Joe Fullenkamp represented businesses and individuals in the resolution of commercial disputes, product liability defense, construction litigation, transportation contracts and litigation, and insurance coverage matters. Joe’s experience spanned virtually all phases of litigation, including discovery, pre-trial motions and trial, and appellate counsel in courts throughout the United States.
For more than three decades, Joe litigated product liability lawsuits. He served on national product liability teams representing Fortune 500 companies and other businesses in litigation throughout the country. His clients included manufacturers and distributors of home appliances, kitchen appliances and utensils, manufacturing equipment and consumer goods.
Experience
- Barnes & Thornburg attorney represented client in mandamus action concerning consolidation of competing class action lawsuits.
- Barnes & Thornburg attorneys defended client in competing class actions brought on behalf of landowners adjoining railroad rights-of-way abandoned by Penn Central. The ten years of litigation led to several appeals to the Indiana Court of Appeals, an appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court, and a writ of mandamus to the Indiana Supreme Court. Ultimately, a class action settlement was reached in which the client, a defendant, received payment from the co-defendant.
Credentials
Education
- University of Iowa, B.A., 1985
- University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1988, with distinction
Bar Admissions
- Indiana
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana