Martindale Hubbell preeminent attorney 2021

Terry G. Farmer

I began my career in Ohio at a time when a good mortgage rate was 17% and the major steel and rubber industries in that part of the country were facing huge layoffs. This gave me an early exposure to helping clients in very difficult and challenging circumstances.

While I have worked in many different legal arenas over the years, my practice remains grounded in commercial, financial, and corporate law. Within these areas my work has tended to concentrate in areas of business disputes and transactional work. Accordingly, my time is split about equally between the courtroom and the negotiating table. I have found that the business experience I have gained with over 30 years in law firm management and as acting as general counsel to clients in the banking, telecommunication, manufacturing, construction, mining and theme park industries has given me the perspective and skills to approach my clients’ problems as both legal issues and business problems.

I have also found time to teach at the university level, to speak at local and statewide seminars, and to publish articles in professional journals.

Practice Areas

• Banking and Financing Matters
• Business Strategy
• Construction
• Corporate Governance and Shareholder Disputes
• Business and Commercial Transactions
• Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy
• Litigation

Education

1978 - Indiana University - Bloomington - Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs, highest distinction
1980 - Indiana School of Law - Bloomington - Doctor of Jurisprudence, cum laude

Bar Admissions

1982 - State of Indiana

Professional Associations

Member - Indiana State Bar Association
Member - Evansville Bar Association
Seminar Panelist - Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum
Seminar Panelist - Indiana Land Title Association
Seminar Panelist - Indiana Bankers Association
Seminar Panelist - Evansville Bar Association

Boards and Organizations

Chairman of the Board - Koch Development Corporation
Board Member - American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (International Ministries ABCUSA)
Former Board Member and Founding Board Member - Welborn Foundation and Welborn Baptist Foundation
Former Member - Adjunct Faculty, University of Evansville