mwallman
@lewis-kappes.com

Practice Areas

School Law
Immigration Law

Background and Areas of Experience

Mr. Wallman has extensive experience in school law. He has represented public school boards as general counsel and chief negotiator throughout Indiana, and on a diverse range of matters, including labor arbitrations and unfair practice cases, policy development, school business issues, and litigation. Mr. Wallman has been an invited presenter and panelist at Indiana School Boards Association collective bargaining and school attorney workshops.

For a number of years, Mr. Wallman was Section Chief for Federal Litigation with the Indiana Office of Attorney General. In that capacity he served as lead counsel representing the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Indiana Department of Education. This included defending civil rights actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and employment claims in all forums. He has extensively litigated special education cases arising under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and related Indiana regulations, in state and federal courts. He has tried employment cases arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and briefed and argued cases raising various issues in all forums, including both the Indiana Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. As chief counsel in the Office of Attorney General for the Department of Education, he drafted or reviewed and edited all regulations promulgated by the Indiana Department of Education. He has successfully represented school corporations in construction disputes through arbitration.

Mr. Wallman currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for Indiana School Laws and Rules, a comprehensive compilation of the statutes and regulations governing public schools in Indiana published annually by Thompson/West Publishing Company.

Mr. Wallman represents individuals pursuing immigration benefits, primarily family members seeking permanent residency in this country or naturalization.

Mr. Wallman is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is the current president of the Indiana Chapter of the American Lawyers Association.

Education

Indiana University, B.S. 1973
Indiana University, M.S. 1974
Indiana University School of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1977

Bar Admissions

Indiana Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
United States Court for Southern District of Indiana

Law Firm or Corporate Legal Experience

Lewis & Kappes, P.C. (2011 to present)
Rund Wallman & Robbins, LLP (1995 to 2011)
City of Indianapolis (1993 to 1995)
Office of Attorney General (1977 to 1993)

Affiliations

American Immigration Lawyers Association
Indiana State Bar Association
Indianapolis Bar Association