John R. Burns III

Commercial, Mediation
111 East Wayne Street, Suite 800
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802


Commercial

Admitted

1974, Ohio; 1976, Indiana; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1974

Law School Graduation Year

1974

College

Ball State University, A.B., 1971

Memberships

Allen County (Chairman, Bankruptcy Section, 1990-1992), Indiana State (Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 2001-2002) and American (Litigation Section, Programs Co-chair, Business and Commercial Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; American Inns of Court (Master).

Biographical

Blue Key. Executive Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1973-1974. Contributing Author: Bankruptcy 1986, ICLEF, 1986; Mortgage Foreclosures in Indiana, ICLEF, 1987; Basic Bankruptcy in Indiana: Creditors, Debtors and the Estate, National Business Institute, 1987; Business, Banks, Borrowers and the Environment, ICLEF, 1991; Annual Bankruptcy Institute, ICLEF, 1993, 1994 and 1998; Rats, Rodents and Rosenbloom: Journal Gazette v. Bandido's, Res Gestae, Vol. 45, No. 1, July/August 2001; Suing the Foreign Business Entity: An Introduction to the Commercial Activities Exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), Commercial and Business Litigation Journal, ABA, Section of Litigation, Commercial and Business Litigation Committee, Winter 2001-2002; Service of Process upon the Foreign Individual or Business Entity: An Introduction to the Application of FRCP 4(f), Commercial and Business Litigation Journal, ABA, Section of Litigation, Commercial and Business Litigation Committee, Spring 2002; Effective Deposition Preparation, Commercial and Business Litigation Journal, ABA, Section of Litigation, Winter 2002-2003.

Military

Lt.,USNR, JAG, 1971-1978