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Date of Appointment: July 28, 1981
Career Record: Deputy County Prosecuting Attorney, 38th Judicial Circuit of Indiana, 1963-1969; Chief Deputy 1967-1969; U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1970-1973; practiced law, 1962-1964, 1964-1970 Parry, Krueckeberg & Lee -Partner, and 1973-1981 Hunt, Suedhoff, Borror, Eilbacher & Lee -Partner.
Education: Yale University, A.B., 1959; University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1962.
Professional Recognition and Other Honors: 1972 - National Conservation Award--Izaak Walton League of America 1979 - Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers 1988 - Indiana Trial Judge of the Year 1999 - Doctor of Laws (Hon.) Huntington College 2001 - Sagamore of the Wabash
2005 - Nieman Citation for Excellence and Professionalism 2005 - Ove Jorgenson Spirit of Leadership Award
Past Professional Activites: Chair, Indiana Pro Bono Commision Member, Bankruptcy Judge Screening Committee of the Seventh Circuit Judicial Council Member, Judicial Resources Committee, Judicial Conference of the United States Member, Pro Bono Committee, Seventh Circuit Member, Seventh Circuit Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions Judicial Member, Rules Revision Committee, Northern District of Indiana Judicial Member, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, Northern District of Indiana Member, Seventh Circuit Judicial Council Founding President, Benjamin Harrison American Inns of Court
Professional Organizations: Fellow of Indiana Bar Foundation Allen County Bar Association Indiana State Bar Association Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Publications and Presentations: 1979-1980 -Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy 1982 -Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference Panelist, Pro Bono Appointments 1986 -ICLEF Federal Practice Seminar, Panel Chairman, Local Rules of Northern District of Indiana 1987 -ICLEF Civil Trial Techniques Seminar and Manual Direct and Cross-Examination, Objections, Offers to Prove 1987 -Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference Panelist, Rule 11 Sanctions 1988 -ICLEF Products Liability Seminar and Manual. The Trial of a Products Liability Case 1988 -ICLEF Federal Practice Seminar and Manual. Rule 11 Sanctions and the Conduct of Lawyers 1991 -ICLEF Employment Litigation Seminar and Manual Employment Litigation-A View From the Bench 1991 -ICLEF A.D.R. Seminar Panelist, A.D.R. Techniques 1991 -National C.P.C.U. Convention, Seminar and Manual. Controlling Litigation Costs 1993 -ICLEF Seminar, Chairman, U.S. Supreme Court: Practical Tips and Current Case Analysis. 1994 -ICLEF Seminar and Manual. Federal Court for the Non-Federal Practitioner 1994 -ICLEF Seminar and Manual. An Evening with the Judges 1996 -ICLEF Federal Court Mediation Training Seminar, Panelist. 1996 -ICLEF Seminar and Manual. Employment Discrimination Litigation 1996 -Reaching Out, The First 150 Years of Trinity English Lutheran Church 1997 -ICLEF Seminar, Chairman, Employment Litigation 1998 -ICLEF Seminar, Chairman, Federal Civil Practice 1998 -Contributing Author, Business and Commercial Litigation in the Federal Courts, West Publishing Company 1999 -Author, Volume I Federal Jury Practice and Instructions, West Publishing Company 2006 -Contributing Author, Business and Commercial Litigation in the Federal Courts, 2nd Edition, West Publishing Company 2006 -Author, Volume I Federal Jury Practice and Instructions, 2nd Edition, West Publishing Company