Douglas A. Welp

Employment

Deaconess Health System, Inc., Evansville, Indiana
In-House Counsel, October 2017-present

Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, LLP, Evansville, Indiana (1997-2017)
Partner, January 2002 – October 2017 (by merger, Stoll Keenon Ogden, PLLC, Aug.-Oct. 2017)
Associate, 1997-2001
Summer Clerk, 1993

Beckman, Kelly & Smith, LLP, Hammond, Indiana
Associate, 1994-1997

Education

Indiana University School of Law Bloomington (Maurer School of Law), 1991-1994
J.D. 1994, cum laude
Member, Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Team 1993

Wabash College 1987-1991
Bachelors degree, magna cum laude, 1991; Economics major, Religion minor
Studied in Aberdeen, Scotland, Spring 1990
Editor-in-chief, Wabash Newspaper, Fall 1989
Lettered in varsity baseball

Professional Associations and Community Activities

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2018-
Chairman, Litigation Council of Indiana State Bar Association, 2011-2012
Chairman, Trial Section of Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, LLP, 2007-2017
Member, Advisory Committee for the Local Rules for the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Indiana, 2000-present
Member, Defense Trial Council of Indiana, 1999-2017
Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee of Evansville Bar Association, 2002 to 2017
Member, Litigation Council of Indiana State Bar Association, 2007-present
Chairman, Board of Directors of Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., 2010-2012
County Attorney, Warrick County, 2005-2010
Town Attorney, Town of Darmstadt, 1997-2006
Board of Directors, Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association, 2003-2005
Chair, Real Estate Section of Evansville Bar Association (EBA), 2003-2004
Reitz Home Board of Directors, approx. 2001-2002
Leadership Evansville, graduate, 1999
Treasurer, Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana, 1995-1997

Admissions to Practice Law

State of Indiana (1994)
United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana (1994)
United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana (1994)
United States Court of Appeals for Seventh Circuit (1994)
Commonwealth of Kentucky (1999)
United States District Court, Western District of Kentucky (1999)
United States Supreme Court (2003)

Appellate Decisions

Available upon request

Trials and select hearings

Available upon request

Continuing Legal Education Attendance

Available upon request

Presentations and articles written (partial list)

Available upon request

Personal

Born and raised in Princeton, IN; lived in Newburgh since 1997; married to Amy (Harkness) Welp 12-18-93; three children: enjoy golfing, reading, skiing, coaching, and family time.