For more than 30 years, Bob Stanley has represented the firm's clients in complex civil litigation and private arbitrations of a variety of business and commercial disputes. Mr. Stanley's principal focus in recent years has been prosecuting and defending claims involving the following subject areas: 

• Antitrust claims under the federal Sherman, Clayton and Robinson-Patman Acts or comparable state laws
• Probate-related litigation, including will contests, will/trust construction disputes and breach-of-trust claims
• Bankruptcy litigation, including adversary proceedings
• Distributor/dealer termination cases
• Contract disputes, including breach of contract claims and contract construction disputes

Representative Cases

• A.A. Poultry Farms, Inc. v. Rose Acre Farms, Inc., 881 F.2d 1396 (7th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1019 (1990) (antitrust)
• Alli v. Eli Lilly and Co., 854 N.E.2d 372 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006) (choice of law)
• In re Brand-Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation, 1994 WL 682617 (N.D. Ill. 1994) (antitrust)
• In the Matter of the Estate of Meyer, 702 N.E.2d 1078 (Ind. Ct. App. 1998), trans. denied (will/trust construction)
• Lutz v. Fortune, 758 N.E.2d 77 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001), trans. dismissed, 774 N.E.2d 512 (Ind. 2002) (will/trust construction)
• Northside Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. City of Indianapolis, 1989-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶ 68,715 (S.D. Ind. 1989), aff'd, 902 F.2d 521 (7th Cir. 1990) (antitrust; equal protection)
• Mack v. Am. Fletcher Nat. Bank, 510 N.E.2d 725 (Ind. Ct. App. 1987), trans. denied (breach of trust)
• Schrader v. Eli Lilly and Co., 639 N.E.2d 258 (Ind. 1994) (defamation; privileged communication)
• Sullivan v. Savin Business Machines Corp., 560 F. Supp. 938 (N.D. Ind. 1983) (dealer termination; choice of law)
• United Rentals Highway Technology, Inc. v. Indiana Constructions, Inc., 518 F. 3rd 526 (7th Cir. 2008) (antitrust – labor exemption)

Honors

• The Best Lawyers in America — Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2007-12; Commercial Litigation, 2006-10; Antitrust Litigation, 2011-12; Trusts & Estates Litigation, 2011-12
• Chambers USA: A Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers – General Commercial Litigation, 2004-11
• Benchmark Litigation — Commercial Litigation, 2008-12
• Indiana Super Lawyers — Business Litigation, 2004-12
• Order of the Coif, 1981
• Order of Barristers, 1981
• American College of Trial Lawyers Medal for Excellence in Advocacy, National Moot Court Competition, 1980-81
• American Jurisprudence Award, Three-Time Recipient, 1979-81

Professional Associations

• Indianapolis Bar Association
• Indiana State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Seventh Circuit Bar Association 

Publications

• "Business Contracts A to Z," co-author with Trevor J. Belden and Michael Ray Smith, National Business Institute, 2011
• State Indirect Purchaser Lawsuit Practice Guide: Indiana, in Illinois Brick Monograph, co-author with Kathy L. Osborn (Gregory Seador, ed.), 2010 (in press)
• "The Basics of Multidistrict Litigation," ICLEF Complex Litigation, co-author with Abhishek Dubé, October 2008
• "Objections to Probate, Intermeddler Petitions and Special Administrations," ICLEF Probate Litigation, co-author with John Gardner and Kent Rollison, May 2000
• "Distributor Termination Litigation," ICLEF Distribution Law, November 1989