Bob is a partner and the firm's Litigation Services Practice Group Leader. He is a 1974 honors graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He received his law degree with honors from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1977. Bob is admitted to practice before the Indiana Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. His memberships include the Lake County Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, where he has served three terms on the Board of Governors, and has previously served as Chairman of the Young Lawyers Section and Counsel to the President, as well as the American Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Parker is a former President of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, having been honored as its Defense Lawyer of the Year in 1998. He is also a member of the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, and the Defense Research Institute. Besides serving on the faculty of numerous continuing education programs in litigation related topics, Mr. Parker was awarded First Place in the inaugural Harrison Legal Writing Contest sponsored by the Indiana State Bar Association in 1997, and received the Defense Research Institute's "Exceptional Performance Award" in 2003. In 2005, 2006, and 2008, Bob received the prestigious "Superlawyer" designation by Indianapolis Monthly magazine, based on a statewide poll of lawyers, becoming one of only a handful of Northwest Indiana attorneys so designated in the practice area of civil litigation predominantly on behalf of businesses and professionals. Bob is resident in the firm's Merrillville office, and his practice is concentrated in commercial and professional liability litigation, and products liability. In his spare time, Bob officiates high school football, and is now looking forward to his 30th season on the gridiron.
