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Areas of Practice
Business Transactions
General Corporate Matters
Securities
Non-Profit Law
Health Care
Title
Partner
Office
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bar Admissions
Indiana, 1973
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1973
Education
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Indiana University
B.S., Finance
Past Employment Positions
Indiana Lawyers Commission, Assistant Director, 1973 - 1975
Mr. Neale is the chair of the firm's Business Practice Group. He is a graduate of Indiana University and the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis . Mr. Neale's practice includes general corporate, business and securities matters, non-profit entities and health care. He has represented publicly and privately held companies regarding acquisitions, public and private equity offerings and other state and federal securities regulatory matters. He has advised both governmental and business entities in complex contractual transactions including the privatization and public-private partnerships of government activities.
In 2006, Mr. Neale was lead counsel for the State of Indiana regarding a 10-year, $1.2 Billion public-private partnership for the modernization of the State's public assistance eligibility determination system. Additionally, he represented the City of Indianapolis in the privatization of the Naval Air Warfare Center, the largest Department of Defense privatization ever accomplished. Mr. Neale also represented U.S. Filter Operating Services in a competitive procurement of a 20-year, $1.1 Billion Management Agreement for the management and operation of the Indianapolis Waterworks. This is the largest public-private partnership of a municipal water utility in the United States.
Mr. Neale is Chairman of the Board of United Student Aid Funds, the nation's largest student loan guarantor, and is a Director of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. In 1992, he was appointed by President George Bush to a three-year term on the Council of the Administrative Conference of the U.S. , a government agency which advised the Executive Branch, the Congress and the Courts on ways to improve the federal administrative law process. Mr. Neale has also been a member of the Federal Judicial Merit Selection Commission and the Presidential Merit Rank Awards Board.
Honors and Awards
Indiana Super Lawyer
IUPUI Spirit of Philanthropy Award, 2003
Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis Civic Award, 2002
Professional Associations and Memberships
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
Chairman of the Board
Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Director & Secretary
Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Director
Conner Prairie Museum, Inc.
Director
Indiana University Foundation Life Sciences
Advisory Council
Butler University Business Accelerator Advisory Panel
Member
Lumina Foundation for Education, 2000 - 2007
Director
USA Group, Inc., 1997 - 2000
Director
Fairbanks Hospital, Inc., 1988 - 2004
Director
Bush - Quayle '92 Committee, Indiana
General Chairman
Bush - Quayle '88 Committee, Indiana
Co-Chairman
Reception at American Bicentennial Presidential Inauguration, 1989
Co -Chair with Vice President's spouse
Dan Quayle's Presidential, Vice Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Committees
Treasurer
Council of the Administrative Conference of the U.S., 1992 - 1995
Federal Judicial Merit Selection Commission, 1982 - 1988
Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Awards Board, 1989
Board of Visitors, I.U. School of Law - Indianapolis, 1989 - Present;
Chairman, 1990 - 1993
Young Audiences of Indiana
Emeritus Director | 