phone: (756) 742-9046
- Biographical Information/
Practice Areas
- Mr. Stapleton is a shareholder in the firm. His practice is exclusively in the area of civil
litigation in wrongful death, personal injury, product liability,
medical malpractice, commercial litigation, and
insurance law. He has been lead trial attorney in more than 400 trials, including more than 100 jury trials. He is a Fellow
in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a designation only offered to those trial attorneys considered by their peers to be
in the top 1% of the trial attorneys in the United States. He was selected as one of Indiana’s “Super Lawyers” by Indianapolis
Monthly Magazine. He holds the highest (AV) rating in the Martindale-Hubbell directory of attorneys. He is also a registered
mediator for civil disputes.
- Education
- University of Kentucky, B.A., 1969
University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1972
- Professional Designations/
Affiliations
- Tippecanoe County Bar Association (President, 2006)
Indiana State Bar Association
Seventh Circuit Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2004- )
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Committee, 2004- )
Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation
Fellow, Roscoe Pound Institute
Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates
- Admitted to Practice
- All Indiana state courts; all Federal courts situated in Indiana; 7th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Court of Claims; U.S. Supreme Court
- Community Involvement
- Past president, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Lafayette
Past president, YMCA of Greater Lafayette
President, YMCA Board of Trustees
