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Douglas A. Welp, Partner

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Phone: 812.452.3547

Douglas A. Welp assists business and individual clients. Doug has handled dozens of bench and jury trials in Indiana and Kentucky, and serves as co-chair of the firm's litigation section. Doug has mediated and resolved cases involving non-competition covenants, injunctions, trade secrets, federal false claims act, contracts, real estate, eminent domain, and insurance.

Doug has served as speaker on several topics, including corporate and business issues, trial and discovery issues, real estate, employment issues.

EDUCATION

1991 - Wabash College - Bachelor of Science, economics, magna cum laude
1994 - Indiana University School of Law - Doctor of Jurisprudence, with honors

ADMISSION TO PRACTICE

1994 - State of Indiana
1999 - State of Kentucky

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member - Evansville Bar Association
Member - Kentucky Bar Association
Chairman - Indiana State Bar Association Litigation Council
Member - Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
Member - Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Honorary Society
Member - Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
Chairman, Board of Directors - Southwestern Indiana Mental Health Center, Inc.
Member - Brooks Inns of Court

 
Thomas J. Kimpel, Partner

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Phone: 812.452.3548

Thomas J. Kimpel was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 20, 1950. Tom has concentrated experience in business law, health care, shareholder disputes, and real estate.

EDUCATION

1972 - Butler University - Bachelor of Arts
1976 - John Marshall Law School - Doctor of Jurisprudence

ADMISSION TO PRACTICE

1976 - State of Ohio
1978 - State of Indiana

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member - Evansville State Bar Association
Member - Indiana State Bar Association
Member - American Bar Association
Member - Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana

 
Michael J. Cork, Partner

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Phone: 317.464.1594

Michael J. Cork is a Partner in Bamberger's Indianapolis office. Mr. Cork concentrates his practice in the areas of employment-related matters, employment litigation, commercial litigation, constitutional litigation, and corporate legal matters.

Michael's practice focuses on partnering with businesses to offer valuable advice and counsel on employment-related issues, such as employee handbook preparation, contract review, recruiting and hiring, protecting businesses from legal issues resulting from downsizing, and other employment-related matters.

In addition, Michael has litigated employment issues under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. He has also engaged in non-compete and trade secret litigation, as well as shareholder derivative actions. Mr. Cork is affiliated with the Alliance Defense Fund, and provides significant pro bono service to clients in the areas of family values, religious liberties, and sanctity of life.

EDUCATION

1972 - Carthage College - Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
1976 - Valparaiso University - Doctor of Jurisprudence

ADMISSION TO PRACTICE

1977 - State of Illinois
1982 - State of Texas
1987 - State of Indiana

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member - Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
Member - Defense Research Institute
Member - Illinois State Bar Association
Member - Indiana State Bar Association
Member - Indianapolis Bar Association
Member - National Lawyers Association
Member - Texas State Bar Association

HONORS

Recipient - International Academy of Trial Lawyers Commendation for Distinguished Achievement in Advocacy (1977)

MILITARY SERVICE

Veteran - United States Army, 101st Airborne Division

Laura A. Scott, Partner

Laura A. Scott is a business lawyer.  She uses her background in commercial law, litigation, and contracts to provide services to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes.  Laura is a partner in Bamberger's Evansville office.

Janet Heldt, SPHR

Janet Heldt has worked for Old National Bank since 1988, where she initially served as a management trainee working in nearly every department of the company.  During the next twelve years, her focus was in Human Resources, where she has held several positions.

By 2001, Janet was named Vice President, Employee Relations Director, focusing on employment law matters and online policies and procedures.  Most recently, Janet served as the Vice President of HR Services, making her responsible for the HR Associate Service Center and the HRIS/Payroll Group.  In 2006, Janet was named SVP, Diversity & Work Life Programs Director and ONB Foundation President.  The new role allows her to direct the development of comprehensive and broad-based initiatives targeted to strengthen the focus and commitment to diversity and work-life programs.

Janet also chairs the Old National Bank Foundation that awards nearly $1 Million dollars each year across the company's three-state footprint.

Amy Casavant, PHR

Amy Casavant began her career in Human Resources in 1999 at Old National Bank.  Over the years, she has served in a variety of roles including Employee Relations Specialist and Diversity & Work Life Specialist.  

In 2010, Amy was named AVP, Volunteer & Work Life Programs Manager.  In this role, she has the privilege of managing the ONe Community Volunteer program that is dedicated to strengthening communities and impacting lives.  Amy also manages work-life and associate engagement programs which focus on differentiating Old National as an "employer of choice."

Amy Lynch

Author, speaker and entrepreneur, Amy Lynch specializes in high-energy, interactive keynotes and workshops that help companies motivate Generations Y and Z, turning them into productive team players. A Baby Boomer herself, she understands the differences between generations as well as the key needs and values that bring us together. She specializes in helping managers appreciate the gifts Y and Z bring to the team, and in training groups to work collaboratively for better bottom line results

During the 1990s, Amy researched Generation Y (as adolescents) and wrote award-winning books about parenting the cellphone generation. She created Daughters, the newsletter for parents of adolescent girls. American Girl, and later Mattel, bought Daughters, and Amy continued to edit the newsletter until 2003, at which point more than 150,000 families were subscribers. In short, Amy watched closely as Gen Y grew up and documented their growth. Today she brings that deep understanding of the psychology and work ethic of Ys to the workplace. Her forthcoming book is entitled The Parent Trap at Work: How to Manage, Not Mother, the Ys and Zs You Employ.

During her 20 years in business, Amy has:

• Launched a national newsletter and sold it to a Fortune 500 company
• Guided an industry-oriented publication through its successful transition into a thriving lifestyle magazine, increasing circulation four-fold
• Raised investment capital and negotiated distribution agreements with the nation's largest book distributor
• Created PR campaigns that garnered national coverage and marketing efforts that exceeded industry response rates.

She is the author of the award-winning How Can You Say That? about parent-teen communication; and she is Generation Y columnist for Biz Journals, syndicated to business newspapers in more than 40 markets. Her ideas have been featured in USA Today, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Dallas Morning News, the Washington Post, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and NBC Nightly News, among others.    

Her affiliations include: National Speakers' Association, SHRM, CABLE, The HR Edge, LifeMoxie!, The Estuary School of Healing Arts, Nashville Women's Breakfast Club.   Her awards include: Hambidge Center Award, Hedgebrook Foundation Award, Ragdale Foundation Awards, Finalist, Utne Alternative Media Awards. Winner, Parents Media Awards.   She serves or has served on these boards of directors: Ten Thousand Villages; Tennessee Writers Alliance; Women's Social Policy and Research Center, Vanderbilt.