Richard P. Busse - Valparaiso, IN

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Richard P. Busse Overview

Law is my third career.  I have almost thirty years of practical contact with people as a small business owner/entrepreneur and over fifteen years of experience as a teacher in higher education.  My life-long interest in civil liberties finally led me to law school.  Now I am facilitating others in forming, buying, selling, and expanding their own businesses.  And I am committed to help the ordinary person who has been wronged by big business or government.  Enhancing the life of "individuals-in-community" is the goal of my practice of law.

Practice Areas

• Bankruptcy Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Estate Planning
• Trusts
• Wills
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Child Support
• Family Law

Litigation

• 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Current Employment Position(s)

• Sole Practitioner

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 1999
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1999
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1999

Other Affiliations

• Indiana University Northwest (Associate Faculty in History and Philosophy)
• Chicago Center for Religion and Science (Founding Associate)
• Insights: the Magazine of the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, 1989 - 1994 (Editor)
• Bulletin for the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion, 1988 - 1995 (Editor)
• Midwest American Academy of Religion, 1994 - 1996 (President)
• Midwest American Academy of Religion, 1992 - 1994 (Vice-President and Program Chair)
• Midwest American Academy of Religion, Science and Religion Section, 1990 - Present (Chair)
• Common Ground: A Forum for Civil Liberties Issues, Indiana Civil Liberties Union, 1995 - 1997 (Editor)
• American Academy of Religion
• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• Center for Process Studies
• Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
• Institute on Religion in an Age of Science
• Chicago Center for Science and Religion (Founding Associate)
• Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Calumet Chapter, 1986 - Present (President)
• Indiana Bar Association
• Indiana Civil Liberties Union, 1986 - 1994 (Member, State Board of Directors)
• Indiana Civil Liberties Union, 2000 - Present (Member, State Board of Directors)
• Christ Lutheran Church

Education

• Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1998
  J.D.
• Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, IL, USA, 1984
  Ph.D.
• Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, IL, USA, 1979
  Th.M.
• Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, IL, USA, 1975
  M.T.S.
• Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA, 1972
  B.A.
  Major: Philosophy

Past Positions

• Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Visiting Lecturer in Theology and Ethics, 1986 - 1997
• Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, 2000
• Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, Adjunct Professor in History and Philosophy, 1989 - 1993
• Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, Visiting Professor in Philosophy and Religious Studies, 1994
• College of St. Francis, Joliet, IL, Adjunct Instructor in Philosophy, Course: Ethics and Morality, 1987
• Valparaiso University, Part-time Assistant Professor of Theology, 1985 - 1988
• Valparaiso University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology, 1984 - 1985
• Valparaiso University, Part-time Instructor in Philosophy, 1983
• Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Teaching Assistant in Systematic Theology, 1978 - 1982

Pro Bono Activities

• ACLU, 1975 - Present
• Lake County Family Law, 2001 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, "Epic of Creation", 1989 - Present
• Lecturer, Religion in an Age of Science, Annual Spring Seminar, 1986 - Present
• CLE on School Vouchers, Inn of Court, Portage County, 2000

Ancillary Businesses

• Owner-Operator, Dr. Vegetable Inc.

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Address

7 Napoleon Street
Valparaiso, IN 46383

Phones

219-263-0394
800-618-3605
866-535-4789
219-263-0309

Faxes

219-531-2859

Emails

Contact Us

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Yes

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Websites

http://www.northwestindianadivorcelawyer.com
http://www.richardbusselaw.com

Articles

"Science, Religion, and the Law", Currents in Theology and Mission, 28:3 and 4, August, 2001

"Religion and Science in America: Populism vs. Elitism", Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, 33:1, March, 1998

"Black Elk Speaks in the Introductory Course", Spotlight on Teaching, Religious Studies News, 10:1, February, 1995

"From Belief to Unbelief and Back to Belief: A Response to Michael Ruse", Zycon: Journal of Religion and Science, 29:1, March, 1994

"Method and Justification in Religious Cognition: Ritschl's Epistemology in Light of Some Contemporary Issues in Science and Religion", Community, Science and Theology: Albrecht Ritschl's Significance for Twentieth Century Theology, 1994

"Philip Hefner is Walking, Stretching and Building", Dialog: A Journal of Theology, 31.1, Winter, 1992

Papers of the Nineteenth Century Theology Working Group, Berkeley, CA (Co-editor), AAR Annual Meeting, 1989

"Attorney Katz, Not Protester, is Shouting 'Fire'" (Guest Editorial), The Times, February, 2002

Editorials, Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: 18:1, 18:2, 18:3, 18:4, 1989

Editorials, Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: 19:1, 19:2, 19:4, 1990

Editorials, Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: 20:2, 20:4, 1991

Editorials, Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: 21:1, 21:3, 21:4, 1992

Editorials, Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: 22:1, 22:4, 1993

Editorials, Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: 23:1, 23:2, 23:4, 1994

Editorials, Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: 24:1, 24:2, 1995

Editorial, Common Ground: A Forum for Civil Liberties Issues 1:1, May, 1995

Editorials, Insights, the Magazine of the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, 1:1, 1:2,, 1989

Editorials, Insights, the Magazine of the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, 2:1, 2:2, 1990

Editorials, Insights, the Magazine of the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, 3:1, 1991

Editorials, Insights, the Magazine of the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, 4:1, 1992

Editorials, Insights, the Magazine of the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, 5:1, 1993

Editorials, Insights, the Magazine of the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, 6:1, 1994

"1st Amendment Crafted to Benefit Religion" (Guest Editorial), Gary Post Tribune, July, 1993

Editorial, Science and Religion News, 4:2, Summer, 1993

"Patriotism and Civil Liberties" (Guest Editorial), Gary Post Tribune, March, 1991

"Patriotism and Civil Liberties" (Guest Editorial), The Advocate, Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Spring, 1991

Representative Cases

• Alston v. King, 231 F.3d 383 (7th Circuit 2000)