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Ronald Waicukauski

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Practice Areas

  • Civil Rights
  • Business Litigation
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Property Rights Litigation
  • Civil Trials and Appeals

Education

  • Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • J.D.
  • George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • LL.M. - Law
    • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
    • B.S.
    • Honors: cum laude
    • Major: Speech

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana, 1973
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1977
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1977
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations

  • Indianapolis American Inn of Court (President, 1997-1999)
  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section (Co-Chair, Training the Advocate Committee, 1996-1999)
  • International Association of Defense Counsel (Chair, CLE Board, 1998-2000)
  • Indiana State Bar Association (Chair, Pre-Suit Mediation Committee, 1994-1997)
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
  • Indianapolis Law Club
  • Indianapolis Downtown Rotary Club

Honors

  • Indiana Super Lawyer, 2004 - 2013
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2006 - 2013
  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated*
  • Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
  • Best Oralist, Ames Moot Court Competition, Harvard Law School, 1972
  • Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholarship Award for Forensic Attainment, Northwestern University

Published Works

  • The Winning Argument, co-author, ABA, 2001
  • Learning The Craft, Litigation Journal, Spring, 1998
  • Ethos and the Art of Argument, co-author, Litigation Journal, Fall, 1999
  • Quality Practice Management: A Manual for Law Firms, co-author, IADC, 1995
  • Law and Amateur Sports, editor, Ind. Univ. Press, 1982
  • Classical Rhetoric and the Modern Trial Lawyer, Litigation

Representative Cases

  • Dennis Murray and James Massey v. Conseco, Inc. and Conseco Services, LLC, 2006 WL 3019404, 2006, 7th Cir.
  • Brent E. Clary, Roger W. Bennett and Bennett, Boehning & Clary v. Lite Machines Corp., 850 N.E.2d 423, 2006, Ind. Ct. App.
  • GKN Co. v. Starnes Trucking, Inc., 798 N.E.2d 548, 2003, Ind. Ct. App.
  • Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Estate of Martin ex rel. Martin, 720 N.E.2d 1261, 1999, Ind. Ct. App.
  • T.H. Landfill Co., Inc. v. Miami County Solid Waste Dist., 628 N.E.2d 1237, 1994, Ind. Ct. App.
  • GKN v. Magness, 744 N.E.2d 397, 2001, Ind.
  • Mayflower Transit, Inc. v. Ann Arbor Warehouse Co., Inc., 892 F.Supp. 1134, 1995, S.D.Ind.
  • Scaggs v. Consolidated Rail Corp., 6 F.3d 1290, 1993, 7th Cir.

Classes & Seminars

  • Class Actions: New Rules, New Decisions and Their Implications for Indiana Lawyers, Bench Bar Conference of the Indianapolis Bar Association, 2004
  • Updates on Indiana Law, Indianapolis Law Club, 2004 to 2007
  • Trying the Catastrophic Injury Case (Seminar Chair), ICLEF, 2003
  • Battle of the Titans: Daubert Hearing, DTCI, 2000
  • The Art of Argument, ABA, 1998
  • Trial Advocacy, I.U. School of Law - Indianapolis (Adjunct Faculty), 1987 to 1990
  • Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop, NITA, 1986 to 1989

Past Positions

  • U.S. Marine Corps, Captain and Judge Advocate, 1973 to 1977
  • Barnes & Thornburg, Associate, 1977 to 1979
  • Indiana University, Assistant Professor of Law, 1979 to 1982
  • Monroe County, Indiana, Prosecuting Attorney, 1983 to 1986

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.