Managing Partner, Peterson & Waggoner, LLP.
Professional Associations: Elected to the ISBA's
General Practice "Hall of Fame" in 2006; Named Adjunct Professor of Law at Indiana University
Maurer School of Law in 2010 - teaching a first time class in Issues of Solo and Small Firm Practice;
Fulton County Bar Association (President 1980-81), Indiana State Bar (Chair, Special
Committee on Lawyer Referral Service 1990-93; Nominating Committee 1993; Co-chair
Written Publications Committee, 1993-96; Chair, BARPAC 1996-98; Board of Governors
1996-98) Chair, Articles and Bylaws Committee 2002; Vice Chair of the Legal Ethics
Committee 2001(Ethics Telephone Panel): American Bar Association, Fellow, American
Bar Foundation; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers
of American.
Family: Married to Nancy, father of Gretchen and Jeanette.
Church Activities: Vice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada (2001-2003), Vice Moderator of the
Indiana Region of the Christian Churches of Indiana (2004-2008). Elder, First Christian
Church (DOC), Rochester Indiana. Board Chair FCC, three terms.
Educational Activities: Trustee of Eureka College, (2003-09) Board Chair (2006-08);
Attorney for Rochester Community School Corp. (2006- ); Member, Board of Visitors, Past President Alumni Association
Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Written Materials: Waggoner has been featured in articles in the ABA Journal on legal fee issues; has written in ABA publications on Five Essential Steps to Rainmaking in A Small
Town in the ABA book "How to Capture and Keep Clients". He has two chapters in the
2009 ABA book, "Effectively Staffing Your Law Firm".
Legal Seminar Presentations: Waggoner has been an active presenter for lawyers
Continuing Legal Educational seminars, having lectured at the Solo and Small Firm
Conference on topics such as: Fundamentals of Successful Solo and Small Firm Practice
(Bloomington 2006);Tough Moments with Clients (Indianapolis 2007);Selling Your
Client's Business (Fort Wayne 2008).
Public Seminar Presentations: Waggoner has also presented public sessions on Estate and
Succession Planning for Ivy Tech State College, and presented to the Ag Series
Classes again in 2009 on Estate Planning with Trusts. He has presented various
topics to service clubs, church organizations on the topic of "Legal Concerns for Pastors
and Congregations" and on the topic of "Healthy Boundaries for Clergy" sessions I and II.
Waggoner provided a 2006 employers seminar on the Federal Department of Labor's new Overtime Rules for Employees, the PowerPoint presentation is available here.
Waggoner spoke to the first Agriculture Class offered by IVY TECH College in its Agriculture Series, at the Peru Campus on January 29, 2008. The topic is "Estate and
Succession Planning for Farm Families. Waggoner presented the second IVY TECH Agriculture Class "Estate Planning
with Trusts." Waggoner spoke for the third year to the IVY TECH Agriculture class in January 2009, on
"How to Keep the Family Farm When Dad Dies." Information on any of the courses is available by contacting
the law firm.