Mr. Petri attended high school in Hammond, Indiana. He graduated from
Indiana University and served several years in U.S. Governmental Service. He
graduated from Indiana University School of Law in 1966 and was elected
Prosecuting Attorney for Owen County, where he served until 1974. He was
elected president to the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Association and
served on the board of directors for a number of years. He was selected and
served on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Mr. Petri has been named to the Million Dollar Forum, which is exclusively
reserved verdicts and settlements in excess of $1,000,000.
He is presently on the National Board of Directors of the Breast Implant
Litigation Group of the American Trial Lawyers Association.
In his 30 years of practice, Mr. Petri has fought to expand the rights of
those injured in Indiana by exploring new theories of negligence, and in
many cases, appealing them all the way to the Supreme Court of Indiana.
