Jonathan R. Slabaugh
Partner

    • jslabaugh@messianicfamilyfellowship.com
    • Phone: (574) 294-1499 ext 111
    • Fax: (574) 294-7277
    • Assistant: Melanie L. Best
    • mbest@messianicfamilyfellowship.com
    • Phone: (574) 294-1499 ext 135

Jon became an associate attorney at Sanders • Pianowski, LLP in March 2014 and was promoted to Partner on January 1, 2017.  He graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington, having earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Economic and Public Policy from the Kelley School of Business.  He earned his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the Saint Louis University School of Law.

During law school, Jon was a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois and a judicial extern for Magistrate Judge David C. Noce of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.  Also, while in law school, Jon served as a staff editor of the Saint Louis University Public Law Review, was a member of Moot Court, was elected to the Woolsack Honor Society, and received the Academic Excellence Award in Securities Regulations.

Jon is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of Indiana, and is also licensed to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.  Prior to joining Sanders • Pianowski, LLP, he was an associate attorney with a law firm in Elkhart, Indiana, where he gained significant experience counseling clients in business matters and litigating civil matters before federal, state, and administrative courts.

Jon is a member of the American Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association, Elkhart City Bar Association, and Robert A. Grant Inn of Court.  As an active member of the Business Law and Young Lawyers Sections, he has authored and contributed to several publications:

  • Contributing Author, Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation (ABA 2019 ed.)
  • Contributing Author, Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation (ABA 2018 ed.)
  • Contributing Author, Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation (ABA 2017 ed.)
  • Contributing Author, Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation-Securities Litigation (ABA 2016 ed.);
  • Contributing Author, Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation (ABA 2015 ed.);
  • Contributing Author, Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation (ABA 2014 ed.);
  • Contributing Author, 2012 Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulations, 68 The Business Lawyer 839 (ABA 2013);
  • DOJ/FTC Workshop: Antitrust Enforcement and Policy of “Most-Favored-Nation” Clauses, ABA Young Lawyers Division, Antitrust Law Committee Newsletter – Vol. 1, Issue 1 (Nov. 2012);
  • Contributing Author, 2011 Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulations, 67 The Business Lawyer 633 (ABA 2012);
  • Transferring Shares of Indiana Corporations as Inter Vivos Gifts, Ind. State Bar Ass’n Business Law Newsletter (Nov. 2011);
  • Freezing the Federal Courthouse Doors Shut on Oppressed Shareholders of Indiana Corporations, Ind. State Bar Ass’n Business Law Newsletter (Oct. 2010); and
  • Selling the Government Property Beneath a Religious Monument that Violates the Establishment Clause: Constitutional Remedy or Infringement?, 29 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 301 (2009).

Send a Message

Notice and Disclaimer: This website is for general information and attorney advertising purposes only. Accordingly, nothing identified on this website should be construed as legal advice. Also, your use of this website, any links in this website, and any submission forms on this website should not be construed as creating, and does not create, an attorney-client relationship. We cannot and will not represent you until we have determined that such representation will not create a conflict with the firm's existing clients. The submission form on this website is not encrypted prior to transfer and is not transferred over a secure connection. Also, if you are not currently a client of Sanders • Pianowski, LLP, your e-mail is not privileged; we may disclose its content to other persons or use it in the representation of others adverse to you; and no lawyer in our firm will be precluded or disqualified from representing parties adverse to you because you send us information that you regard as confidential. Accordingly, confidential and sensitive information should not be sent to us—whether via email or through a submission form on this website—unless and until you have spoken with one of our attorneys and received our authorization to send such information to us. The best way for you to discuss the potential retention of our law firm to represent your interests is to call us at 574.294.1499. Upon placing such a call to our law firm, you may ask to speak with the lawyer of your preference or our staff will place you in contact with a lawyer with whom you may discuss whether we may assist you with your legal needs. By checking the following box and submitting any information to us, you expressly represent your understanding of, and acknowledge your agreement to, the terms and conditions in this notice and disclaimer.