Mr. William R. Neale, Attorney

Mr. Neale is the chair of the firm's Business Practice Group.  He is a graduate of Indiana University and the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis .  Mr. Neale's practice includes general corporate, business and securities matters, non-profit entities and health care. He has represented publicly and privately held companies regarding acquisitions, public and private equity offerings and other state and federal securities regulatory matters. He has advised both governmental and business entities in complex contractual transactions including the privatization and public-private partnerships of government activities.

In 2006, Mr. Neale was lead counsel for the State of Indiana regarding a 10-year, $1.2 Billion public-private partnership for the modernization of the State's public assistance eligibility determination system.  Additionally, he represented the City of Indianapolis in the privatization of the Naval Air Warfare Center, the largest Department of Defense privatization ever accomplished.  Mr. Neale also represented U.S. Filter Operating Services in a competitive procurement of a 20-year, $1.1 Billion Management Agreement for the management and operation of the Indianapolis Waterworks.  This is the largest public-private partnership of a municipal water utility in the United States.

Mr. Neale is Chairman of the Board of United Student Aid Funds, the nation's largest student loan guarantor, and is a Director of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.  In 1992, he was appointed by President George Bush to a three-year term on the Council of the Administrative Conference of the U.S. , a government agency which advised the Executive Branch, the Congress and the Courts on ways to improve the federal administrative law process. Mr. Neale has also been a member of the Federal Judicial Merit Selection Commission and the Presidential Merit Rank Awards Board.