Thomas Woodrow Yoder

Background

Yoder, Thomas Woodrow was born on April 23, 1927 in Pullman, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Fredrick Roy and Wilma Eylene (Porter) Yoder.

Education

Washington State University (Bachelor of Arts 1949). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1952). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.

Career

Working as a partner of MILLER CARSON & BOXBERGER. Associate Campbell, Livingston, Dildine & Haynie, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1952—1959, partner, 1959—1965, Livingston, Dildine, Haynie & Yoder, Fort Wayne, since 1965. With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946.

Achievements

• Bar: Indiana 1953, United States District Court (southern district) Indiana 1953, United States District Court (northern district) Indiana 1955, United States District Court (northern district) Ohio 1958, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1963, United States Supreme Court 1970. Diploma Indiana Defense Trial Counsel.

Works

• Other Work

  • "Condemnation in Indiana," Indiana State Bar Association, 1966 and Revised Education 1976. "Damages, Part I: Use of the Economist," Indiana State Bar Association, 1975. "Settlements," Indiana State Bar Association, 1978."Advantages, Disadvantages and Practical Problems Encountered in Partial Settlements," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1981. "Integration of Trial Preparation And Discovery: The Defendant’s Viewpoint," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1982. "Strategic Considerations for the Advocate Under Comparative Negligence: The Defendant’s Point of View”."Land Condemnation: Trial Tactics from the Condemnor’s Standpoint". "A Defendant’s View of Comparative Fault and Repeal of the Indiana Guest Statute: Will They Really Make A Difference?" and "Strategies for Representing the Defendant in a Routine Negligence Case. "Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1984."The Duty of the Primary Carrier to the Excess Carrier," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1986. Co-Author: The Attorney’s Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals," Seventh Circuit Bar Association and ATS-Continuing legal education, State Bar of Wisconsin, 1987. "Defending Claims for Punitive Damages," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1989 and "Recent Developments in the Law of Occupier Liability: The Defendant’s Viewpoint," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1990.

Religion

The objective people wish to attain is not merely to be saved from something. God wishes his children to be saved to something.

Politics

Some people think that involvement in political life is something Christians should avoid. But God is present everywhere, including political institutions.

Views

The family is encompassing a wider range of options than that of the two-generational unit of parents and children.

Membership

Member of American Bar Association (public utilities, litigation and torts and insurance practice sections), Allen County Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association (board managers 1971-1973, chairman automobile accident reparations committee 1974-1976, member trial lawyers section), American Judicature Society, Indiana Defense Lawyers Association (director since 1972, president 1974), Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit (Indiana chairman committee rules and practice since 1978, steering committee and contributing author Federal Appellate Handbook project 1985-1987, executive committee since 1976), Indiana Bar Foundation, Shriners Club, Masons Club, Olympia Athletic Club (Fort Wayne), Summit Club, Rotary Club.

Connections

Married Marian D. McCoy, August 20, 1950. Children: Thomas P., Katherine Ann, Kristine D.

child:

Thomas P. Yoder