|   | | Law Firm in Evansville, Indiana | |
| (Formerly Early, Arnold & Ziemer) |
| | Address | One Riverfront Place, 20 N.W. First Street
9th Floor, P.O. Box 916 | | Evansville, Indiana 47706-0916 | | (Vanderburgh Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 812-424-7575 | | Telecopier: 812-421-5089 (9th Fl.); 812-421-5076 (7th Fl.) | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.zsws.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel
& Shoulders, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Litigation in Federal and State Courts. Banking, Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization, Business and Commercial Transactions, Construction, Corporation, Creditors Rights, Environmental Law, Hospital and Medical, Insurance, Negligence and Products Liability, Labor and Employment Discrimination, Oil and Gas and Mining, Probate, Estate Planning and Administration, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, and Workers Compensation. Environmental Law, Family Law, Divorce, Child Support, Child Custody, Visitation Rights, Fathers Rights, Adoptions, Appellate Practice, Americans with Disabilities Act, Banking Law, Breach of Contract, Business Formation and Planning, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Education Law, Elder Law, Trust and Estates, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Family and Medical Care Act, Estate and Gift Taxation, Eminent Domain, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Occupational Safety and Health, Partnership Agreements, School Law, Residential Real Estate, Wage and Hour Law, Wills, Warranty Law, Special Education, Sexual Harassment, Healthcare, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Limited Liability Company Law, Litigation, Immigration, Creditors Rights, Corporate Law, Collections, Commercial Law, Closely Held Business Law. | | Year Established: 1940 | | Firm Size: 23 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Old National Bank; Old National Bancorp; St. Mary's Medical Health System; Black Beauty Coal Company; Industrial Contractors, Inc.; Evansville Board of Realtors; Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation; Transitional Services, Inc.; St. Mary's; Catholic Diocese of Evansville; St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospital; Jasper Engine & Transmission Exchange. | Representative Clients:
ABB Flakt, Inc.; Accuride Corporation; Alstom Power, Inc.; American Electric Power; Ameriqual Foods; American Fabricating Co.; Aztar Indiana Gaming; Azteca Milling, L.L.P.; Bristol-Meyers U.S. Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Group; Black Beauty Resources, Inc.; Central Industries of Indiana; Cissell Construction, Inc.; Citizens State Bank of Petersburg; Complete Lumber, Inc.; D-Patrick Motoplex; Diversified Healthcare, Inc.; The Evansville Courier; Evansville Drywall Supply, Inc.; F.C. Tucker/Huber, Realtors; Ford Motor Co.; Ford Motor Credit Co.; German American Bancorp; Hamilton Clinic, PC; HealthPrime, Inc.; Highway Machine Company; Jasper Rubber Products, Inc.; Kimball International, Inc.; Mid-America Distillations, Inc.; Midwestern Engineers, Inc.; Miller Block Co., Inc.; Miller Plating & Metal Finishing, Inc.; Ohio Valley Heartcare, P.C.; Omni Plastics, LLC; Perfection Hydraulics; PPG Industries, Inc.; Raben Tire Co., Inc.; Redline Media; Schnucks Markets; Sport Service Corp.; Stagg Safety Equipment, Inc.; Toyota Motor Credit Corp.; Vectren Corp.; Warehousing, Inc. |
REPRESENTATIVE INSURANCE CLIENTS: Aetna Casualty & Surety Company; Auto-Owners Insurance Company; Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; Clarendon Insurance Company; General Accident Insurance Co.; Motorist Mutual Insurance Co.; Utica Mutual Insurance Co. |
LABOR COUNSEL: Adco Corp.; The American Red Cross; Argosy Casino: Big Rivers ElectricCorporation; Bootz Manufacturing; Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Inc.; Buehler Foods, Inc.; Casey's Inc.; Corn Island Shipyard; Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Indiana, Inc.; East Gibson School Corp; Evansville Courier; Evansville Metal Products; Eyemart; Farm Boy Meats; Faultless Caster Corporation; Futaba Indiana of America Corp.; Graham Farms, Inc.; Grain Processing Corp.; Hoosier Energy REC, Inc.; Hoosier Stamping & Mfg. Co.; Koch Originals, Inc.; Memorial Hospital and Health Center; NASCO, Inc.; North Gibson School Corp.; Orion Electric (America), Inc.; Pyrotek, Inc.; Rexam Closures, Inc.; South Gibson School corp.; Streicher Construction, Inc.; Tell City-Troy Township School Corp.; Visiting Nurse Association of Southwestern Indiana, Inc.; Visiting Nurse Plus, Inc.; Walt's Drive-A-Way Service, Inc.; Yager Materials, Inc. | Reference:
Old National Bank. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | FIRM PARTNERS | | John E. Early (1912-1983). | | Ted C. Ziemer, Jr. (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, February 21, 1935; admitted to bar, 1962, Indiana. Education: St. Louis University (B.S., 1956); Indiana University (LL.B., 1962). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Evansville, Indiana State (Member: Board of Managers and House of Delegates, 1970-1972; Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-1972) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Probate Law; Corporation Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Ted C. Ziemer, Jr. | | Robert F. Stayman (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, March 30, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Indiana; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1968); University of Michigan (J.D., 1973). Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation. Member: Evansville (President, 1988-1989), Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Construction Law; Litigation. Email: Robert F. Stayman | | Stephan E. Weitzel (Partner) born Princeton, Indiana, June 20, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Indiana. Education: DePauw University (B.A., cum laude, 1971); University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; University of Exeter, Exeter, England and Emory University (J.D., 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Board of Editors, Emory Law Journal, 1974-1975; Indiana Probate Code Study Commission, 1990-1992, Director, 1985-1993, President, 1992-1994, Legal Aid Society of Evansville. Member: Evansville, Indiana State (Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1979-1981) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporation Law; Business and Commercial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Estate Planning and Probate. Email: Stephan E. Weitzel | | Patrick A. Shoulders (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, Kentucky; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1975; J.D., magna cum laude, 1978). Member, Local Rules Committee, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Trustee, Indiana University, 2002. Co-chair, Indiana Trial Advocacy College. Member: Evansville (President, 1985-1986), Seventh Circuit, Indiana State (Chairman, 1991-1992, Litigation Section; Member, Board of Governors, 1998-2000), Kentucky State and American (Member, Trial Practice Committee, 1984-1986, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Bar Foundation. Master Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Patrick A. Shoulders | | David V. Miller (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, March 20, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Indiana, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1965); Indiana University (J.D., 1969). Law Clerk, Indiana Supreme Court, 1967-1969. Editor-in-Chief, Indiana Legal Forum, 1968. Certified Civil Mediator, Indiana, 1992. Deputy Prosecutor, 1970-1975. U.S. Magistrate, 1976-1985. Attorney, Vanderburgh County, 1981-1991. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Banking Litigation; Employment Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Civil Mediation; Intellectual Property; International Adoption; Healthcare; Medicare. Email: David V. Miller | | Wm. Michael Schiff (Partner) born Alton, Illinois, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, Kentucky; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: University of Southern Indiana (B.A., 1975); Indiana University (J.D., 1979). Associate Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1978-1979. Author, Indiana Unemployment Compensation Handbook, 4th Ed. 2007. Member: Evansville (Director, 1996-1997), Indiana State, Kentucky and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Sections) Bar Associations. Fellow: Indiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination Law; Labor; Employment; Management Employment Law; Unemployment Compensation Law. Email: Wm. Michael Schiff | | Marco L. DeLucio (Partner) born Richmond, Indiana, February 13, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Indiana. Education: University of Freiburg, Freiburg, West Germany; DePauw University (B.A., 1981); Drake University; Indiana University-Indianapolis (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984). President, Vanderburgh County Law Library Foundation, 1993-1994. Vice-Chairman, 1997-1999 and Chairman, 2006—, Governmental and Administrative Affairs, Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana. Member: Evansville (President, 1995-1996), Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Creditors' Rights; Real Estate Law; Commercial Transactions; Environmental Law; Construction Law. Email: Marco L. DeLucio | | Steven K. Hahn (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, August 6, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Law Clerk to the Hon. William E. Steckler, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1981-1983. Member, American Judicature Society. Director, Legal Aid Society of Evansville, Inc., 1994—. Member: Evansville, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Healthcare; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law. Email: Steven K. Hahn | | James P. Casey (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1980, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1982, U.S., Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Indiana University (B.S., Business, 1977; J.D., 1980). Author: ABA Recognition Award Topic Author, "How Arbitration Works," Elkouri, 4th Ed. Contributing Author: "Employment and Labor Law Handbook for Indiana Lawyers" (2005). Member, U.S. Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Committee, 2006. Certified Civil Mediator, Indiana, 1992—. Member: Evansville (President, 1993-1994; ADR Committee Chair, 2002-2004); Indiana State (Member, Board of Governors, 2006—) and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; Equal Opportunity Committee) Bar Associations. Fellow: Indiana Bar Foundation (Board of Directors 2005—). Reported Cases: Reed v. Shepard, 939 F.2d 484 (7th Cir. 1991); Indiana Civil Rights Comm. v. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co., 553 N.E.2d 840, (Ind. 1990). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Litigation; Discrimination Law; Civil Rights; Condemnation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: James P. Casey | | Timothy J. Hubert (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, January 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Education: Indiana University (A.B., 1975; J.D., 1979). President, Evansville Fire Merit Commission. Member: American Academy of Adoption Attorneys; National Diocesan Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Adoptions; Elder Law; Real Estate. Email: Timothy J. Hubert | | Mary Lee Schiff (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. Education: Xavier University (B.S.B.A., Economics/Marketing, 1986); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1989). Moot Court Board. Member: Evansville, Indiana State and Ohio State Bar Associations; Brooks American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Employment Law (Management); Civil Rights Litigation. Email: Mary Lee Schiff | | David A. Guerrettaz (Partner) born Indianapolis, Indiana, January 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana; U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Marian College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1988); Syracuse University (M.A., International Relations, J.D., 1991). Director, Indiana Legal Services, Inc. Director and President, 2006-2008, Legal Aid Society of Evansville, Inc. Adjunct Faculty, University of Evansville, 1998—. Member: Evansville, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Construction Law; Family Law; Immigration Law. Email: David A. Guerrettaz | | Robert L. Burkart (Partner) born Fort Thomas, Kentucky, November 26, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana. Education: Trinity College, Carmarthen, Wales; Hanover College (B.A., cum laude, 1988) ; Mortar Board; Emory University (J.D., 1992). Assistant Evansville City Attorney, 2000-2003. Member: Evansville, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Robert L. Burkart | | Charles A. Compton (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, September 23, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Indiana. Education: DePauw University (B.A., cum laude, 1989); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1992). Golden Key; Phi Eta Sigma; Alpha Lambda Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Evansville, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business and Commercial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation Law; Municipal Finance; Natural Resources and Mining; Real Estate. Email: Charles A. Compton | | Sarah Link Hardy (Partner) born Henderson, Kentucky, December 10, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Georgia; 2003, Indiana. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A., 1984); Owen Graduate School of Management (M.B.A., 1988); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1988). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Indiana State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Business Transactions; Commercial Transactions. Email: Sarah Link Hardy | | Dirck H. Stahl (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, September 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wabash College (A.B., 1990); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Associate Editor, Adelphia Law Journal, 1992. Adjunct Faculty, University of Evansville. Member, University of Evansville Legal Studies Advisory Board. Member: Evansville (Director, 1998-2006; President 2005-2006), Indiana State (Member, Board of Governors 2005-2006; Young Lawyers Section Council, 1998-2006, Chair, 2005-2006; Litigation Section Chair, 2004-2005) and American (Member, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana; Defense Research Institute; Brooks American Inn of Court; Evansville Bar Foundation (Charter Board Member); Vanderburgh County Law Library Foundation (President, 2004-2005); Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Board 2005-2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Insurance Law; Construction Law; Labor and Employment; Employment Discrimination; Probate. Email: Dirck H. Stahl | | Keith William Vonderahe (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, November 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Education: University of Evansville (B.S., 1994); University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., 1999). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Evansville, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Family Law; Municipal Law. Email: Keith William Vonderahe | | Nick J. Cirignano (Partner) born Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Haverford College (B.A., Economics, 1994); Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington (J.D., 2001). Recipient: CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Excellence in the Study of Secured Transactions. Adjunct Faculty, University of Evansville. Member: Evansville, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Bankruptcy. Email: Nick J. Cirignano | | Allyson R. Breeden (Partner) born Evansville, Indiana, October 21,1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1998); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Executive Articles Editor, Indiana International and Comparative Law Review. Recipient: Judge Betty Barteau Scholarship; The Stephen W. Kellams Memorial Scholarship; Honorable Cale J. Holder Scholarship. Author: "Federal removal jurisdiction and its effect on plaintiff win-rates," Res Gestae September 2002; "The pitfalls of relying on the Indiana Trade Secrets Act for protection of trade secrets," The Workplace Lawyer, Fall 2002. Member: Indiana State (Member, Sections on: Employment Law; Labor Law) and Evansville Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Marshal & Isley Trust Co., N.A. vs. Robert G. Woodward, Sr., 848 N.E.2d 1175 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Litigation; Trial Practice; Labor and Employment; Special Education; Education Law. Email: Allyson R. Breeden | | ASSOCIATES | | Jean M. Blanton (Associate) born Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Indiana and U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 2007, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of Illinois; 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Southern Indiana (B.S., 2001); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 2004). Member: Indiana, Evansville and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Family Law; Labor and Employment. Email: Jean M. Blanton | | Kathryn D. Schymik (Associate) born Asheville, North Carolina, May 28, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Indiana and U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 2007, Illinois. Education: Purdue University (B.A., Communication, 2001); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Indiana, Evansville and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Real Estate. Email: Kathryn D. Schymik | | Jennifer A. Elston (Associate) born Jasper, Indiana, May 30, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Indiana, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, District of Kentucky. Education: University of Evansville (B.S., Communications and Political Science, 2001); Indiana University (J.D., 2004). Member: Evansville, Indiana State, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporation Law; Business Transactions; Commercial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate. Email: Jennifer A. Elston | | Clay W. Havill (Associate) born Bedford, Indiana, February 13, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: University of Evansville (B.S., 2002); Harlaxton University, Grantham, England; Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis (J.D., Cum Laude, 2007). Member: Evansville, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. |
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