Cohen & Malad, LLP
Richard M. Malad

Richard M. Malad

rmalad@cohenandmalad.com
(317) 636-6481
(317) 636-2495, voice mail

Practice Groups:

Rick has been with Cohen & Malad since 1973 and has been its Senior Partner since the death of Lou Cohen in 1992.

Rick has had extensive trial experience in business and injury litigation, but in recent years, has focused on commercial and real estate disputes and lender representation.

Rick represents a number of national lenders and has provided services that include collection, repossession, REO services, bankruptcy, FDCPA, state and regulatory defense and other related lender services. His practice includes all the following areas of law:

  • Banking & Finance Law
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Mortgage Foreclosure/Related Lender Services
  • Business & Commercial Law - Collections & Repossessions
  • Personal Injury Litigation - All areas, including Aviation
  • Business & Commercial Law - Contracts & Transactions
  • Real Estate Law - Residential/Title Insurance
  • Construction Law - Contracts/Liens

Educational Background

  • JD, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, 1973
    • Honors: Cum laude
  • BS, Biology, Marian College, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1968

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana, 1973
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1973
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1973
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Representative Clients

  • Beneficial Finance Co.
  • GE Capital Consumer Card Co.
  • Green Tree Servicing, LLC
  • Household Finance Corp./HSBC
  • United Mortgage and Loan Investment Corporation

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
  • Midwest Amputee Association, Inc., Treasurer; Past President

Lectures & Seminars Taught

  • Foreclosure and Repossession in Indiana, Lorman Education Service, 2000 - 2005
  • Mortgage Foreclosure in Indiana, Lorman Education Service, 2001 - 2003

Rick is a frequent lecturer at CLE and real estate seminars on foreclosure, repossession and creditor rights, and provides training seminars to his national lender clients in all areas of Indiana state and federal laws.

Past Employment

  • Marian County Prosecutor, Deputy, 1974 - 1975
  • Marian Superior Court, Commissioner, 1977 - 1978

Richard M. Malad was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1946. He grew up on the West side of the city and graduated from Cathedral High School in 1963.

Rick graduated cum laude from Indiana University School of Law in 1973 after completing his undergraduate degree in biology from Marian College.

Rick's hobbies include coaching baseball, anything involving the outdoors, golf, Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts.