EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Ross E. Rudolph, a partner in the litigation department at Rudolph, Fine, Porter & Johnson, LLP, has been selected by his peers to The Best Lawyers in America® list for 2011 in the specialty area of Alternative Dispute Resolution. This is the fourth such distinction for Rudolph after being recognized on the list in 2007, 2009 and 2010.

"I am a firm believer in the alternative dispute resolution process as a means of creatively resolving conflicts both before and after lawsuits are filed," Rudolph said. "So I am appreciative of having been selected again this year in this practice area."

Rudolph holds an AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability™ and was recently named an Indiana SuperLawyer for Civil Litigation Defense for the fifth time. He focuses his practice primarily in the areas of mediation and arbitration, corporate and commercial litigation, injunctions, product liability, insurance defense, and appeals.

An Evansville native, Rudolph received his juris doctorate from Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 1980 and his bachelor's degree cum laude in English in 1977 from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Rudolph, Fine, Porter & Johnson, LLP is located at 221 N.W. 5th Street, Evansville, Indiana. The firm was founded in 1987 and currently has eighteen attorneys. Rudolph, Fine, Porter & Johnson, LLP is a general practice law firm including practice in the following areas: Insurance Defense, Commercial and Civil Litigation, Family Law/Domestic Relations, Corporate and Business Law, Real Estate Law, Land Use and Zoning, Probate and Estate Planning, Trust Administration, Tax Law, Health Care and Employment Law.