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Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Federal Courts; Commercial Litigation; Insurance

Additional Information: Indianapolis (Graduate, Bar Leader Series III, 2006; Member, Steering Committee, Bar Leader Series, 2006—) and Indiana State (Treasurer, Appellate Practice Section, 2007—; Member, Nominating Committee, Appellate Practice Section, 2006—; Liaison, Indiana Appellate Courts E-Filing Committee, Appellate Practice Section, 2005—; Second District Councilman, Appellate Practice Section, 2003-2005) Bar Associations;

Frequent Speaker on appellate-related topics. Barrister, Indianapolis Inn of Court, 2007—. Board Member, Indianapolis Chapter, Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, 2007—. Indiana Chair, Seventh Circuit Bar Association's Circuit Rider Committee, 2005—. Seventh Circuit American Jury Project Commission Facilitator, 2006. Chair, Indiana Appellate Rules Review Committee, 2003.

Jones v. Womacks, 852 N.E.2d 1035 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006), trans. granted and appeal dismissed as moot (Ind. May 21, 2007); Cinergy Corp. v. Associated Elec. & Gas Ins. Servs., Ltd., 865 N.E.2d 571 (Ind. 2007); Glenn v. Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 861 N.E.2d 1 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007), trans. granted and appeal dismissed as moot (Ind. June 15, 2007); Keenan v. Butler, 869 N.E.2d 1284 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007); Robert Lynn Co. v. Town of Clarksville Bd. of Zoning App., 867 N.E.2d 660 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007); United States v. Sherrod, 445 F.3d 980 (7th Cir. 2006); Schultz v. Ford Motor Co., 857 N.E.2d 977 (Ind. 2006); Bonney v. Ind. Fin. Auth. , 849 N.E.2d 473 (Ind. 2006) (of record); Americans for the Arts v. Ruth Lilly Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust No. 1 U/A January 18, 2002, 855 N.E.2d 592 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006); Williams v. Riverside Cmty. Corrections Corp., 846 N.E.2d 738 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006); Mid-American Fire & Cas. Co. v. Shoney's Inc., 843 N.E.2d 548 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006); Price v. Am. Cyanamid Co., No. 2:04-CV-242 PS, 2006 WL 694747 (N.D. Ind. Mar. 14, 2006); Allgood v. Meridian Sec. Ins. Co., 836 N.E.2d 243 (Ind. 2005) (participated at intermediate appellate level only); Knightstown Banner, LLC v. Town of Knightstown, 838 N.E.2d 1127 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005); Nickels v. Bryant, 839 N.E.2d 1211 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005); U.S. Land Servs., Inc. v. U.S. Surveyor, Inc., 826 N.E.2d 49 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005); Osler Institute, Inc. v. Forde, 386 F.3d 816 (7th Cir. 2004) (on brief); Jennings v. AC Hydraulic A/S, 383 F.3d 546 (7th Cir. 2004); East Coast Fasteners & Closures, Inc. v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 93 Fed. Appx. 948 (7th Cir. 2004); Butler Univ. v. In re Unsupervised Estate of Verdak, 815 N.E.2d 185 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004); Ziliak v. AstraZeneca LP, 324 F.3d 518 (7th Cir. 2003) (on brief); Murray v. Conseco, Inc., 795 N.E.2d 454 (Ind. 2003); E & S Mems, L.L.C. v. Eagen, 795 N.E.2d 508 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003); Mary's Med. Ctr. v. Loomis, 783 N.E.2d 274 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002); Huntington County Commun. Sch. Corp. v. State Bd. of Tax Comm'rs, 757 N.E.2d 235 (Ind. Tax

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Firm Members: James Petersen David Carr Julie Conrad Ryan Metzing George Gasper Jessa DeGroote Meredith Wood Brent Huber