Areas of Practice:
Emphasize Criminal Law Defense
Appellate Work
Governmental Representation

Litigation Percentage:
60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:
Indiana, 1963
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1963
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1963
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1963
U.S. Supreme Court, 1976

Education:
Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1963 J.D.

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1962 B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude

Published Works:
"Relevancy - Old Rule, New Approach", Res Gestae - Indiana State Bar Association, 1994

"Character & Habit Evidence", Res Gestae, 1994

Representative Cases:
Jeffers v. U.S., 432 U.S, 137, 97 (United States Supreme Court 1977)

Representative Clients:
Town of Kentland
Town of Fowler
City of Rensselaer
County of Newton
Town Merrillville
Town of Dyer
City of Gary

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Rules of Criminal Procedure, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF), 1977

Attorney Teacher, Trial Advocacy Program of the Indiana Public Defender Council, 1982

Lecturer, Defense of Child Molesting Cases, ICLEF, 1990

Rule of Evidence Seminar, Indiana Public Defenders Council, 1993

Rules of Evidence Seminar, Indianapolis Bar Association, 1993

Rules of Evidence Seminar, Indiana Judges Association, 1993

Rules of Evidence Seminar, Indiana Judges Annual Conference, 1993

Rules of Evidence Seminar, ICLEF, 1993

Criminal Defense Skills, ICLEF, 1994

The 1994 Rules of Evidence Roundup, ICLEF

"Character Evidence and 404(b); Written Material and Oral Presentation", Indiana Judicial Conference, 1995

"Handling The Drug Case" Seminar, ICLEF, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Newton County Bar Association
Secretary

Newton County Bar Association
President

Lake County and State Bar Association
Member

Past Employment Positions:
Justice Hon. Amos Justice, Indiana Supreme Court, Indianapolis, IN, Clerk, 1963 - 1964

Practiced law with Ralph E. Bower in Kentland, Newton County, IN, 1964 - 1985

Newton Superior Court, Permanent Judge Pro Tern, 1985 - 1986