Oliveri, Paul F.

Mr. Clapp has practiced real estate and business law for 19 years, the first 12 of which were with large Indianapolis law firms. Prior to starting his own law firm in 2000, Mr. Clapp was a partner in his former firm, specializing in complex business litigation, including construction litigation, intellectual property litigation, and real estate litigation. He has been involved in all phases of commercial and residential real estate, representing builders, lenders, purchasers, sellers, developers, landlords, and tenants. Among the companies for which he has done work are Bank Atlantic, Duke Realty Investments, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Mansur Development, Dura Builders, Novastar Mortgage, Warehouse One, Countrywide Home Loans, Option One, Bank Atlantic, ReCasa Financial Group, LLC, Equifunding, Inc., TP Orthodontics, Inc., Chase Bank, Key Bank, and First Indiana Bank. Mr. Clapp has extensive experience in financing, acquisition, sales, leasing, foreclosure, eviction, and condemnation, and he has represented Chicago Title Insurance Company, Ohio Bar Title Insurance Company, LandAmerica Title, and First American Title as title insurance claims counsel. Mr. Clapp also represents many local businesses such as Ossip Optometry, P.C., Ossip Real Estate, LLC, Manta Resources, Inc., Indianapolis Concrete, Inc., Cornerstone Inspections Services, Inc., The Goddard School, and The Hanover Group. More recently, Mr. Clapp has assisted dozens of client in forming and creating new business entities and setting up appropriate estate and succession plans.

Mr. Clapp has written and spoken extensively on real estate and construction matters. He is the author Avoiding Litigation: A Subcontractor's Guide to Staying Out of Court, Indianapolis Business Journal (May 25, 1992); co-author of Public Works Projects, Bidding and Bid Protests, Indiana Continuing Legal Education; author of articles entitled Sales Contracts and Real Estate Financing for the Basic Real Estate Law in Indiana seminar at which he served as faculty; and Mr. Clapp recently served as a faculty member for Indiana Construction Law: What to do When . . ., for which he authored articles entitled: What To Do with a Defective Bid; What To Do When it is Time to Sign the Contract; What Do You Do When Contract Performance is Delayed; What Do You Do When the Plans and Specs are Deficient; and What To Do When You Need to Resolve a Dispute.

Mr. Clapp formed his own mortgage company in 2002 with two partners, and the company successfully operated until 2007. Mr. Clapp is very familiar with the loan process and the laws regarding mortgage lending.

Mr. Clapp is also a real estate developer, having developed the office building in which the offices of his law practice are located.

Mr. Clapp has been an active volunteer for various charitable and civic organizations, including Big Brothers, the United Way, Lutheran Disabilities Ministries, and the Hamilton County Great Banquet. Mr. Clapp is currently on the Board of Directors for the Hamilton County Great Banquet and is serving as its Community Spiritual Director. Mr. Clapp is currently the immediate past president of Lutheran Disability Ministries and serves on its advisory board. Mr. Clapp also volunteers with Christ the Savior Lutheran Church, where he has served as Treasurer, Stewardship Co-chair, President, and President of the Mission and Vision Team. He currently serves as counsel to the chruch. In his service for Christ the Savior Lutheran Church, Mr. Clapp prepared requests for and arranged financing for the church's $4 million new building project, prepared and negotiated the construction and architect contracts, and helped administer the project.

In 1985, Mr. Clapp received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Valparaiso University where he graduated with high distinction and was a Mortar Board and Pi Sigma Alpha member. Mr. Clapp was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and was elected and served as treasurer and president. While earning his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1988, Mr. Clapp served on the Editorial Staff of the Indiana Law Journal, was awarded membership into The Order of the Coif, and received American Jurisprudence awards for top scores in Wills and Trusts, Corporations, and Advanced Bankruptcy. Mr. Clapp is a member of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section, Construction Forum, and Real Estate and Probate Section and a member of the Indiana State, Hamilton County, and Indianapolis Bar Associations.