John D. Waller Email & Phone Number

John protects the interests of lenders, borrowers, and guarantors when businesses default on secured loans. This includes serving as an advocate during the work out of underperforming loans; filing and defending lawsuits to enforce promissory notes, guaranties, and other written contracts; foreclosing mortgages and enforcing personal property security interests; preserving loan collateral by applying for court-ordered receiverships; protecting lien rights in bankruptcy court; purchasing or selling distressed loans; and representing court-appointed receivers.His practice also includes representing mortgage loan servicers and the corresponding trusts/investors in consumer finance litigation, including contested residential foreclosures, title insurance claims, regulatory violation cases, and tax sale disputes. John also asserts the rights of parties in complex, real estate-related litigation and represents companies and individuals in contract disputes.John completed a week-long professional training program in trial skills presented by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.An AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated lawyer and partner in the Indianapolis office of the national law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, John graduated from DePauw University in 1990 and immediately entered the Indiana University School of Law. In 1993, he received his license to practice in Indiana’s state and federal courts. John has represented companies and individuals in a wide variety of disputes. He has tried a number of bench and jury trials, and has handled several appeals. John and his wife Dena have three sons. Since 1996, John has published the blog “Indiana Commercial Foreclosure Law” at http://commercialforeclosureblog.typepad.com.

Listed skills include Trials, Product Liability, Commercial Litigation, Appeals, and 4 others.