Practice Expertise

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Areas of Practice

  • Air Permitting, Counseling & Enforcement ...
  • Clean Water Act Permitting, Counseling & ...
  • Commercial Transactions & Land Development
  • Emergency Planning & Response
  • Energy & Natural Resource Development
  • Environmental
  • Environmental Law
  • Insurance Industry
  • Litigation
  • Product Stewardship
  • Site Characterization, Cleanup & Remediation
  • Waste
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Profile

Dale’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and insurance coverage matters. His environmental litigation involves both plaintiff and defense representation. His insurance coverage involves work for insurers and some policyholder assistance, and covers the broad spectrum of insurance, including coverage opinions, coverage litigation, counseling, property and casualty, liability, bad faith, and contractual disputes.

He also has significant trial and appellate experience in federal and state courts. His litigation experience includes personal injury and death cases that have involved defective products, premises liability, road design, aviation, toxic tort, environmental litigation, insurance coverage, antitrust, mortgage banking, breach of contract, and fraud and distributor termination

Bar Admissions

    Indiana

Court Admissions
    U.S. Supreme Court
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Education

  • Northwestern University (J.D.)
  • Purdue University (B.A.)

Areas of Practice

  • Air Permitting, Counseling & Enforcement Defense
  • Clean Water Act Permitting, Counseling & Enforcement Defense
  • Commercial Transactions & Land Development
  • Emergency Planning & Response
  • Energy & Natural Resource Development
  • Environmental
  • Environmental Law
  • Insurance Industry
  • Litigation
  • Product Stewardship
  • Site Characterization, Cleanup & Remediation
  • Waste

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Best Lawyers®
    • Litigation – Environmental Law (2013 - 2019, 2022-2024) 
    • Insurance Law (2019, 2022-2024)
    • Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants (2022-2024)
    • Litigation – Environmental (2022-2024)
  • Peer Review Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell®


Professional Associations
  • American Bar Association
    • Antitrust and Tort and Insurance Practice sections
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
  • Indiana Bar Association
  • Indianapolis Bar Association 
    • Disciplinary committee
  • Seventh Circuit Bar Association 



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