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Mr. Rudolph is a partner in the Litigation department at Rudolph, Fine, Porter & Johnson, LLP.
Mediation and Arbitration
Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Injunctions
Product Liability
Insurance Defense
Appeals
B.A. English, cum laude, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1977
Phi Beta Kappa, 1976
Undergraduate Fellowship in English, 1976-1977
Board of Barristers, Moot Court Society, Phi Delta Phi Associate Justice and Member, 1979-1980
J.D., Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, 1980
Registered Indiana Civil Mediator, 1992-present
Indiana State Bar, 1980
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Indiana State and Federal Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and Seventh Circuit
AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability™
Evansville Bar Association’s Doran E. Perdue Service Award, 1996
Indiana SuperLawyers®, Civil Litigation Defense, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™, 2009
The Best Lawyers in America®, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
Diplomat of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, installed in 2011
Evansville Bar Association, Diversity Committee, Co-Chairman, 2004-present
Indiana State Bar Association
Seventh Circuit Bar Association
Indiana Bar Foundation, Fellow
Volunteer Lawyer Program
Mediation Assistance Program U. S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
American Health Lawyers Association, Arbitrator/Mediator Service Panel Member
DRI
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
Association of Attorney-Mediators
Brooks American Inns of Court, Member, President, 1997-2000
Vanderburgh County Redevelopment Commission, Secretary, 2005-2006
Vanderburgh County Public Defender Commission, Member 1999-2006, Chairman 2003-2006
Vanderburgh County Community Corrections Advisory Board, Member, 1998-2001
Young Life of Evansville, Chairman of the Management Committee, 1987-2007
Evansville Girls Basketball League, President, 1998-2010
Evansville Christian School, Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach, 1999-2005
Evansville Reitz Memorial High School, Freshman and Junior Varsity Coach, Assistant Varsity Girls Basketball Coach, 2006-2010
November 2011 - Masters Series Seminar on Advanced Mediation, "Issues involved in Mediating the Complex, Multi-Party Case", Panelist, ICLEF.
June 2011 - "The Mediation Explosion: A Relationship between Pre-Trial Discovery and Speed of Communication", published in the June 2011 issue of the A.M. Best Company newsletter BestConnect™.
May 2011 - Developing Skills in the Practice of Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution: "Mediation Rumination", Instructor, ICLEF.
May 2011 - "Give those young lawyers time to ask the right questions ...", published in the Tri-State Better Business Bureau newsletter Better Business Builder.
December 2010 - Damages in TBI Cases: an Indiana Overview, Instructor, ICLEF.
November 2009 - Masters Series Seminar on Advanced Civil Mediation, "Pre-Suit Mediation", Panelist, ICLEF.
November 2002 - How to Effectively Present Your Case at Mediation, Instructor, ITLA 38TH Annual Institute.
April 2001 - Drafting Injunctions: A Desk Reference, Seminar Chair, ICLEF.
November 1999 - 60 Things You Need to Know About Taking Your Case to Civil Mediation, Co-Seminar Chair, ICLEF.
May 1995 - Injunctions in Business Litigation, Instructor, ICLEF.
March 1991 - Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage, Instructor, ICLEF.
Madison Capital Co., LLC v. S & S Salvage, LLC, 765 F.Supp.29 (W.D.Ky., 2011), reconsideration denied in part, motion to certify appeal granted, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Case No. 11-5831.
Presbytery of Ohio Valley, Inc. v. OPC, Inc., 940 N.E.2d 1188 (Ind.App., 2010), transfer granted, opinion vacated, Indiana Supreme Court, Case No. 82S02-1105-MF-314.
Gill v. Evansville Sheet Metal Works, Inc., 940 N.E.2d 328 (Ind.App.2010), transfer granted, opinion vacated, Indiana Supreme Court, Case No. 49S05-1111-CV-672, oral argument available on-line at http://tinyurl.com/7qvf557.
Research Systems Corp. v. IPOS Publicite, 276 F.3d 914 (7th Cir. 2002)
Cahoon v. Cummings, 734 N.E.2d 535 (Ind. 2000)
Mendenhall v. Skinner and Broadbent, 728 N.E.2d 140 (Ind. 2000)
John A. Ackerman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, 172 F.3d 467 (7th Cir. 1999)
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Stinnett, 698 N.E.2d 339 (Ind.Ct.App. 1998)
Citizens National Bank of Evansville vs. Foster, 668 N.E.2d 1236 (Ind. 1996)
Meyers v. Furrow Building Materials, 659 N.E.2d 1147 (Ind.Ct.App. 1996)
Koenig v. Bedell and Aetna Insurance Company, 601 N.E.2d. 453 (Ind.Ct.App. 1992)
Ohio Valley Communications, Inc. v. Greenwell, 555 N.E.2d 525 (Ind.Ct.App. 1990)
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Crafton, 551 N.E.2d 893 (Ind.Ct.App. 1990)
Johnson v. Payne and National Insurance Association, 549 N.E.2d 48 (Ind.Ct.App. 1990)
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