Background
Zakas, Joseph Conrad was born on November 7, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Anthony Zakas and Ann Phillips Zakas.
Zakas, Joseph Conrad was born on November 7, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Anthony Zakas and Ann Phillips Zakas.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). University of Notre Dame (Master of Business Administration, 1980. Juris Doctor, 1980).
Worked at Thorne, Grodnik, Ransel, Duncan, Byron & Hostetler (Elkhart, Indiana) specializing in Corporate and Commercial Transactions, Commercial and Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Creditors Rights, Bankruptcy, Banking and Bank Related Matters, Real Estate and Zoning, Probate and Estate Planning, School Law and Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Indiana and United States. District Court, Northern District of Indiana.
Indiana State Senator, 1982. Member: St. Joseph County and Indiana State Bar Associations. The firm of Thorne, Grodnik, Ransel, Duncan, Byron & Hostetler traces its roots to 1963 when William A. Thorne & Worth N. Yoder formed a partnership, offering expert legal representation throughout the northern third of Indiana, the core of the firm's practice remains business law, with grouping expansion into civil mediation.
Member of St. Joseph County Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association, Blue Ribbon Comn Against Domestic Violence, Knights of Columbus.
Married Margaret Anne Kaiser, 1978. Children: Mary Sarah, Katherine Grace, Stephen John.