Ted received his undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1960, summa cum laude, and graduated magna cum laude in 1963 from Harvard Law School.  He was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren and retired Justices Stanley Reed and Harold Burton during the 1963 term of the United States Supreme Court.  In 1964 he joined the Indianapolis law firm of Baker & Daniels where he became a partner in 1970 and managing partner in 1980.  While in private practice he was principally engaged in business litigation including securities, antitrust, insurance coverage and corporate control disputes.