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317.639.1210

Practice Areas

Joseph Rompala is a member of the firm's civil litigation and energy and utility law groups. As part of the litigation group, he has experience at all levels of the litigation process, from the initiation of a lawsuit through trial. As part of the energy and utility law group, he has represented the firm's clients in a number of administrative proceedings that include customer disputes with public utilities and utility rate setting. Joseph is also actively involved in the firm's appellate practice. As part of that team, he has participated in numerous appeals, authored briefs for cases before state and federal appellate courts, and has presented oral argument before the Indiana Supreme Court.

Prior to joining Lewis & Kappes, Joseph served for two years as a law clerk to the Indiana Supreme Court. While in law school, Joseph was on the editorial board of the Journal of Legislation.

Education

Cornell College, B.A., History (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 2001; University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 2004

Publications

"Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends": Recurring Themes in Welfare Reform in the United States and Great Britain and What the Principle of Subsidiarity Can Do to Break the Pattern, 29 Journal of Legislation 307 (2003).

Survey of Indiana Administrative Law, 43 Indiana Law Review 559 (2010)

Bar Admissions

Indiana, 2004; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2006; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2006; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2007

Experience

Law Clerk to Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard: 2004-2006; Associate, Lewis & Kappes: 2006 - present.

Affiliations

Member, Indiana State (Appellate Practice Section: Council Member and Utility Law Section) and Indianapolis Bar Associations.

Areas of Experience

Summary judgment, trial, summons, complaint, answer, discovery, administrative law, administrative agency, public utility, municipal utility, customer, lawsuit, appeal, brief, argument, collections, mechanics lien.