Ronald J. Waicukauski - Indianapolis, IN

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Ronald J. Waicukauski Overview

Ron is the managing principal member and an active trial lawyer at the Indianapolis based plaintiffs' litigation firm, Price Waicukauski & Riley, LLC.  His practice focuses on plaintiffs' complex litigation including matters involving business disputes, property rights, professional malpractice, and class actions.  He has tried more than sixty jury cases to verdict as lead counsel in both state and federal courts.  He has also argued numerous appellate cases in the Indiana Court of Appeals, the Indiana Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 

Ron formerly served as a JAG and Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and as the elected Prosecuting Attorney in Monroe County, Indiana.  He has taught trial and appellate advocacy at the Indiana University Schools of Law in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and served on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and the Defense Counsel Trial Academy.

Since 2004, Ron has been a regular speaker to the Indianapolis Law Club on developments in Indiana law, and publishes a blog and podcast online at www.indianalawupdate.com. In addition, Ron has made numerous CLE presentations at meetings of the American Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association and many other legal organizations.  

Ron co-authored The Twelve Secrets of Persuasive Argument (2009 ABA), The Winning Argument (2001 ABA),Classical Rhetoric and the Modern Trial Lawyer, Litigation (Winter 2010); and Ethos and the Art of Argument, Litigation (Fall 1999).  Ron also wrote Learning the Craft, Litigation (Spring 1998) and was the editor and a contributing author of Law and Amateur Sports (Ind. Univ. Press 1982).

Ron has also served as President of the Indianapolis American Inn of Court, as Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Board of the International Association of Defense Counsel, and as Co-chair of the Training the Advocate Committee, Litigation Section, American Bar Association. 

Practice Areas

• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Product Liability
• Environmental Litigation
• Professional Malpractice
• Civil Litigation

Litigation

• 98% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Current Employment Position(s)

• Principal Member

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 1973
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1977
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1977
• U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• Indianapolis American Inn of Court (President, 1997-1999)
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section (Co-Chair, Training the Advocate Committee, 1996-1999)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (Chair, CLE Board, 1998-2000)
• Indiana State Bar Association (Chair, Pre-Suit Mediation Committee, 1994-1997)
• Indianapolis Bar Association
• Indianapolis Law Club
• Indianapolis Downtown Rotary Club
• International Society of Primerus Law Firms

Education

• Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  J.D.
• George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
  LL.M. - Law
  Honors: summa cum laude
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
  B.S.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: Speech

Past Positions

• U.S. Marine Corps, Captain and Judge Advocate, 1973 - 1977
• Barnes & Thornburg, Associate, 1977 - 1979
• Indiana University, Assistant Professor of Law, 1979 - 1982
• Monroe County, Indiana, Prosecuting Attorney, 1983 - 1986

Classes and Seminars

• Class Actions: New Rules, New Decisions and Their Implications for Indiana Lawyers, Bench Bar Conference of the Indianapolis Bar Association, 2004
• Updates on Indiana Law, Indianapolis Law Club, 2004 - 2007
• Trying the Catastrophic Injury Case (Seminar Chair), ICLEF, 2003
• Battle of the Titans: Daubert Hearing, DTCI, 2000
• The Art of Argument, ABA, 1998
• Trial Advocacy, I.U. School of Law - Indianapolis (Adjunct Faculty), 1987 - 1990
• Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop, NITA, 1986 - 1989

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Address

Hammond Block Building
301 Massachusetts Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phones

317-633-8787
800-905-2856

Faxes

(317) 633-8797

Emails

Contact Us

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Yes

Articles

The Winning Argument, co-author, ABA, 2001

Learning The Craft, Litigation Journal, Spring, 1998

Ethos and the Art of Argument, co-author, Litigation Journal, Fall, 1999

Quality Practice Management: A Manual for Law Firms, co-author, IADC, 1995

Law and Amateur Sports, editor, Ind. Univ. Press, 1982

Classical Rhetoric and the Modern Trial Lawyer, Litigation

Representative Cases

• Dennis Murray and James Massey v. Conseco, Inc. and Conseco Services, LLC, 2006 WL 3019404 (7th Cir. 2006)
• Brent E. Clary, Roger W. Bennett and Bennett, Boehning & Clary v. Lite Machines Corp., 850 N.E.2d 423 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006)
• GKN Co. v. Starnes Trucking, Inc., 798 N.E.2d 548 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003)
• Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Estate of Martin ex rel. Martin, 720 N.E.2d 1261 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999)
• T.H. Landfill Co., Inc. v. Miami County Solid Waste Dist., 628 N.E.2d 1237 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994)
• GKN v. Magness, 744 N.E.2d 397 (Ind. 2001)
• Mayflower Transit, Inc. v. Ann Arbor Warehouse Co., Inc., 892 F.Supp. 1134 (S.D.Ind. 1995)
• Scaggs v. Consolidated Rail Corp., 6 F.3d 1290 (7th Cir. 1993)