• Indiana

• Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 2008
• • Indiana Health Law Review, Executive Business Editor
  • Order of the Barristers
  • National Health Law Moot Court Competition, Advocate, 2007
    
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    Wabash College, B.A., 2001, Economics

Jake concentrates his practice in business litigation and white collar criminal defense.  His practice is focused on solving his clients’ litigation challenges, including pre-suit negotiations and alternative dispute resolution.  Jake has gained this experience through a variety of high-level commercial disputes and litigation, and has experience in all stages of litigation.  Jake has extensive experience advising and defending financial institutions regarding predatory lending and consumer protection issues.

Jake also has extensive experience representing individual clients facing criminal allegations.  Jake’s experience further includes representing undergraduate students in disciplinary proceedings and professionals before their respective licensing boards.

While in law school, Jake worked as a summer associate at the Firm (f/k/a Locke Reynolds) and served as a summer clerk for the Honorable Judith S. Proffitt, Hamilton County Circuit Court, Indiana.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Jake gained experience in retail banking, including personal and business lending, as well as investment sales, at National City Bank (now PNC Bank) in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Drafted briefing and assisted with trial defending allegations of consumer protection act violations against lending institution in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Represented lending institution in multitude of related lawsuits, as both plaintiff and defendant, in disputes regarding related-borrowers’ defaults under a master loan agreement and various project loan agreements under it.

Co-chaired criminal trial of education administrator accused of failing to report child abuse.

Co-chaired defense of client accused of murder, including drafting and arguing motion to dismiss the allegations.

Extensive experience defending financial institutions against allegations of predatory lending, state common law claims, consumer protection violations, bankruptcy stay violations, and bankruptcy discharge violations in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts. 

• American Bar Association
• Indiana State Bar Association
• Indianapolis Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute

• Seventh Circuit Upholds Servicer's Assessment Of Late Fees And Negative Credit Reporting
• Mandatory Compliance With New Rules Required To Maintain Appraiser Independence
• The OCC Issues Guidance On How It Will Implement The Federal Preemption Provisions Of The Dodd-Frank Act
• Seventh Circuit Clarifies Indiana Mortgage Recording Statute, Holding 2007 Amendment - Providing That Recorded Mortgages With Technical Defects Give Constructive Notice To Bona Fide Purchasers - Applied To All Mortgages, Regardless When Recorded
• Final Rules Regarding Mortgage Transfers Under Regulation Z Of The Truth In Lending Act
• Ninth Circuit Holds That A Security Interest Must Be Returned To The Bankruptcy Estate When The Security Interest's Value Is Not Readily Ascertainable

• Indiana Leadership Forum, Class of 2011
• Treasurer, Tony Bennett for Indiana, 2010 – present
• National Junior Tennis League of Indianapolis, Board of Directors, Vice President, 2009 – present
• Little Red Door Cancer Agency, Volunteer and Ambassador, 2009 - present
• IndyBar Review Steering Committee, 2008 – present
• Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Volunteer, 2006 - 2009

Co-author: “Daubert in Indiana, 15 Years Later - Still Reliable and Still Not Conclusive” Indiana Civil Litigation Review, Summer 2008

Co-author: "Recent Application of Wyeth v. Levine Preemption Outside the Prescription Drug Context" American Bar Association Mass Torts, Volume 8, Number 3, Spring 2010