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803 S. Calhoun St.

Fort Wayne, IN  46825

260-425-9777

Particular Areas of Practice

v  Mediation

v  Chair, Medical Review Panels

v  Expert Witness

v  Legal Malpractice

v  Bad Faith insurance issues

Education

Indiana University, Bloomington, J.D., with distinction, 1965

Indiana University, B.A., with distinction, 1962.

Bar Admission

Indiana, 1965

Court Admissions

Indiana and U.S. District Court

Northern & Southern Districts of Indiana

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Leonard Eilbacher

Partner

Thirty-two years practice with leading insurance defense firm; registered mediator.

Professional Associations

v  Allen County (President, 1988)

v  Indiana State (Chairman, Legal Ethics Committee, 1993-1995)

v  American Bar Associations

v  Indiana Defense Lawyers Association (Diplomate, 1992)

v  American College of Trial Lawyers 1984-2008 (Indiana Chairman 1991-1992)

Honors

v  Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation

v  Order of Coif

Publications

v  Nonparty Tortfeasors in Indiana: The Early Cases, Indiana Law Review, 413 (1988)

v  Comparative Fault and the Nonparty Tortfeasor, 17 Indiana Law Review 903, (1984)

Representative Cases

Patel v. United Fire & Cas. Co. 728 N. E. 2d 140 (ND Ind. 1999) (recovering damages for emotional distress in bad faith case); Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Wills, 717 N. E. 2d 151 (Ind 1999), (lawyer employees of insurers defending insureds) amicus curiea for Indiana State Bar Ass'n.

Smith v. Johnson, 711 N. E. 2d 1259 (Ind. 1999) (default without notice in medical malpractice case), amicus curiea for Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana; F. B.I. Farms, Inc. v. Moore, 798 N. E. 2d 440 (Ind. 2003)(restriction on sale of corporate stock to non-family member)

Kauthart SDN BHD v. Sternberg, 149 F. 3rd 659 (7th Cir. 1996) (extraterritorial application of antifraud securities statute).