Thomas P. Yoder

Attorney

Current Position

Partner
Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2263
USA

Class: XIV (2003)Circuit: Seventh

Education

Hanover College, B.A., cum laude (with Honors) (1974)
Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, J.D. (1977)
Admitted to Indiana Bar (1977)
Admitted to U.S. District Courts for the Southern (1977) and Northern (1978) Districts of Indiana
Admitted to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (1985)

Professional Career

Partner, Barrett & McNagny, LLP (1989-)
Associate; Partner, Miller, Carson & Boxberger (formerly Livingston, Dildine, Haynie & Yoder) (1977-89)

Affiliations

Indiana State Bar Association: President (1999-00); President-Elect (1998-99); Vice President (1997-98); Board of Governors (1997-01; 93-95; 98-99); Publicity Committee (2003-); Chair, Membership (1997-98); Accelerated Dispute Resolution (1987-95), Nominating Committee (1991-92); Young Lawyers Section Council (1982-89); Chair (1988-89); Chair-Elect (1987-88); Secretary-Treasurer (1986-87); Executive Council (1985-89); Bankruptcy Section (1982-); Fee Dispute Resolution Committee (2006-)
Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum: President (1998-99); President-Elect (1997-98); Director (1989-90)
Indiana Bar Foundation (1990-): Director (1998-99); Projects Committee (1990-91; 93-94)
American Bar Association: Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section (1977-); Young Lawyers Division, Vice-Chair, Debtor-Creditor Relations Committee (1988-89); Executive Committee (1986-87); Vice-Chair, Accelerated Dispute Resolution Committee (1988-89)
Seventh Circuit Bar Association: Indiana Chair, Bankruptcy Committee (1991-03); Judicial Council Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Study Committee (1995)
Allen County Bar Association: Director (2004-); Bankruptcy Section (1977-)
American Bankruptcy Institute: Director (1994-00); Co-Chair, Membership Committee (1994-99)
Central States Bankruptcy Conference, Advisory Board (1996-03)
Great Plains Bankruptcy Conference, Board of Directors (1992-95)
Indiana University School of Law (Bloomington), Board of Visitors (1998-00)
Indiana University School of Law (Indianapolis), Board of Visitors (1998-00)

Publications

"Uniform Commercial Code: Article by Article, Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2006 Editor/presenter
"Reclamation and Administrative Claims," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Representing Business Creditors Under BAPCPA Seminar 2006 Author/presenter
"Annual Update on Bankruptcy and Commercial Law," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indiana Law Update Seminar (2003-) Editor/Presenter
"UCC-It's Not Just Article 9," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indiana Law Update Seminar 2002 Editor/Presenter
"Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions and Liens: Recent Cases and Statutes," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indiana Law Update Seminar 2001 Editor/Presenter
"Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions and Liens: Recent Cases and Statutes," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indiana Law Update Seminar 2000 Author/Presenter
"Traps for the Unwary and Other Bankruptcy Tidbits for Non-Practitioners," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indiana Law Update Seminar 1999 Author/Presenter
"Chapter 11, 7 and 13 Dismissals/Conversions: 'Bad Faith' Filings," Law Education Institute, Inc. and BNA Books, Inc., National CLE Bankruptcy Conference 1999 Author/Presenter
"Associates Commercial v. Rash: What the Supremes Should Have Said," American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Spring Meeting 1998 Author/Presenter
Bankruptcy-A Survival Guide for Lenders American Bankruptcy Institute 1997 Co-author

Awards

Listed in Indiana Superlawyers (2004-),
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (1993-),
American Bankruptcy Institute Outstanding Publications Award (1997),
Sagamore of the Wabash (2000),