Neal R. Novak (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1992, Hawaii. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1977). Member: Hawaii State and American (Tort and Insurance Practice Section/Fidelity Surety Committee) Bar Associations.Email: Neal R. Novak
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Julia M. Core (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana; 1986, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and Northern District of Illinois. Education: Augustana College (B.A., 1978); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1983).Email: Julia M. Core
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Matthew R. Wildermuth (Of Counsel) born Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Indiana University (B.A., Political Science, with distinction, honors, 1986); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Member: Indiana University School of Law Fellowship; National Trial Advocacy Team. Recipient, Certificate of Professional Achievement in Mediation Training, DePaul University Center for Dispute Resolution and DePaul University College of Law, 2006. Listed, "Super Lawyer," Insurance Coverage Litigation and Counseling; Top 5% of Practitioners in the State. Executive Editor, Board of Indiana Law Journal. Honors Division Teaching Intern. Author: "Compelling Non-Party Insurer Participation in Mediation: An Oxymoron?" Coverage Magazine, June/July 2007 (Publication of the American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation and Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee); "Blind Man's Bluff: An Analysis of the Discovery of Expert Witnesses under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(4) and a Proposed Amendment," 64 Indiana Law Journal 925, Fall 1989. Chair Panelist, American Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee's Annual CLE Seminar, March 2007. Panelist, The Insurer's Duty to Defend the Insured Where the Insurer Has Initiated a Declaratory Judgment Action Challenging Coverage for the Claim at Issue. Roster of Qualified Mediators, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; Eighteenth Judicial District, Civil Division, Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois, 2006. Member: Seventh Circuit, Illinois State, Chicago and American (Member: Litigation; Trial and Insurance Practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee) Bar Associations.Email: Matthew R. Wildermuth
Reid J. Rozen (Of Counsel) born Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Michigan (J.D., 1988); Vanderbilt University. Languages: German and French.Email: Reid J. Rozen