Adam Arceneaux

Undergraduate School
Bachelor of Science in Business Analysis and Marketing, Minor in Economics, Indiana University
Graduated in 1988

Law School
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Graduated in 1993

Professional Experience:
Adam Arceneaux helps businesses achieve their goals through the strategic use of litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation avoidance planning.

Arceneaux is a litigation partner. Arceneaux represents clients in a variety of industries, including health care, agriculture, retail, higher education and technology. His practice includes drafting, defending and defeating covenants not to compete, non-solicitation clauses, confidentiality agreements, and trade secrets claims. Arceneaux has obtained, and defended against, temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, and other forms of emergency relief in state and federal courts. In addition, he represents businesses in disputes arising from the sale of goods and services, from the termination of supplier contracts and business relationships, and from various breaches of contract. He also litigates before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

Arceneaux was born in Cambridge, Maryland, in 1966 and was raised in Indianapolis. He attended the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis, where he majored in business analysis and marketing, with a minor in economics. He received his Bachelor of Science, with highest honors, in 1988. Arceneaux earned a juris doctorate, summa cum laude, from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1993. While in law school, he served as associate editor of the Indiana Law Review and, as a member of the Order of Barristers, and participated in Intercollegiate Moot Court competitions.

He is a member and past president of the Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis Alumni Association board of directors. He is a graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series Class XXVI.

Arceneaux joined the Firm in 1991 as a clerk and in 1993 as an attorney. He and his wife, Margaret, have three children.

Arceneaux is a member of the Seventh Circuit, Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations. Arceneaux is admitted to practice in the state of Indiana and before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, the Southern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Michigan, the Southern District of Texas, and before the Fifth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals. Arceneaux is a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America Honorary Society and a Founding Member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Institute.

Professional Associations:
Member, Seventh Circuit Bar Association
Member, Indianapolis Bar Association
Member, Indiana State Bar Association
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America Honorary Society
Founding Member, Complex Commercial Litigation Institute of the Litigation Counsel of America; Chair, Membership Committee

Awards and Recognitions:
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America Honorary Society
Distinguished Fellow, Indianapolis Bar Foundation
Indiana Super Lawyers, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Spirit of Philanthropy Award, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 2008
Presidential Leadership Award, Martin University, 2009

Speaking Engagements:
"Crisis Management," Young Presidents' Organization, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 14, 2011
"Injunctive Relief in Business Litigation: Procedure and Strategy," Litigation Counsel of America, Spring Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, May 1, 2008

Community Involvement:
Member and Past President, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors

Graduate, Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, Class XXVI

Member, Lacy Leadership Association

Member, Sponsorship Committee, Josiah K. Lilly, Sr., Distinguished Service Award Gala, American Diabetes Association

Member, Justice Center Task Force, Indianapolis Bar Association

Reported and Representative Cases:
1100 West, LLC v. Red Spot Paint and Varnish Co., 2009 WL 6969461 (S.D.Ind. 2009)

In re Manchester, Inc., 2009 WL 2243592 (Bkrtcy. N.D.Tex. 2009)

LoTurco v. Terminix, 2009 WL 2044343 (S.D.Ind. 2009)

1100 West, LLC v. Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc., 2009 WL 1605118 (S.D.Ind. 2009)

DryAir 2000, Inc. v. Blue Winged Olive, LLC, 2009 WL 311132 (E.D.Tenn. 2009)

Air Liquide America L.P. v. Independent Welding Distributor Co-op, Inc., 2008 WL 2498138 (S.D. Ind. 2008)

Dunnivan v. ETS, Inc., 887 N.E.2d 1028, 2008 WL 2191048, (Ind. App. 2008)

Selective Ins. Co. of the Southeast v. Cagnoni Development, LLC, 2008 WL 126950 (S.D. Ind. 2008)

Morabito v. Swager, 2007 WL 1892078 (S.D. Ind. 2007)

Utility Center, Inc. v. City of Fort Wayne, 868 N.E.2d 453 (Ind. 2007)

Hoffa Engineering, LLC v. Craney, 2007 WL 831820 (S.D. Ind. 2007)

Glenn v. Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 861 N.E.2d 1 (Ind.App. 2007)

Gupta v. Sprint Spectrum, L.P., 2007 WL 188986 (S.D. Ill. 2007)

Mail Boxes, Etc., Inc. v. McDougal, 2006 WL 770132 (S.D. Ind. 2006)

Utility Center, Inc. v. City of Fort Wayne, 834 N.E.2d 686 (Ind.App. 2005)

Conde v. SLS West, LLC, 2005 WL 1661747 (S.D. Ind. 2005)

City of North Vernon v. Jennings Northwest Regional Utilities, 829 N.E.2d 1 (Ind. 2005)

Bloomington Country Club, Inc. v. City of Bloomington, 827 N.E.2d 1213 (Ind.App. 2005)

U.S. Land Services v. U.S. Surveyor, 826 N.E.2d 49 (Ind. App. 2005)

Marwil v. Farah, 2003 WL 23095657 (S.D. Ind. 2003)

E & S Mems, LLC v. Eagen, 795 N.E.2d 508 (Ind. App. 2003)

CSL Community Ass'n, Inc. v. Jennings Northwest Regional Utilities, 794 N.E.2d 567 (Ind. App. 2003)

Made2Manage Systems, Inc. v. ADS Information Systems, Inc., 2003 WL 21508235 (S.D. Ind. 2003)

Quality Carriers, Inc. v. MJK Distribution, Inc., 2002 WL 506997 (S.D. Ill. 2002)

Schwentker v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10133 (S.D. Ind. 2000)

Kenro, Inc. v. Fax Daily, Inc., 962 F.Supp. 1162 (S.D. Ind. 1997)

Kenro, Inc. v. Fax Daily, Inc., 904 F.Supp. 912 (S.D. Ind. 1995)

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