Daniel J. Vanderpool

Indiana Personal Injury Attorney – Civil Attorney

Daniel J. Vanderpool, born Wabash, Indiana, 1956; admitted to bar 1980, Indiana; also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Dan has represented numerous clients as an Indiana Personal Injury Attorney fighting against the insurance companies to get them the compensation they deserve.

Preparatory education, Huntington College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977);

Legal education, Indiana University (J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1980), Indiana Judicial College (1993); Indiana Graduate Program for Judges (1997).

Practicing Attorney, Wabash Indiana, 1980 – 1986; Warsaw Indiana, 2005 – present. Circuit Court Judge, Wabash Circuit Court, 1987 – 2005.

Organizations and Memberships: Indiana Judicial Conference Board – District Representative 1992 – 2004. Supreme Court Character and Fitness Committee, 1986 – 2004. Member, Indiana Judges Association; Indiana State Bar Association. Past member, Youth Service Bureau Board; Big Brothers – Big Sisters Board; Child Protection Team; United Fund Board; Meals on Wheel Board; American Cancer Society Unit Board; Mental Health Association Board.

Honored 2004 by Governor as Sagamore of the Wabash.

Publications:

“So You Want to Be a Judge?”; published in Res Gestae, Journal of the Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. 41, No. 9, March 1998;

“One Plan for Restructuring Indiana’s Judiciary”; published in Res Gestae, Journal of the Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. 44, No. 6, December 2000;

“So You Want to Be a Judge -Revisited”; published in Res Gestae, Journal of the Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. 47, No. 7, March 2004

Practice areas include:

• Personal Injury / Accident
• Family Law (Divorce, Custody, Support, Visitation, etc.)
• Criminal Law
• Civil Law
• Wills and Estates
• Business Law