• Admitted to the Indiana Bar and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

• In November 2006, John began publishing the blog "Indiana Commercial Foreclosure Law," perhaps the only website dedicated to commercial foreclosure-related issues in the Country and one of the first specialized blogs of its kind in Indiana.
• Named an Indiana Super Lawyer in 2004, 2011 and 2012.
• Completion of week-long professional training program in trial skills presented by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
• Presenter, National Business Institute Foreclosure Seminar/CLE: 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.
• Presenter, RMA Central Indiana Chapter, Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure Program: 2010 and 2008.
• Member, Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations

Representative Cases

Creditors' Rights and Liabilities

1.  An out-of-state real estate investment firm retained John in 2010 in connection with the purchase of three distressed loans secured by three apartment complexes in Indianapolis.  John assisted with the acquisition of the loans, and appeared for the new mortgagee in the three existing foreclosure and receivership suits.  John promptly obtained three judgments and foreclosure decrees for the client in a combined amount of $38.6 million.  John then oversaw the sheriff’s sales of the three properties and had the receiverships terminated.
2. In 2009, on behalf of two different banking clients, John obtained summary judgments and foreclosure decrees, and handled sheriff’s sales, in connection with commercial real estate properties on the northwest and southwest quadrants of the intersection of Keystone Avenue and 86^th Street in Indianapolis.  The judgment amounts in the two cases totaled about $12,000,000.

Business Disputes/General Litigation & Dispute Resolution

1. In September, 2011, John was lead trial counsel for a builder in a construction dispute that involved mechanic’s lien and fraud claims.  The trial lasted a total of nine days in Johnson County, Indiana.
2. In August, 2010, John obtained a defense verdict for the firm's client, Terre Haute Regional Hospital, in a five-day medical malpractice jury trial in Vigo County, Indiana. 
3. In 2008, John was lead counsel in a closely-held corporation dispute.  He defended a minority shareholder in connection with a $2,500,000 claim in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.  All shareholders were parties to the litigation in which the firm's client alleged he was being frozen out of the corporation by the majority shareholder.  After motions practice, extensive written discovery and depositions, John successfully negotiated an out-of-court settlement, without the need for formal mediation, which was the client’s goal.

• Member, Board of Directors of the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis; Member, Secretary and Executive Committee member from 2005-2008.
• Born, Washington, Indiana, 1968
• Married, three sons