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Ronald J. Waicukauski 
301 Massachusetts Ave
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
phone (317) 633-8787
(800) 905-2856
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RONALD J. WAICUKAUSKI
J.D. Harvard; LL.M. summa cum laude, George Washington; Best Oralist, Ames Moot Court Competition.  Ron formerly served as a Marine Corps JAG, as Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney, and as President, Indianapolis American Inn of Court.  Ron has tried more than fifty jury cases to verdict as lead counsel in both state and federal courts.  Ron has been recognized as one of Indiana's Super Lawyers (2004-2007) and in Best Lawyers in America (2006-2007). He has an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell (highest ratings for quality and ethics).  His areas of practice are diverse, covering a wide variety of matters in business, tort, and class action litigation.



Areas of PracticeEducationHonors
Published WorksAffiliationsRepresentative Cases


Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Class Actions
Product Liability
Environmental Litigation
Professional Malpractice
Civil Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
98% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
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
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


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


Representative Cases:
Dennis Murray and James Massey v. Conseco, Inc. and Conseco Services, LLC, 2006 WL 3019404 (7th Cir. 2006)
Brent E. Clary, Roger W. Bennett and Bennett, Boehning & Clary v. Lite Machines Corp., 850 N.E.2d 423 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006)
GKN Co. v. Starnes Trucking, Inc., 798 N.E.2d 548 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003)
Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Estate of Martin ex rel. Martin, 720 N.E.2d 1261 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999)
T.H. Landfill Co., Inc. v. Miami County Solid Waste Dist., 628 N.E.2d 1237 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994)
GKN v. Magness, 744 N.E.2d 397 (Ind. 2001)
Mayflower Transit, Inc. v. Ann Arbor Warehouse Co., Inc., 892 F.Supp. 1134 (S.D.Ind. 1995)
Scaggs v. Consolidated Rail Corp., 6 F.3d 1290 (7th Cir. 1993)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
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 - 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 - 1990


Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop, NITA, 1986 - 1989


Honors and Awards:
Indiana Super Lawyer, 2004 - 2007


Best Lawyers in America, 2006 - 2007


Best Oralist, Ames Moot Court Competition, Harvard Law School, 1972


Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholarship Award for Forensic Attainment, Northwestern University


Professional Associations and Memberships:
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)


Past Employment Positions:
U.S. Marine Corps, Captain and Judge Advocate, 1973 - 1977


Barnes & Thornburg, Associate, 1977 - 1979


Indiana University, Assistant Professor of Law, 1979 - 1982


Monroe County, Indiana, Prosecuting Attorney, 1983 - 1986


Birth Information:
June 13, 1948, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

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