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Hoeppner Wagner & Evans Named to “Best” Law Firm List for Eight Consecutive Years. Readers of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly named Hoeppner Wagner & Evans the “Best Law Firm for Litigation” in the 2010 annual reader poll. NWIBQ readers have awarded the firm top honors in corporate and litigation law firm categories since the survey was started in 2003.
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May 2010
Hoeppner Wagner & Evans has become a Member of the Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable. Partner Tina Bengs serves on the Education Committee of the NWIBRT. The organization is dedicated to improving construction and maintenance projects in Northwest Indiana.
Keith Wolak has become a Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist in Indiana. The designation is certified by the Indiana State Bar Association=s Estate Planning and Administration Specialty Certification Board and is achieved by passing a rigorous application and testing process to demonstrate special knowledge, skills and proficiency in the estate planning and administration area. He is one of approximately 100 attorneys in Indiana to achieve this certification to date.
Lee Lane will be speaking at the Valparaiso Memorial Day Ceremony being held May 28. Lee is a former Warrant Officer in the Illinois National Guard, where she served as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot in Iraq.
Sean Kenyon spoke on the topic of “Mechanic Liens From Initial Filing To Foreclosure” at the May 20 joint meeting of the Building Industries Association and the Porter County Builders Association.
Jim Jorgensen presented his annual “Global Legal Update” for the Northwest Indiana Society of Human Resource Managers on May 19 in Valparaiso.
Tina Bengs spoke on the topic of “When an Employee Reports a Work Injury” for the American Society of Safety Engineers on May 13.
Lee Lane has been appointed to the City of Valparaiso's Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force. She has also been appointed as Vice Chair of the Board of Opportunity Enterprises. Opportunities Enterprises serves the needs of individuals with physical and mental disabilities throughout Northwest Indiana.
Gerry Stout has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Animal Law Section of the Indiana State Bar Association.
April 2010
Gerry Stout has been elected to the Lowell Public Library Board of Directors. He will serve a four year term.
Hoeppner Wagner & Evans is pleased to announce that Bernard H. (Chip) Owens III and Kimberly P. Peil are now associates with the firm:
Chip Owens, who is located in the firm’s Merrillville office, concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment, and commercial litigation. He joined the firm after practicing with an area sole practitioner. Chip received his law degree from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2009. While in law school, Chip served on the Moot Court Executive Board. Chip received both an MBA and undergraduate degree in Finance from Western Illinois University. Prior to entering legal practice, Chip was a financial analyst with Dyson, Inc. Previous to that, he worked on a wide array of business matters including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance with Accenture, LLP.
Kimberly Peil, also located in the firm’s Merrillville office, concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment, and commercial litigation. She joins the firm after completing an externship with a litigation boutique in Merrillville. Kimberly received her law degree, magna cum laude, from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2009. While in law school, Kimberly was a Senior Associate Editor for the Law Review. She received her undergraduate degree, also magna cum laude, from Fontbonne University in 2006.
Hoeppner Wagner & Evans was a sponsor of and participant in the 2010 Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce Business Opportunity Night held April 22.
March 2010
Tina Bengs was interviewed for an article entitled “Covering the Bases: Don’t Let Those Common Worker’s Compensation Pitfalls Trip up Your Company” which appeared in the March/April issue of Building Indiana.
Gerry Stout attended the National Association of Development Companies (NADCO) recertification as a SBA 504 Designated Attorney in March.
February 2010
Hoeppner Wagner & Evans was a sponsor of Lowell Business EXPO on February 27, which was attended by approximately 1,000 individuals. Gerry Stout, HWE attorney and a past president of the Lowell Chamber of Commerce, was on hand to greet visitors during the course of the event.
Michael Tolbert co-authored an article on the topic of mentoring in the January/February issue of Res Gestae, the Indiana State Bar Association’s journal. The article provides information for law firms wishing to establish or modify a mentoring program, as well as attorneys seeking to be or have a mentor.
January 2010
Tina Bengs presented a program on the topic of “What Besides "Safety" Should Safety Personnel Know?” for the American Society of Safety Engineers, Greater Calumet Chapter, on January 14. The discussion covered ADA, FMLA, Title VII, workers’ compensation, discipline, and civil liability issues associated with workplace injury claims.