R. Robert Stommel
Biographical Summary

Experience:

Private law practice, Plainfield, Indiana, 1999-present
Equity Partner and Management Committee Member, Lewis & Wagner,
            Indianapolis, Indiana, 1988-1999
Litigation Attorney, Toxic Tort Group, The Dow Chemical Company,
            Midland, Michigan, 1987-1988
Associate, Lewis, Bowman, St. Clair & Wagner, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1982-1987


Bar Admissions:

Indiana (1982-present)
Michigan (1987-1988)
United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana (1982-present)
United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana (1982-present)
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (1983-present)
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1985)
Registered Civil Mediator, State of Indiana (1998, 2011-present)
Admitted pro hac vice for specific cases: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, New York, Wisconsin


Education:

University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.B.A. 1979, Double Major: Personnel Management;
            Finance, Investment, and Banking)
Indiana University School of Law (J.D. cum laude 1982)
            Note and Development Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1981-1982
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Denver, Colorado, 1989


Memberships:

Indiana State Bar Association
Indianapolis Bar Association


Teaching and Lectures:

Judge, Client Counseling Competition, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, 1992, 1997, 1998

Presenter, Medical Device Litigation: The Defendant's Perspective, Product Liability, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1993

Judge, National Moot Court Competition, Region VIII, 1993, 2003

Presenter, Advanced Toxic Torts, Environmental Law Symposium, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1990


Publications:

Co-author, Product Liability, Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Law, Indiana Law Review, Volume 32 (1999)

Co-author, Product Liability, Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Law, Indiana Law Review, Volume 31 (1998)

Co-author, Product Liability, Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Law, Indiana Law Review, Volume 30 (1997)

Author, Product Liability, Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Law, Indiana Law Review, Volume 27 (1994)


Reported Cases:

Todd v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 942 F.2d 1173 (7th Cir. 1991)

Benford v. Richards Medical Company, 792 F.2d 1537 (11th Cir. 1986)

Allied Resin Corporation v. Waltz, 574 N.E.2d 913 (Ind. 1991)


Professional and Community Activities:

Hardware/Software Committee, Bench/Bar Automation Program, United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1995-1997

Board of Directors, Central Indiana Scholastic Art Awards, Inc. (not-for-profit), 1992-1994

Counsel, Emergency and Rescue Services Support, Inc. (not-for-profit), 2002-2006

SAR TECH II, National Association for Search and Rescue, 2011-present


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