Business Law

Tax exempt organizations and small businesses.

• Franchising
• Joint Ventures
• Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt Corporations
• Partnerships
• Professional Corporations
• Shareholders' Rights
• Trade Associations

• Breach of Contract
• Contract Disputes
• Contract Drafting & Review
• Employment Contracts
• Franchises
• Non-Compete Contracts
• Secured Transactions
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Warranties

• Commercial Construction Contracts

IN, Jan 1994
Bar Number: 17562-49

U.S. District Court, Northern Indiana; U.S. District Court, Southern Indiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit.

American Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Association and Hamilton County Bar Association.

I attend continuing education courses on a wide range of topics related to business law and nonprofit organizations.

"Limiting the Discretion of the Administrator of Poor Relief in Indiana," Indiana Law Review, vol. 26, no. 3, 1993, p.631.

One of the most challenging transactions I've worked on was a $1.3 billion outsourcing of energy services. The deal involved the purchase of natural gas and electricity, the operation and maintenance of energy infrastructure (boilers, chillers, etc.), and the design and installation of energy saving projects.

1

Indiana

My practice focuses on two groups of clients - small businesses and nonprofit organizations. In serving small businesses, I draw from my in-house experience, which was primarily in commercial transactions. In serving nonprofit organizations, I am building on ten years experience doing pro bono work with the Community Development Law Center, an organization in Indianapolis that provides legal services to nonprofit organizations that work with low income communities.

I started my own law practice in Fishers, Indiana in 2008 after I elected early retirement from a job as in-house counsel for a major pharmaceutical company. I chose Fishers as the location for my practice because it is a strong, vibrant, growing community of families, businesses and other organizations.

I was in-house counsel at Eli Lilly and Company for more than fourteen years, practicing in the environmental group, the securities group, and the commercial transactions group. As a commercial lawyer I worked on a wide spectrum of transactions, including strategic sourcing initiatives, outsourcing transactions, joint ventures, and procurement contracts for goods and services ranging from advertising and market research, to laboratory research, to construction, to professional and consulting services. While at Lilly, I organized the Company's first pro bono legal program to provide legal services to low income individuals and to nonprofit organizations that work with low income communities.

For thirteen years before I became a lawyer, I worked for the same company as a chemical engineer and as a department head of biochemical engineering.

Contract attorney for the Community Development Law Center, Indianapolis
Adjunct Professor for the Nonprofit Externship program at the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
2004 Heartland Pro Bono Award recipient (Indiana Heartland Pro Bono Council)

(317) 542-8543

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Others by appointment.

No

Fixed fees are available for some, but not all, types of services.  An estimate of the total fee likely to be charged for your particular case is available without obligation. If you want a fixed fee and it is available for your particular case, the exact amount will be stated in a written agreement before the work begins.

My standard hourly rate is $295.  Of course, the total fee charged will depend not only on the agreed hourly rate, but also on the number of hours worked on your case.  An estimate of the total fee likely to be charged for your particular case is available without obligation.

I generally offer a free 30 to 45 minute initial consultation so you and I can decide if we want to work together.

It depends.  If I will be working by the hour, I usually ask for advance payment of at least a portion of the total estimated fees.  The advance payment is held in a trust account until the fee is earned.