Certificates and Memberships
Smith & DeBonis: 1999 Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 83rd Ed.
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Terrance L. Smith:
Selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America ®
Certified as "Civil Trial Advocate" by the Nation Board of Trial Advocacy, 1982 - present
Fellow of the Indiana College of Trial Lawyers, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Martindale-Hubbell, Inc.; Legal Ability Rating "A V"
Martindale-Hubbell, Inc.; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in General and Civil Trial Practice 1993 - present
Listed in Who´s Who in America, & Who´s Who in American Law.
Membership in Professional Organizations
Indiana State Bar Association, 1968 -- [Chairman, Trial Lawyers Section (1987-88)].
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors (1983 --), President (1995-96)
Association of Trial Lawyers of American, 1979 -- , [Board of State Committeemen (1982-1986) Chairman, 7th Circuit Delegates (1982-1983)]
Diplomat, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1982-
Indiana Lawyers Commission, (Eli Lilly Foundation), Board of Director, 1974-1978.
Lake County Bar Association, 1986 -- present
East Chicago and Indiana Bar Association, 1975-- present
Anthony DeBonis, Jr.:
Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation, 1990
Martindale-Hubbell, Inc., Legal Ability Rating "AV."
Membership in Professional Organizations
Indiana State Bar Association, Chairman, Litigation Section (1992 - 93)
Member Committee on Appellate Issues (1993 - 96)
Lake County Bar Association
East Chicago Bar Association
Secretary, (1985 - 1995), Vice President (1995 - 1998) and President (1999 – present)
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors (1985 - 95)
Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation (1988)
Lawyers Political Action Committee (LAWPAC) Board of Trustees, (1991 - 1995)
Justinian Society of Lawyers, Northwest Indiana Chapter, Vice President (1981-82)
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