Criminal Defense

I concentrate my practice in the defense of those accused in drunk driving and habitual traffic violator cases, as well as criminal appeals and post-conviction relief.

• Appeals

• DUI
• Felony Auto Accidents
• Open Container
• Driving with a Suspended License
• DWI

IN, Jan 1979
Bar Number: 672 45

All Indiana State Courts.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), American Judges Association (AJA), National Association for Court Management (NACM).

I attend the Indiana Death Penalty Seminar at least every other year to maintain my qualification to defend death cases. I also attend appellate advocacy, forensic evidence, and update seminars. I always exceed the annual requirements for continuing legal education hours.

Since 1997, I have always provided supplemental materials for my students to use in my constitutional law and other classes. I have taught continuing legal education classes to other attorneys from time to time and provided the necessary materials. In 1994, I self-published a computer disc of my tried and tested practice forms called "Instant OWI," which I marketed and sold to other attorneys. I released updated discs in 1995 and 1996.

Case A: My client was charged with causing death while operating a vehicle while intoxicated, which is a Class C felony. In a suppression hearing, I was able to exclude the circumstantial evidence that he was the driver. The State dismissed all charges.

Case B: The client was arrested in his apartment and charged with operating while intoxicated (Class D felony) based upon the testimony of witnesses who supposedly saw him driving. The judge denied all of my motions to suppress and we went to jury trial. The jury came back with a not guilty verdict.

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Indiana

I returned to the private practice of law and re-established my sole proprietorship when I left the Lake County bench in September 1992. My practice has always been focused on criminal law, but as time has passed, I chose to limit my practice to criminal law with a heavy concentration in DUI/DWI/OWI defense.

I concentrate on the defense of those accused of drunk driving and related offenses throughout Indiana, but primarily in northwest and north central Indiana.

I served as a deputy prosecutor in Starke County from January 1979 to March 1980, and in Lake County from March 1980 through October 1981. I then entered private practice until July 1985, when I was appointed a presiding judge in the Superior Court of Lake County. I left the Superior Court bench In September 1992 to re-establish my private practice.

I have served as an adjunct professor at Indiana University (northwest campus) since Spring 1997, and have been recognized as Adjunct Professor of the Year in IU's School of Public & Environment Affairs (SPEA).

(888) 463-4757

I am available any time by appointment.

Yes

I operate on a flat fee basis in all except for the most serious felony cases. The fee varies depending upon the seriousness of the case, but the usual range is between $2,000 and $5,000, and includes trial time.

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Yes, and I do not impose any arbitrary time limit.

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