Background
John, Thomas A. was born on July 15, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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Thomas A. John
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Purdue University (Bachelor of Arts, 1991). Ohio Northern University (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1994).
Career
Worked at Plews Shadley Racher & Braun (Indianapolis, Indiana) specializing in Environmental and other scientific and technical matters including Federal and State Court Litigation and Appeals, Regulatory Compliance and Permitting, Environmental Insurance Coverage, Federal and State Administrative Actions, Coal and other Natural Resources, Toxic Torts, Environmental Due Diligence, Real Estate, Financial Services and Patent, Trademark and Copyright. Admitted to the bar, 1994, Indiana and United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
1997, United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Phi Kappa Phi. Manuscript Editor, Ohio Northern Law Review, 1993-1994. Judicial Clerk to the Honorary Bobby R. Baldock, United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1996-1997.
Judicial Extern to Justice Alice Robie Resnick. Ohio Supreme Court, 1992.
Member, American Inns of Court, 1993-1994. Author: "The Internet: How, Why and Where?" New Mexico Bar Journal, June/July, 1997.
Member: Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations.
Since its founding in 1988 Plews Shadley Racher & Braun has concentrated its practice in environmental and other scientific and technical law. The firm"s attorneys all have substantial experience and expertise in a wide range of environmental law matters. The firm serves clients throughout Indiana, the Midwest, and the nation.
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun handles administrative, state and federal trials and appeals covering a broad spectrum of environmental and related cases, including the prosecution and defense of claims involving CERCLA, RCRA, clean air and water acts, underground and aboveground storage tanks, toxic torts, environmental property damage claims, and governmental enforcement actions of all kinds.
The firm also maintains a substantial practice representing policyholders in environmental and other insurance coverage claims. The firm has actively participated in Superfund cases in a number of states and has organized committees to represent various interest groups in such efforts.
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun assists clients in interpreting and complying with state, federal and local environmental rules and in pursuing necessary permits. The firm also advises clients on environmental issues in real estate and business transactions, in conducting environmental due diligence and audit work, in undertaking voluntary cleanups, in developing programs for limiting liability exposure, and in drafting and monitoring legislation and rules.
The firm represents clients in a variety of similarly complex technical matters such as products liability cases.
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Member, American Inns of Court, 1993-1994.
