MEMBERS OF FIRM
Martin T. Fletcher, Sr. (Member) born Long Beach, California, December 9, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Indiana. Education: Drake University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1966); Indiana University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1969). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Indiana University Law Journal, 1968-1969. Registered Civil Mediator. Listed in "Best Lawyers in America," Business Litigation. Member: Allen County and Indiana State Bar Associations; Benjamin Harrison Chapter of American Inns of Court (Master). Practice Areas: Securities Law; Litigation; Insurance Law; Mediation; Arbitration.Email: Martin T. Fletcher, Sr.
Daniel G. McNamara (Member) born Huntington, Indiana, September 23, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1985); Indiana University (J.D., 1990). Member: American, Allen County and Indiana State Bar Associations; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Benjamin Harrison Chapter, American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law.Email: Daniel G. McNamara
David E. Bailey (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, October 20, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1996); Indiana University, Bloomington (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Order of the Coif. Member, Indiana Law Journal. Member: Allen County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation.Email: David E. Bailey
Leonard E. Eilbacher (Member) born Coffeyville, Kansas, October 9, 1934; admitted to bar, 1965, Indiana, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1962; J.D., with distinction, 1965). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, for business litigation. Author: "Comparative Fault and the Nonparty Tortfeasor," 17 Indiana Law Review 903, 1984; "Nonparty Tortfeasors in Indiana: The Early Cases," 21 Indiana Law Review 381, 1988. Member: Allen County (President, 1988), Indiana State (Chairman, Legal Ethics Committee, 1993-1995) and American Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association (Diplomate, 1992). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1990-1992). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Self Insured Defense; Mediation.Email: Leonard E. Eilbacher
Alan VerPlanck (Member) born Lansing, Michigan, May 1, 1950; admitted to bar, 1978, Indiana; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with high honors, 1972); Oxford University (1972-1975); University of Michigan (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, American Association of Rhodes Scholars, 1972-1975; Indiana and Missouri Selection Committee, Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, business litigation. Author: Land Use and Zoning, Indiana Real Estate Transactions; False Imprisonment, Abuse of Process, and Malicious Prosecution; Indiana Personal Injury and Torts. Adjunct Professor, Division of Labor Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Member: Indiana State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Environmental Law; Corporate Litigation; ERISA Litigation.Email: Alan VerPlanck
James P. Fenton (Member) born Cork, Ireland, August 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois and Indiana; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Columbia College (A.B., 1971); Indiana University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Indiana Law Journal, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to the Hon. Jesse E. Eschbach, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1976-1977. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation. Author: Land Use and Zoning, Indiana Real Estate Transactions; False Imprisonment, Abuse of Process, and Malicious Prosecution, Indiana Personal Injury and Torts . Adjunct Professor, Communications Law, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Member: Allen County, Indiana State, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Americans Inns of Court. Reported Cases: Journal Gazette Co., Inc. v. Bandidos, Inc., 712 N.E. 2d 446 (Ind. 1999); Bonney v. Indiana Finance Authority, 849 N.E. 2d 473 (Ind. 2006); Wright-Moore Corp. v. Ricoh Corp., 980 F.2d 432 (7th Cir. 1992); Wright-Moore Corp. v. Ricoh Corp., 908 F.2d 128 (7th Cir. 1998); Parents for Quality Educ. with Integration, Inc. v. Fort Wayne Community Schools Corp., 728 E.Supp 1373 (N.D. Ind. 1990). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation.Email: James P. Fenton
Patrick L. Proctor (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, September 2, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1990); Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1993). Intern to Chief Justice Moyer, Ohio Supreme Court. Member: Allen County (Former Treasurer; Former Chair, Employment and Labor Section) and Indiana State (Member, Executive Board, Employment and Labor Section) Bar Associations; National Employment Lawyers Association; Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Patrick L. Proctor
Kathryn A. Brogan (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Indiana University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Indiana University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1980). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk for the Honorable James B. Young, Indiana Court of Appeals, 1980-1981. Associate Counsel for K & K Insurance Group, Inc., 1989-1992. President, 2001-2003 and Member, Indiana Board of Law Examinees, 1996-2006. Member: Allen County (Member, Labor Law Section; Chairperson, Business and Labor Section, 1996; Co-Chairperson, Women Lawyer's, 1998-1999) and Indiana State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Block v. Art Iron Inc., 866 F.Supp. 380 (N.D. Ind. 1994); Rice v. Sunrise Express, 217 F.3rd 492 (7th Cir. 2000); Rice v. Sunrise Express, 209 F.3rd 108 (7th Cir. 2000); Fyfe v. City of Fort Wayne, 241 F.3rd 597 (7th Cir. 2001); Glander v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 347 F.Supp.2d 604 (N.D. Ind. 2004); SMDfund v. Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority, 831 N.E.2d 725 (Ind. 2005). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Insurance; Litigation; Mediation.Email: Kathryn A. Brogan
Anne Carney (Member) born Somerville, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1987, Indiana. Education: Indiana University, Bloomington (B.A., 1984); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Former Board Member, Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness Trust. Former Board Member, Allen County Volunteer Lawyers Program. Former Member, Benjamin Harrison Inns of Court. Member: Allen County (Past Vice President and Board Member; Member, Family Law Section) and Indiana State (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Family Law; Dissolution of Marriage; Custody Disputes; Premarital Agreements; Child Support Modifications; Parenting Time.Email: Anne Carney
Timothy A. Manges (Member) born Fort Wayne, Indiana, January 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1993, Indiana, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1986); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Certified Mediator. City Attorney, City of Fort Wayne, 2000-2007. Assistant Counsel, Essex Group, Inc., 1997-1999. Board Member: Goodwill Industries Inc.; Fort Wayne Ballet. Member: Allen County and Indiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mediation; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Timothy A. Manges