Pat Shoulders - Biography

Patrick A. Shoulders

Personal:
Born March 26, 1953
Married (Wife, Lisa), 2 children (Samantha, Andrew)

Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1975
Major - English
Juris Doctorate, Indiana University – Indianapolis, 1978
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Top 5% of Class

Indiana University:
Trustee, January 1, 2002 — Present; Vice-President; Past Chair, Academic Excellence Committee; Chair, Finance and Audit Committee, Chair, External Relations Committee

Past President, Indiana University National Alumni Association (2000-2001); Director, Indiana University Foundation (2002-Present); Director, Indiana University Center on Philanthropy; Director, Well House Society; Past President, IU College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Board; Past President, Woodburn Guild; Alumni Board, IU Law School-Indianapolis; Hoosier Hundred; Life Member, IUAA; Friends of Kinsey Institute

Professional:
Partner, Law Firm of Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel & Shoulders
Specializing in Litigation, Media, and Education Law.
a.v. Rating — Martindale & Hubbell Legal Directory

Admitted to practice in the State of Indiana, 1978;
Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1986; U.S. District court,
Southern District of Indiana, 1978; U.S. District Court,
Western District of Kentucky, 1987; U.S. Court of Appeals,
Seventh Circuit, 1979; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1997;
U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; member, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel; Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates; Evansville Bar Association (President, 1985-86), Indiana State Bar Association, Member, Board of Governors (1998-2000); Member, House of Delegates; Chairman, Litigation Section (1991-1992); BAR-PAC Board of Trustees 1991-1995, Council Member, Appellate Practice Section 1997-1998 and American Bar Association (Member, Trial Practice Committee, Litigation Section) and Kentucky Bar Association; Seventh Circuit Bar Association; Master Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; President's Award- Indiana Bar Foundation, 2000; Presidential Citation, Indiana State Bar Association, 2000; member, Local Rules Advisory committee, Chairman, ISBA Spring Meeting, May 1991; Chairman, Fellows of the Indiana Bar Foundation, 1996; Member, Planning committee and Co-Chair, Indiana Trial Advocacy College, (1996-Present); Ranked in Top 50 "Super Lawyers," Indianapolis Monthly, 2005.

Hoosiers Outrun Cancer 2003
Pat Announces as runners arrive at stadium

Pat with IU President

Community:

Recipient, James Bethel Gresham Freedom Award, Evansville Bar Association (1993)
Director, Acordia Business Benefits of Evansville, Inc. (1992-1997)
President and Director, Evansville Museum of Arts & Sciences (1991-1992)
President and Director, YMCA of Southwestern Indiana, Inc. (1990-1994)
President and Director, Evansville Parks Foundation (1982, 1983)
Director, Arts Fest River Run-12K (1987-2001)
Frequent speaker for Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation on law-related education topics
Member, Board of Park Commissioners, City of Evansville (1984-1987)
Member, Indiana State Recount Commission (1992)
Member, Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau (1993-1996)
Member, Vanderburgh County Public Defender Commission (2000-Present)
Treasurer and Director, Vanderburgh County Work Release Jobs program, Inc. (1983-1985)
President, Vanderburgh Law Library Foundation (1983-1984)
WNIN Public Television; General Chairman, TV Auction (1985)
Member, Institutional Review Board, St. Mary's Medical Center (1980-2003)
Member, Medical-Ethics Committee, St. Mary's Medical Center (1980-2002)
"Boss of the Year," Evansville Legal Secretaries Assoc. (1988)
"Volunteer of the Year," Evansville YMCA (1989)
"Volunteer of the Year," Career Award, Volunteer Action Center (1989)
"Volunteer of the Year," Evansville Arts Council (1990)
One of "Evansville's Most Wanted" 1991 American Cancer Society Fund Raising Campaign
Chairman, City of Evansville Bill of Rights Bicentennial Celebration (1991)
Member, Panel of Judges, Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, 1993, Sponsored by INC Magazine
William L. Brooks Hospitality Award- presented by Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau for work on Evansville Convention Center project (1996)
"Roast In Honor of Patrick Shoulders"-Fundraisers for Albion Fellows Bacon Center (1996)
Named "Sagamore of the Wabash" by Governor Evan Bayh on the 10-year anniversary of the Arts Fest River Run (1996)
Kentucky Colonel Designation (May 1997)
Elected to William Henry Harrison High School Hall of Fame (1996)
Treasurer, Indiana Equal Justice Fund (1996-1997)
Judge, National Finals, "We The People...The Citizen and The Constitution" Competition, Washington, D.C., (1997-1999)
Director, Evansville Civic Theatre (2000-Present)
Member, Golden Key International Honor Society
Distinguished Citizen Award, Indiana Social Studies Teacher's Association (2001)
Member, Evansville-Vanderburgh Country Unification Study Committee (2005)