| Biography | Elected as the Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 2002. Assistant Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: "Indiana's 'Common Sense' Approach to Daubert," Indiana Lawyer, 2001; "Daubert in Indiana - There is a Difference," ATLA Lifetime Achievement Seminar, 2/2002; Note, "Redlining: Potential Sherman Act and Civil Rights Violations Raised By Lending Policies," Vol. 8, Issue 6, The Indiana Law Review, 1976; "The Non-Party Defense in Comparative Fault Cases," Res Gestae, 1988. Lecturer: Comparative Fault, Indiana Trial Lawyers Annual Seminar, December, 1987; Finding Expert Witnesses, Indiana State Bar Association, September, 1988; Handling the Non-Party Defense, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, March, 1990; A Cause of Action for Loss of Chance, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, March, 1992; "Handling the Non-Catastrophic Brain Injury Case," Indiana State Bar Association, February, 1993; "Proving That Medical Bills are Reasonable and Necessary," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, March, 1993; "The Use of Requests For Admission at Trial," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, March, 1994; "Product Liability: The Enforcement Case," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, June, 1994; "Demonstrative Evidence: Types, Practiced Applications and Admissibility," Indianapolis Bar Association, November, 1994; "Suing the Sovereign," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, January, 1994; "Use of 3-D Computer Animation in Litigation," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, March, 1995; "Underinsurance from the Plaintiffs Perspective," Indianapolis Bar Association, October, 1996; "Using Computers in the Practice of Law," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, November, 1996; "Understanding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Their Application," ATLA Summer Convention, 1997; "Traumatic Brain Injury Without Significant Coma," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, August, 1997; "Economic Loss of Spouse in Wrongful Death Case", 1998; "Daubert Standards and TBI Litigation," Brain Injury Association of New York State, June, 2000; "Daubert and the Progeny," Nonscientific Experts," ATLA Las Vegas Seminar, March, 2001; "Traumatic Brain Injury Refresher Course," ICLEF, May 15, 2001; "Trial Proof in a Brain Injury Case," Brain Injury Association of California, Napa, California, September, 2001; "Understanding Federal Regulations in Large Truck Cases," ATLA Summer Seminar, Atlanta, GA, July 20, 2002; "Voir Dire in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases," ATLA Summer Seminar, Atlanta, GA, July 22, 2002; "Using Technology Effectively," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar, Indianapolis, IN, November 8, 2002; "Beware! Your Third-Party Settlement May Cut Off Workers Compensation Benefits," 15th Lifetime Achievement Seminar, ITLA, Indianapolis, IN, February 28, 2003. Moderator: Discovery, Depositions, and Other Related Topics, Annual ATLA Seminar During Jazz Fest, New Orleans, LA, May 1, 2003; "Utilizing the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Regulations in Trucking Cases," ITLA Seminar, Indianapolis, IN, May 21, 2003; "Mild Brain Injury: Is An Attorney Needed?," Annual Conference, National Association of Legal Investigators, Indianapolis, IN, June 26, 2003; "Unethical Defense Witnesses," Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, 2003; "The Give and Take of Depositions: Giving, Taking and Defending," 5th Annual BIA Medical/Legal Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 10 and 11, 2003. "Recent Update of ITLA Amicus Cases," ITLA Seminar, February, 2004. Lectures and Publications: "Plaintiff's Perspective-Filling the Empty Chair," Indianapolis Bar Association, October 1993; "Suing the Sovereign," ICLEF, January 1994.; "Demonstrative Evidence: Types, Cost Factors and Effectiveness," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF), February 1994; "Statutory Non-Party Provisions Similar to Those in Indiana Found to be unconstitutional by Montana Supreme Court," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, April 1996; "A Look Into the Future-Important Issues Pending on Appeal," ITLA, March 2000; "Mixing Legal Issues & Medical Professionals," Brain Injury Association of Indiana; "The Day in the Life Video in the Catastrophic Brain Injury Case," North American Brain Injury Society 18th Annual Seminar, Amelia Island, September 2005. Moderator: "Black Boxes: How to Successfully use Electronic Data Recorders to Prove Your Client's Case," ATLA, March 14, 2006; "Deposition and Cross-Examination of the Defendant Driver," ATLA's Litigating Trucking Cases from Discovery to Trial, Las Vegas, NV, October 2006; "Nuts and Bolts of a Traumatic Brain Injury Trial," AAJ, July, 2007, Chicago, IL.; "Demonstrating the Nature and Extent of the injury: The Use of Photographs, Video and Medical Illustrations," ITLA Lifetime Achievement Seminar, April, 2008; "Deposition and Cross-Examination of the Defendant Truck Driver," Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, St. Louis, MO , May 30, 2008; "The Challenge of Handling the TBI Case - An Overview," North American Brain Injury Society, NABIS Medical Legal Conference on Brain Injury, New Orleans, LA, October 2, 2008; "Application of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to Trucking Collisions," Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America/Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, October 25, 2008, Atlanta, GA; "Art of Persuasion in the Trial of a TBI Case," 9th Annual State of the Art Medical and Rehabilitative Care in Brain Injury: California Brain Injury Association, Napa, California, November, 2008; "Use of Demonstrative Evidence in the Brain Injury Case", 2009 AAJ Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. "The Attorney as Case Manager in the TBI Case", 2010 NABIS Conference, Minneapolis, MN. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) |