LAW FIRM OVERVIEW
Peterson & Waggoner, LLP, is located at 125 East Tenth Street, Rochester, Indiana 46975. Our
office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. until noon on
Saturday.
We provide quality legal services to clients throughout Fulton County and Northern Indiana.
Peterson & Waggoner, LLP covers a number of areas of the law, representing and advising
clients in the areas of:
• estate planning and probate administration
• real estate transactions and development
• corporate formation and operation
• general litigation
• family or domestic relations matters
• guardianships for adults and minors
• agricultural issues
• state and local taxation
• charitable entities
See our specifics on Services
We also maintain a highly qualified staff of Legal Assistants. Karin L. Fowler, our office manager
since 1996, has been with the firm since 1991. Kimberly L. Hunter has been with the firm since
1997 and is a registered paralegal with the Indiana State Bar Association. Diane Rowley joined
the firm in 2006 with more than 20 years paralegal experience in Indiana and Florida, and Jill
Manns joined the firm in 2007.
Our attorneys are profiled in the Attorney Profile section.
History
Robert E. Peterson opened his law practice at 112½ East 8th Street, Rochester, Indiana on April
19, 1965. In 1972, Douglas B. Morton joined the firm as an associate, later forming the
partnership Peterson & Morton, and offices were moved to 110 West 9th Street. The firm then
added Richard L. Kehoe, as an associate. Mr. Kehoe left in 1976. Ted A. Waggoner came to
work for Peterson & Morton on June 26, 1978, as an associate. Douglas B. Morton left the firm
in December of 1978, after being elected Fulton Circuit Court Judge. The law firm of Peterson &
Waggoner was formed January 1, 1981 and moved to 120 East 8th Street in January, 1984. The
firm opened new offices in January 2001 at 125 East Tenth Street, and changed the name of the
firm to Peterson & Waggoner, LLP. T. Andrew Perkins joined the staff as an associate attorney
in 2001 and became partner effective January 1, 2009. Rachel A. Arndt has joined the firm as an
associate attorney in October 2009.