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Past Presidents

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Past President 2008


Jeffrey L. McKean
jeff@mckeanlaw.com

Past President 2007


R. Thomas Bodkin
tbodkin@bamberger.com
Tom Bodkin received his B.S. from the Indiana University School of Business and his J.D. cum laude from Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis, and later served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. He is a partner in the Evansville firm of Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, L.L.P., which has offices in Indianapolis, Princeton, and Mount Vernon. Tom concentrates his work in health law and insurance coverage. He is a member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, the DRI, and the International Association of Defense Counsel, and is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Tom is the recipient of the 1997 Diplomat of the Indiana Defense Trial Counsel Award.

Past President 2006


Kevin C. Schiferl
kschiferl@locke.com
Kevin C. Schiferl, the DTCI treasurer, is a partner with the Indianapolis firm of Locke Reynolds, L.L.P. His undergraduate degree was taken at Purdue University and his J.D. at Indiana University-Bloomington. His practice focuses on the defense of personal injury litigation, with specific focus in claims involving product liability and professional malpractice assertions. Kevin has long been active in DTCI, having chaired the first Rookie Seminar in 1995 and having served on its board for five years. He is the immediate past chair of DRI’s Trial Tactics Committee (having received the DRI Leadership Award for his work) and is also involved in DRI’s Product Liability Committee. In 1999, he was the first recipient of the DTCI Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel. He lives in Zionsville with wife Carolyn and their two children and is active in local community, school, and church activities.

Past President 2005


Donna H. Fisher
dfisher@smithfisher.com

Past President 2004


Stephen R. Pennell
srp@stuartlaw.com
Steve Pennell, the DTCI Immediate-Past President, is a partner in the Lafayette firm of Stuart & Branigin where he focuses his practice on insurance law and product liability. Steve is active in the DRI and served as the Indiana State Representative to DRI from 1998-2000. He is a member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys and serves as vice-chair of the Litigation Section for the ISBA. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif, Steve was a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Prize Award in 1976 and Note Editor of the Indiana Law Journal.

Past President 2003


Robert F. Parker
parker@bcclegal.com
Bob Parker, the 2003 DTCI President, is a partner in the Merrillville firm of Burke, Costanza & Cuppy. He has served the Indiana State Bar in the following capacities: chair of the Young Lawyers Section, and member of the Board of Managers, the Long Range Planning Committee, the Special Committee on Professionalism, the Lawyer Certification Committee, and Counsel to the President. Bob also received the First Place Award in the 1996 ISBA Harrison Legal Writing Contest and was the joint recipient of the DTCI 1997 Defense Lawyer of the Year award. Bob currently chairs the Long Range Planning Committee of DTCI.

Past President 2002


Joan Fullam Irick
jirick@k-glaw.com
In Memory of: Immediate Past-President Joan Irick. Joan was a partner in the Indianapolis firm of Kightlinger & Gray where she concentrated her practice in professional liability, trucking law, toxic tort litigation, and head injuries. Joan was active in numerous national organizations. In 2002, she was chosen the first woman, and first Hoosier, president-elect of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Prior to that she served on the executive committee of the IADC where she had been named a facilitator to study product development. She was an active participant in Indiana and national seminars, speaking at or moderating dozens of civil trial seminars during the last decade.

Past President 2002


Joan Fullam Irick
jirick@k-glaw.com

Past President 2001


Richard A. Bierly
rabierly@msth.com

Past President 2000


Arthur G. Surguine, Jr.
asurguine@hsk-law.com

Past President 1999


John C. Trimble
jtrimble@lewiswagner.com

Past President 1998


Scott L. Starr
starr@satmlaw.com

Past President 1997


Martha S. Hollingsworth
mhollingsworth@binghammchale.com

Past President 1996


Norman T. Funk
tom@hfmfm.com

Past President 1995


Peter C. Bomberger
BombergerPC@aol.com

Past President 1994


Lloyd H. Milliken, Jr.
lmilliken@fbtlaw.com

Past President 1992


Robert L. Hartley
rhartley@fbtlaw.com

Past President 1991


John T. Hume III
jhume@humesmith.com

Past President 1990


Gene M. Jones
gmjones@nlkj.com

Past President 1989


David C. Campbell
dcampbell@binghammchale.com

Past President 1986


Gary J. Clendening
gjclende@mcgb.com

Past President 1985


Larry R. Fisher
lrf@stuartlaw.com

Past President 1984


David L. Kiley, Sr.
dkiley@kileylaw.net

Past President 1983


Samuel J. Bernardi, Jr.
sbernardi@sjdlaw.com

Past President 1982


David O. Tittle
dtittle@binghammchale.com

Past President 1979


Don P. Campbell
drsdands@iquest.net

Past President 1978


John A. Young
none

Past President 1977


Russell H. Hart
rhh@stuartlaw.com

Past President 1976


Russell H. Hart
rhh@stuartlaw.com

Past President 1975


Thomas W. Yoder
twy@mcbm.com

Past President 1974


Thomas W. Yoder
twy@mcbm.com

Past President 1972


Lloyd C. Wampler
none

Past President 1971


Lloyd C. Wampler
none