John O. Feighner named president of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
Posted by: Abby Meares
May 06, 2011
Topic: Haller & Colvin News
John O. Feighner, of Haller & Colvin, P.C., has been named President of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
The ITLA Board of Directors elected Mr. Feighner to the one-year term on Friday, April 28, 2011.
The Indiana Trial Lawyers Association is dedicated to the constitutional rights of open access and equal protection for all persons in the Indiana Civil Justice System.
ITLA has 1,028 members.
Mr. Feighner is a 1976, cum laude graduate of Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis; a 1973 graduate of Brown University; and a 1969 graduate of Culver Military Academy.
He was the president of the Culver Legion in 1980.
Mr. Feighner is an experienced civil trial lawyer and has been a certified civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since September 1997.
He has been a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers since 2000 and served as the state chairman in 2009-2010.
Mr. Feighner also serves as an Attorney Member of the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission and as an Attorney Member of the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
Locally, he is a member of the Benjamin Harrison Chapter of the American Inns of Court and served as president in 1996-1997.
His peers have annually named him one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2001 and he has been named by the Indiana Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in the state each year since 2003.
Mr. Feighner is also the Assistant Allen County Attorney, a position he has held since 1977. His role in representing Allen County government includes serving as legal counsel for the Sheriff of Allen County since 1977, and trial counsel for various county agencies in state and federal courts and other governmental legal activities.
Mr. Feighner has served as a member of the ITLA Executive Committee since 2002.
