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Anthony M. ZappiaAnthony M. Zappia

Anthony M. Zappia is the senior partner of the 4-person law firm of Zappia Zappia & Stipp.

He attended the University of Notre Dame where he received his B.A. in 1972, cum laude, in the School of Economics and earned his law degree in 1976 from Valparaiso University.

He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Indiana and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Mr. Zappia was a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in St. Joseph County from 1976 to 1986. He was also the attorney for the Mishawaka City Council from 1981 to 1986. He has served St. Joseph County as its County Attorney from 1986 to the present.

He was elected by his fellow attorneys as a member of the St. Joseph County Judicial Nominating Committee on two separate occasions, served on the St. Joseph County Public Defender's Advisory Committee until 2008, and is a member of the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness. Mr. Zappia was President-Elect in 1989-1990 and President in 1990-1991 of the St. Joseph County Bar Assocation. He is a member of the Indiana State and American Bar Associations, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

He was appointed to an initial 5-year term on the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission that expired on June 30, 2006 and was reappointed to a second term beginning July 1, 2006. On July 8, 2005, he was elected Secretary of the Commission, in July 2006 he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Commission and in July 2007 he was elected as Chairman of the Commission.

Mr. Zappia's principal areas of practice are personal injury, criminal defenses, domestic relations and civil litigation.

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Mario J. ZappiaMario J. Zappia

Born South Bend, Indiana, March 5, 1964; admittted to bar, 1990, Indiana.

Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1986); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1990). Assistant St. Joseph County Attorney, 1990-. Board Attorney, Solid Waste Management District 1991-, Member, Board of Directors, Legal Services Program of Northern Indiana, Inc. 1997-1999.

Member: St. Joseph County (Board of Governors, 1995--; Member, 1991-- and Co-Chairman, 1998-, Family Law Committee), Indiana State (Third District Representative of the Young Lawyers Section, 1993-1997) and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Family Law Section) Bar Associations, Indiana Association of Mediators, 1998-, Michiana Association of Mediators (Member and Treasurer), 1998-.

Practice Areas: Family Mediation; Criminal Law; Family Law; Wills; Estate Planning and Administration; Adoption Law; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Visitation Rights and Custody Rights; Guardianship Administration and Paternity.

Certified Family Law Specialist
Registered Domestic Relations Mediator

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Thomas Sean StippThomas Sean Stipp

Born Terre Haute, Indiana, November 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Indiana and U. S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.

Education: Indiana University at Bloomington (B.A., 1993); Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1996).

Member: St. Joseph County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations.

Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Personal Injury; Civil Practice; Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Family Law; Paternity; Adoption Law; Visitation Rights; Child Support; Custody Rights and Grandparents Visitation Rights.

Certified Family Law Specialist
Registered Domestic Relations Mediator
Collaborative Law Attorney

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Aric J. RutkowskiAric J. Rutkowski

Born Indianapolis, Indiana, December 2, 1971; admitted to bar in 1997, Indiana

Education:  Indiana University (B.A., 1993); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1996).

Member:  Indiana State and St. Joseph County Bar Associations.

Practice Areas:  Domestic Law, Appellate Practice, Collection, Landlord Tenant, General Litigation, Corporate Law and Real Estate

Registered Domestic Relations Mediator
Collaborative Law Attorney

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