v. Kapitan, 698 N.E. 2d 363 (Ind. App. 1998); Thiele v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 973 F. Supp. 1091 (N.D. Ind. 1997); In re Train Collision at Gary, Ind. on Jan. 18, 1993, 670 N.E. 2d 902 (Ind. App. 1996); In re Train Collision at Gary, Ind. on Jan. 18, 1993, 654 N.E. 2d 1137 (Ind. App. 1995); Osmulski v. Becze, 638 N.E. 2d 828, (Ind. App. 1994); Precision Erecting, Inc. v. Wokurka, 638 N.E. 2d 472 (Ind. App. 1994); Voight v. Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc., 141 F.R.D. 99 (N.D. Ind. 1992). | | | ISLN | 909484284 | |
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