MEMBERS OF FIRM
William A. Thorne (Retired Partner) (Retired).
Charles H. Grodnik (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Indiana. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Member, Elkhart County Election Board, 1984-1986. Judge, Elkhart City Court, 1992. Certified in Mediation. Member: Elkhart City (Secretary, 1977; Treasurer 1987-1991; President, 1994), Elkhart County and Indiana State (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Zoning and Land Use; Family/Domestic Relations; Mediation Law; Real Estate.Email: Charles H. Grodnik
J. Richard Ransel (Member) born South Bend, Indiana, September 11, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Indiana. Education: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (B.A., 1969); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1974). Adjunct Professor, Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1979-1981. U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee, Northern District of Indiana, 1979. Member: Elkhart City, Elkhart County and Indiana State (Member, Creditors Rights Section) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Practice Areas: Business Bankruptcy; Secured Transactions; Banking.Email: J. Richard Ransel
Glenn L. Duncan (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, February 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Indiana. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1971; J.D., cum laude, 1975). Attorney for Osolo Township, 1985. Member, Elkhart County-City Planning Advisory Committee, 1987. Bristol Town Attorney, 1986. Member, Elkhart School Board of Trustees, 1990. Member: Elkhart City, Elkhart County, Indiana State (Member, Creditors Rights Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Warranty Law; Products Liability; Labor and Employment; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Probate; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Ancillary Probate.Email: Glenn L. Duncan
Steven L. Hostetler (Member) born Kokomo, Indiana, July 12, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Indiana. Education: Olivet Nazarene University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1980); Indiana University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Author: "Farm Reorganizations Under Chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code," Res Gestae, Indiana State Bar Association Journal, November, 1987; "Doing Business with Bankrupt Companies," Indiana Business Magazine, April, 1992. Member: St. Joseph County and Indiana State Bar Associations. (Resident, Mishawaka Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Corporations.Email: Steven L. Hostetler
Michael A. Trippel (Member) born Mishawaka, Indiana, June 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Indiana. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1985); Valparaiso University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Mishawaka Common Council Attorney, 2004. Member: St. Joseph County and Indiana State Bar Associations; Robert A. Grant Inn of Court. (Resident, Mishawaka Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate; Real Estate; Banking Law; Probate Administration.Email: Michael A. Trippel
Jamie C. Woods (Member) born Mishawaka, Indiana, March 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Manchester College (B.S., 1996); Indiana University (J.D., 1999). Attorney, Town of Osceola, Indiana. Attorney, German Township, Indiana. General Counsel for The South Bend Public Transportation Corporation. Member, Penn-Harris-Madison School Trustees. Author and Presenter: "Mastering the Trial Notebook in Indiana," Institute for Paralegal Education Seminar, June 2004; "Arbitration of Construction Disputes," St. Joseph Valley Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors, Inc., March, 2004; "Construction Payment Remedies," St. Joseph Valley Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors, Inc., October, 2002; "An Overview of Preferential Transfers and Debtor in Possession Accounts," The Michiana Credit Management Association, November, 2002. Member: St. Joseph County and Indiana State Bar Associations. (Resident, Mishawaka Office). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Jamie C. Woods
ASSOCIATES
Phillip A. Garrett (Associate) born Lafayette, Indiana; admitted to bar, 2005, Indiana. Education: Wabash College (B.A., History, magna cum laude, 2002); Valparaiso University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Indiana State and American Bar Associations. (Also at Mishawaka Office). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Litigation.Email: Phillip A. Garrett
Joseph M. Flanders (Associate) born Pella, Iowa, October 13, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Indiana; 2008, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., English, 2003); University of North Dakota School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2007). Member: National Scholars Honors Society; North Dakota Law Review, 82 N.D. L. Rev. 997; Notre Dame Journal of College, University Law, 34 J.C.U.L. 21. Student Articles Editor, Scribes, American Society of Legal Writers, 2007. Member: Elkhart County and Indiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Corporate Law; Family Law.Email: Joseph M. Flanders
OF COUNSEL
Joseph C. Zakas (Of Counsel) born November 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1972); University of Notre Dame (M.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1980). Indiana State Senator, 1982. Member: St. Joseph County and Indiana State Bar Associations.