Professor Buttler earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and holds a BA in Telecommunications from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Before joining the University of Louisville faculty in early 2002, Dwayne served IU for over a decade in roles including Senior Copyright Analyst at the Copyright Management Center and Director of Information Science at the Advanced Research & Technology Institute.

Professor Buttler has published writings on copyright in higher education, including co-editing and authoring an article for a "perspectives" edition of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS) on fair use and contributing to Copyright Essentials for Librarians and Educators, Chicago, IL: ALA Editions, 2000, authored by Kenneth D. Crews with contributions from Dwayne K. Buttler.

Dwayne also teaches in other areas of intellectual property and mass communication law as an adjunct at the University of Louisville, and he conducts numerous invited presentations on copyright for broad audiences of administrators, faculty, librarians, and scholars in the library and the higher education community. 

In the area of intellectual property law, Michelle assists educational institutions with technology licensing, trademark prosecution and maintenance and she counsels clients on general copyright and trademark issues.

Michelle is admitted to practice law in the state of Indiana, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

She earned her B.S. in Legal Administration for Public Law at Ball State University in 1995 and her J.D., cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 1999.

Michelle is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indianapolis Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She is also a member of Access Technology Across Indiana (ATAIN) and the National Association of College & University Attorneys (NACUA).

Jim practiced law with White & Raub in Indianapolis from 1991 through 1994. He joined DeFur Voran in 1994 until 1997. Jim then served as judge of the Union County Circuit Court from 1998-2004 and since then continues to serve as Senior Judge. He returned to DeFur Voran in January of 2005. Jim is both a certified Civil Mediator and is registered as a private judge by the Indiana Division of State Court Administration.

Jim has written many articles and lectures quite frequently.  He is the lecturer and contributing author for "Judges in the Historical Arena," Indiana Judicial Center, 2004; "Indiana's Landlord-Tenant Law-A Survey," ICLEF Seminar, 2003; "Conflicts of Interest and a Brief Survey of Other Ethical Considerations for Indiana Lawyers," ICLEF Seminar, 2002.

Jim earned his A.B., summa cum laude, from Wabash College in 1988 and his J.D., cum laude, from Indiana University in 1991 and received the Forrest E.  Jump Memorial Scholarship.

Jim is admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of Indiana, the U. S. District Court, the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and the U. S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  He is a member of the Muncie Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association and Indiana Judges Association.

Locally, Jim is active in the Rotary, the United Way of Delaware County, and is a Board Member for the Habitat for Humanity.