Mr. Fisher's practice areas are Civil Litigation and Loss Prevention and Recovery. He represents clients in the resolution of business disputes of all types, in state and federal trial courts and in appellate courts in both the state and federal system. In addition, Mr. Fisher consults with businesses about the identification and avoidance of liability risk.

Trial Experience. Mr. Fisher has been a trial attorney since he began his trial practice in 1971. In more than thirty years as a trial attorney, he has been lead counsel in well over 150 jury trials and has been lead Appellate counsel in more than 60 published appellate court decisions. He has argued cases before every district of the Indiana Court of Appeals and before the Indiana Supreme Court and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. He has represented clients in litigation in Indiana, Tennessee, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

Recognition. Beginning in 1989, Mr. Fisher was listed as a personal injury defense attorney in the publication "The Best Lawyers in America." In 1993, a poll of Indianapolis lawyers conducted by Indianapolis Monthly voted Mr. Fisher one of the top five plaintiff's personal injury lawyers in Indianapolis. In 2004, 2005, and 2006 polls of over 14,000 attorneys in Indiana, Mr. Fisher was identified as a "Super Lawyer" in the field of personal injury and business litigation. He holds an "AV" rating in Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest available rating for lawyers, based upon that publication's poll of other lawyers practicing in the same community. An "AV" rating is defined as "very high to pre-eminent" with the "highest levels of skill and integrity." He and partner, Debra Miller, are the co-authors of the Personal Injury Law and Practice volume of the Indiana Practice reference series published by West Publishing Company, first published in 1997 and found in most Indiana law firm law libraries. They also edit the annual updates for that reference work. Mr. Fisher has been asked on many occasions to speak at seminars on various topics relating to trial skills.

Personal Injury Litigation. Mr. Fisher has tried serious personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout Indiana, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He has handled serious personal injury and wrongful death cases involving persons injured or killed in automobile accidents, airplane crashes, product failures, and industrial accidents.

Business Litigation. Mr. Fisher has represented insureds and insurance carriers in resolving coverage disputes of all kinds. He has represented property owners in mold contamination cases and fire loss claims. He has represented businesses in disputes arising out of the failure of company-sponsored ERISA plans. He has represented businesses in age and sex discrimination cases. He has represented minority shareholders in disputes with majority owners of closely-held corporations, lawyers working out the dissolution of their law firms, and businesses in disputes with vendors, commercial customers, and competitors. He has litigated commercial real estate transactions, and claims of intellectual property rights infringement. He has provided business advice relating to both the prevention, and the early, non-litigation resolution, of business losses.

Risk Analysis and Reduction. Mr. Fisher is one of the lead legal examiners for the Corporate Physical(TM) examination program. This is a multi-disciplinary review and analysis of a corporation's business and financial practices, accounting contracts, tax returns, and documents and forms for the purpose of (1) assessing the company's risk of unexpected and avoidable costs, expenses or liabilities, and (2) identifying additional opportunities to gain or retain economic or competitive advantages. Mr. Fisher is one of the founders and developers of this program.

Mediation and Arbitration. Mr. Fisher was the chair of Ice Miller LLP's mediation practice group, called Senior Partner Mediation Group. This group acted as mediators or arbitrators in serious litigation requiring a mediator with sophisticated substantive legal experience.

Personal and Educational Background. Mr. Fisher was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1969, with a degree in psychology. He graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, receiving his juris doctorate in 1971. He started at Ice Miller LLP in 1971, after graduation from law school, and practiced as a litigator at Ice Miller until he left in 2006 to form Miller & Fisher, LLC. Mr. Fisher's father, Russell, was an attorney in South Bend, and his cousin, Steve Pennell, is a partner at the Stuart & Branigin law firm in Lafayette. Mr. Fisher has been active in Little League Baseball, and his wife, Cynthia, was Decorator Chairman of the St. Margaret's Guild Decorator Show House benefiting Wishard Hospital in 2002 and 2003 and President of St. Margaret's Guild in 2004.