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TEL: 812.332.9295
FAX: 812.331.8808
joc@lawbr.com
Education
- Purdue University, B.S., 1975
- Indiana University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1978
Bar Admissions
- Indiana, 1978
- United States Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1978
- United States Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 1985
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989
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JOSEPH D. O’CONNOR
Partner
Joe has been with Bunger & Robertson since law
school and has been a partner since 1983. He has represented individual,
insurance company, and business clients throughout the state and
in federal courts. He also devotes a considerable amount of his
time to mediations, helping other attorneys and their clients resolve
disputes without resorting to trial.
Joe has been elected by his peers to top
positions of leadership in the Indiana State and American Bar
Associations. He served as an officer in various positions in the
Indiana State Bar, including President. He was also elected to the
ABA Board of Governors and served on its Executive Committee and was
a member of its House of Delegates from
1986 to 2005. He currently chairs the Commission on Law and Aging,
as well as serving on the Committee on Scope and Correlation of
Work. In addition, he has served on the Standing Committee
on Strategic Communications, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm
Section Council, Standing Committee on Membership, chaired the Standing
Committee on Meetings and Travel, and participated on other committees.
He has served on the board of the Indiana Continuing Legal Education
Forum as its Vice President and President. He is a Life Fellow of the Indiana Bar
Foundation and a Fellow and State Chair of the American Bar Foundation. Joe has also
been a regular lecturer at continuing education seminars on trial tactics, mediation and ethics.
Joe has served his community in numerous capacities, currently chairing
the Monroe County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. He also
has been involved in United Way, Leadership Bloomington, the Indiana
Equal Justice Fund, the
Monroe County Community Corrections
Task Force, Bloomington Hospital Advisory Board, the Board of Bloomington
Country Club, and other community organizations. He is a Director
of the Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation.
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Primary Practice Areas
- Business and General Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Domestic Relations
- Insurance Defense
- Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Memberships
- Monroe County Bar Association
- Indiana State Bar Association
- President,
1994–95
- President-Elect,
1993–94
- Vice-President,
1992–93
- Secretary,
1990–91
- Treasurer,
1987–88
- Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1986–87
- American Bar Association
- Board of Governors, 1998–2001
- House of Delegates, 1986–2006
- Chair, Commission on Law & Aging, 2006-Present
- Litigation Section
- Dispute Resolution Section
- Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
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