PRACTICE AREAS

• Represents businesses in the area of business law with an emphasis on acquisitions, securities, and private placements
• Admitted to practice before the Indiana state courts and the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Seller`s counsel on $70 million acquisition of a closely held corporation
• Assisted with follow-on and secondary public offerings
• Assisted with $210 million equity offering
• Assisted with $200 million Senior Notes Financing
• SEC reporting compliance (Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and proxy statements)
• Counsel for a roll-up IPO participant
• Tax-free § 355 corporate split-up of a mid-size corporation
• Buyer`s counsel in a $45 million asset purchase of operating assets of a steel mini-mill
• Buyer`s counsel in a $45 million stock acquisition of privately held company with foreign operations
• Buyer`s counsel in a $10 million stock acquisition of privately held company with foreign operations
• Buyer`s counsel in $19 million purchase of all operating assets of a steel processing plant
• Buyer`s counsel in $15 million stock acquisition
• Buyer`s counsel for multi-million dollar acquisition of retail shopping center
• $15 million merger/private placement for closely held manufacturer
• $7 million private equity placement
• $6.5 million private equity placement
• $6 million private equity placement
• Numerous other private equity and debt placements
• Pre-merger notifications under Hart Scott Rodino
• Multiple like-kind tax deferred exchanges of real and personal property
• Licensing with the Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Member, Allen County Bar Association (Past Chair, Business Section)
• Member, Indiana State Bar Association
• Certified Public Accountant, Inactive Status (Indiana, 1995)
• Member, Indiana Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Fort Wayne`s Inaugural Future 40 Award Recipient - 2004

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Former Elected Member, City of Fort Wayne Common Council (President, 2004)
• Former Board Member, Fort Wayne - Allen County Economic Development Alliance

EDUCATION

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana (J.D., 1995)
• Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana (B.S., Accounting, 1990)