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Who are the 2015 LAWYERS OF THE YEAR? page 13
No One Stands Alone Kathleen Sweeney tackles civil rights and criminal defense—with a team approach page 7
READY & WILLING Hovde Dassow + Deets doesn’t back down from well-funded opponents page 11
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INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY IN THE NEWS
A roundup of notable news of listed lawyers in Indiana
BEST LAWYERS LISTED BY CITY
Anderson 6 Avon 6 Beech Grove 6 Bloomington 6 Bluffton 6 Carmel 6 Columbia City 6 Columbus 6 Crawfordsville 6 Crown Point 6 Elkhart 6 Evansville 6 Fishers 6 Fort Wayne 8
Franklin 8 Goshen 8 Hammond 8 Highland 9 Indianapolis 9 Kokomo 14 La Porte 14 Lafayette 14 Lebanon 14 Marion 14 Martinsville 14 Merrillville 14 Michigan City 14 Mishawaka 14
Muncie 14 Munster 14 New Albany 14 Newport 14 Noblesville 14 Seymour 14 South Bend 14 St. John 15 Terre Haute 15 Valparaiso 15 Vincennes 15 Warsaw 15
NO ONE STANDS ALONE
Kathleen Sweeney tackles civil rights and criminal defense—with a team approach
READY & WILLING Hovde Dassow + Deets doesn’t back down from well-funded opponents
INDIANA’S 2015 LAWYERS OF THE YEAR
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Featuring 845 Lawyers in the Practice Areas of: ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW ANTITRUST LAW* APPELLATE PRACTICE ARBITRATION BANKING AND FINANCE LAW* BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW* BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS (INCLUDING LLCS AND PARTNERSHIPS) CIVIL RIGHTS LAW CLOSELY HELD COMPANIES AND FAMILY BUSINESSES LAW COMMERCIAL LITIGATION COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS / UCC LAW COMMUNICATIONS LAW CONSTRUCTION LAW* COPYRIGHT LAW CORPORATE COMPLIANCE & GOVERNANCE LAW CORPORATE LAW CRIMINAL DEFENSE: NON-WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR DUI/DWI DEFENSE EDUCATION LAW ELDER LAW EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW* EMPLOYMENT LAW – INDIVIDUALS & MANAGEMENT ENERGY LAW ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW* ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW FAMILY LAW FAMILY LAW MEDIATION FDA LAW FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION LAW FIRST AMENDMENT LAW* GAMING LAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE HEALTH CARE LAW* IMMIGRATION LAW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW INSURANCE LAW* INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE LAW LABOR LAW – MANAGEMENT & UNION LAND USE AND ZONING LAW* LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW LEVERAGED BUYOUTS AND PRIVATE EQUITY LAW LITIGATION - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY) LITIGATION - SECURITIES MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS MEDIATION MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS LAW* MORTGAGE BANKING FORECLOSURE LAW MUNICIPAL LAW* NATURAL RESOURCES LAW NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW PATENT LAW* PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION PRIVATE FUNDS / HEDGE FUNDS LAW PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW PROJECT FINANCE LAW PUBLIC FINANCE LAW RAILROAD LAW REAL ESTATE LAW* SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW* SECURITIES REGULATION SECURITIZATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW SPORTS LAW TAX LAW* TECHNOLOGY LAW TRADE SECRETS LAW TRADEMARK LAW TRANSPORTATION LAW TRUSTS AND ESTATES* VENTURE CAPITAL LAW WATER LAW WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW
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Director of Publications WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL EDITION of Indiana's Best Lawyers, featuring the 845 lawyers who have been selected by their peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America for 2015 in Indiana. In this focused yet comprehensive guide you will find top lawyers from 211 firms practicing in 107 key areas of specialization. Our aim is to provide you with a shortlist—fewer than three percent of the region’s registered attorneys, in fact—of highly qualified, vetted lawyers in your area of residence. To refine your search and to find out more, we encourage you to visit BestLawyers. com/Indiana, our dedicated site for the attorneys listed here, where you can view detailed contact information, in-depth practice area definitions, allnew firm and attorney profiles, office location maps, client testimonials, and more.
We congratulate all who have earned a place in this year’s guide and offer special recognition to the 43 lawyers selected for the first time by highlighting their names in green throughout the publication. In addition, we are thrilled to announce the 84 recipients of the “Lawyer of the Year” award. Only one lawyer per practice area per
metropolitan zone is granted this distinction, based on the highest peer ratings received. Go to page 13 to see the full list.
This year, we have reorganized the listings by city so that no matter where you are, from Anderson to Warsaw, you will find the right attorney to resolve your personal or professional matter. On the move? Simply scan the QR code on page 3 with your smartphone and take Indiana's Best Lawyers with you, wherever you go: each lawyer with a profile on BestLawyers.com is hyperlinked and highlighted in blue within this publication, truly putting the power to make an informed decision at your fingertips. Because it’s inevitable—at some point in your life, you’re going to need a lawyer, and you won’t always be able to predict when that need will arise. The lawyers listed in this guide are here to help.
Meredith Hinshaw-Chaney Director of Publications mhinshaw@bestlawyers.com
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IN t he NEWS Indiana
Eggleston PC: Joseph T. Bumbleburg ► Ball (mediation, 2007) was recognized by The Indiana
Lawyer as a 2014 Leadership in Law Distinguished Barrister.
Dennerline Groth & Towe: William ► Fillenwarth R. Groth (employment law – individuals; labor law
– union, 1983) helped compose the brief for Legal Director of the ACLU of Indiana Kenneth Falk’s argument in the U.S. Supreme Court case Lee v. Pence. The Supreme Court declined to review a lower court’s judgment in the case, effectively ending a ban on same-sex marriage on Indiana.
& Thornburg: The firm’s partnership elected ► Barnes Robert T. Grand (government relations practice,
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municipal law, 2005) to be managing partner and chairman of the management committee. In addition, Alan A. Levin (employee benefits [ERISA] law, 1995) was named chairman emeritus and the following were named to the management committee: Randall Brown (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; copyright law; intellectual property litigation; patent law and litigation; trademark law, 2007); Brian L. Burdick (government relations practice, municipal law, 2007); Philip J. Faccenda, Jr. (government relations practice; public finance law, 2009); J. Scott Troeger (mergers and acquisitions law, 2012); Andrew J. Detherage (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; insurance law; construction litigation; defendants’ personal injury and product liability litigation, 2007); Richard J. Hall (public finance law, 2012); and Kenneth J. Yerkes (employment and labor law – management; labor and employment litigation, 1995). Brian L. Burdick was also named managing partner of the Indianapolis office.
Barrett & McNagny: Thomas A. Herr (bet-the-
company litigation; commercial litigation; insurance law, 2008) led a delegation of the Fort Wayne Sister Cities organization to Myanmar in an exploratory visit to add Mawlamyine or Bago as the fifth Sister City to Fort Wayne, joining Takaoka, Japan; Plock, Poland; Gera, Germany; and Taizhou, China. The decision to partner with the country formerly known as Burma is contingent upon the agreement of the business leaders and residents of the city’s Burmese community, many of whom are refugees from their country due to ongoing human rights violations.
Lawson: Dennis C. Becker (tax law and ► Beckman litigation, 2008) joined the firm as of counsel. He was formerly at Barnes & Thornburg. Craig R. Patterson (employment law – individuals and management, 2013) was elected as the firm’s managing partner.
Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff: ► Benesch, Andrielle “Andi” Metzel (litigation – land use and zoning, 2013) was inducted as chair of the House of Delegates of the Indiana State Bar Association.
Greenbaum Doll: James J. Bell (legal ► Bingham malpractice law – defendants, 2013) was elected
vice president of the Indianapolis Bar Association Board of Directors. Daniel Byron (first amendment law; litigation – first amendment, 2005) was honored by the International Senior Lawyers Project for his “mentor work in Mongolia promoting press freedom and the protection of journalists.” Mr. Byron was also elected president of the Indiana Debate Commission, which will handle the 2016 Indiana gubernatorial and senatorial debates.
McKinney & Evans was recognized as one of ► Bose top 2014 workplaces by The Indianapolis Star. & Malad: Daniel S. Chamberlain (plaintiffs’ ► Cohen personal injury litigation, 2014) joined Cohen & Malad as a partner. He was previously at Doehrman Chamberlain, now Doehrman Buba.
& Delaney: Kathleen DeLaney ► Delaney (commercial litigation; litigation – ERISA; employment
law – individuals; litigation – labor and employment, 2008) continues to receive national media attention as she represents former school teacher Emily Herx in a controversial suit against her employer, the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School of Fort Wayne, claiming that she was the victim of gender discrimination when she was fired for requesting time off to undergo a second round of treatment in preparation for in vitro fertilization.
Baker Daniels: David K. Herzog ► Faegre (banking and finance, bet-the-company, commercial, and securities litigation, 2007) was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. A team of lawyers from the firm led by Richard L. “Rich” Hill (corporate law; public finance law, 2005) advised the Gary/Chicago Airport Authority on a plan to expand the airport’s runways.
Brown Todd: Julia Blackwell Gelinas ► Frost (appellate practice; construction law and litigation,
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2007) won the largest defamation verdict in Indiana history—more than $14.5 million—for her client on appeal to the Illinois Court of Appeals, according to USA Today. Gelinas’ client was a roofing contractor who claimed that the insurance company State Farm “ruined his business and reputation.”
Hoover Hull Turner: Hoover Hull added Wayne C. Turner (appellate practice; banking and finance, bet-the-company, commercial, municipal, and securities litigation, 2005), formerly of Bingham Greenbaum Doll, to the practice, forming a new firm, Hoover Hull Turner. Michael A. Dorrelli (commercial litigation, 2014) and Michael Blinn won a pro bono suit for their client, an inmate at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, who alleged that health care providers at the prison had subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment.
Smith Geddes Green & Simmons: ► Hume Robert W. “Bob” Geddes (arbitration; mediation;
commercial litigation; and plaintiffs’ and defendants’ personal injury litigation, 2003) celebrated his 50 th year of practice at the firm.
Miller: Steven K. Humke (corporate law; ► Ice mergers and acquisitions law, 2006) was promoted
to chief managing partner of the firm. Melissa Proffitt Reese (employee benefits [ERISA] law and litigation, 2006) was named managing partner of the firm’s Indianapolis office. Myra C. Selby (health care law, 2009) gave the keynote speech honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his legacy at Indiana University Bloomington. Selby was the first African American and first woman on the Indiana Supreme Court, serving from 1995 to 1999. We regret to note that Zeff A. Weiss (eminent domain and condemnation law; land use and zoning law; and real estate law, 1995) passed away last November after a battle with cancer.
Legal Services: Jon B. Laramore ► Indiana (appellate practice, 2007) became the new executive
director of the non-profit legal aid organization. Mr. Laramore previously served as chief legal counsel to two former Indiana governors, Joe Kernan and Frank O’Bannon.
& Moudy: Richard Kammen (criminal ► Kammen defense: non-white-collar and white-collar, 1983)
has received wide media attention, including quotes in The New York Times, as the defense lawyer of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is accused of masterminding the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in 2000. Mr. Nashiri is being held and tried in Guantanamo Bay and his defense team alleges that some evidence against him was obtained by torture.
J. Allen Law Group: Ken Allen (plaintiffs’ ► Kenneth personal injury litigation, 2012) and his firm obtained
Wagner: Thomas C. Hays (arbitration; ► Lewis mediation; defendants’ personal injury litigation,
2010) was named president of the Indiana Defense Trial Counsel and John C. Trimble (insurance law; defendants’ personal injury litigation, 2010) was installed as president of the Indianapolis Bar Association.
Grodner: Andrew C. Mallor (family law, ► Mallor 1989) was the first Indiana attorney selected for
membership in the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. Amy L. Stewart (family law, 2013) was named partner at the firm.
Waicukauski & Riley: Ron Waicukauski ► Price, (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation,
2006) led a trial team including Brad Catlin and Henry J. Price (commercial litigation; banking and finance litigation; real estate litigation, 1983) to obtain a $79 million-dollar verdict from a federal jury in favor of a class of landowners and against a telecommunications company and its parent company that built a fiberoptic-cable network on the landowners’ property without permission.
Johnson & Sacopulos: Peter J. ► Sacopulos, Sacopulos (environmental law, 2007) was appointed by Governor Mike Pence to serve a four-year term on the Thoroughbred Breed Development Advisory Committee.
& Branigin LLP: Anthony S. Benton ► Stuart (education law, 2008) was named the firm’s first managing partner.
Hayes: Kathleen M. Sweeney (civil ► Sweeney rights law; criminal defense: non-white-collar, 2010),
was one of a team of lawyers who briefed Lee v. Pence (see William R. Groth, above).
Stettinius & Hollister: In February, the ► Taft firm announced the creation of The Mid-American
Regional Center (TMARC), an independent firm designed to help businesses secure EB-5 immigrant investor visas to spur job creation and economic growth in the state. Thomas A. Barnard (betthe-company litigation; commercial litigation; environmental litigation; mediation, 2007) was named to the executive committee along with Columbus, Ohio, partner Catherine T. Dunlay (health care law, 2014). Jeffrey J. Graham (bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law, 2013-2015) was appointed to a 14-year term as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Indiana by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He took office in October 2014. Johnathan G. Polak (trademark law, 2012) was selected as a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.
Crell, Rosenblatt & Johnston: ► Tourkow, Congratulations to Stanley L. Rosenblatt (plaintiffs’ medical malpractice and personal injury litigation, 2005), whose horse, American Girl, was honored with the 2014 Indiana Aged Pacer of the Year Award.
Winkle – Baten Dispute Resolution: IBM ► Van Corporation and the State of Indiana selected John R. Van Winkle (arbitration and mediation, 2005) to mediate the dispute and settlement over the company’s failed bid to privatize the state’s welfare services.
a verdict awarding an almost $50 million settlement to the victims of a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair in 2011, which caused seven deaths and 58 injuries.
& McLaughlin: E. Joseph Kremp ► Wooden (real estate law, 2014) was elected to the firm’s
executive committee.
Cook Shartzer & Tisch: Buddy Yosha ► Yosha (plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation, 1983) represented
DeVault: Stephen A. Studer (environmental ► Krieg law, 2009) was named to the firm’s seven-member
& Langer: Steven Langer (plaintiffs’ ► Langer medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation, 2012) was named president of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
& Kappes: Steven L. Tuchman ► Lewis (immigration law, 2009) was honored by Indiana
University with its GLBTAA Distinguished Alumni Award for his legal advocacy on behalf of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.
management committee.
nationally recognized high school basketball player Eron Gordon in court against the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), who limited Gordon’s athletic eligibility after he transferred from North Central to Cathedral last year.
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In the News, go to BestLawyers.com/Indiana. NOTE Lawyers listed in Best Lawyers are indicated by
their selected practice area(s) in parentheses along with the first year they were included in the Best Lawyers list. To be included in next year’s In the News feature, please email us at: news@bestlawyers.com.
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ANDERSON PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION HOWARD, DELEY & DUDLEY Mark K. Dudley (P) THEODORE F. SMITH, JR. Theodore F. Smith, Jr. (P)
AVON MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW BAKER & GILCHRIST Caroline A. Gilchrist (P), Kelly M. Scanlan (P)
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION BAKER & GILCHRIST Rex Baker (P), Caroline A. Gilchrist (P)
BEECH GROVE ELDER LAW HOLWAGER, BYERS, & CAUGHEY William J. Holwager
BLOOMINGTON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION BUNGER & ROBERTSON Samuel R. Ardery (A, M), Joseph D. O’Connor (A, M) MALLOR GRODNER Thomas R. Lemon (A, M)
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION CLENDENING, JOHNSON & BOHRER Gary J. Clendening, Lonnie D. Johnson
FAMILY LAW MALLOR GRODNER Andrew C. Mallor
INSURANCE LAW GREENE & SCHULTZ Frederick W. Schultz
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW CARSON BOXBERGER Edward J. Liptak (D) CLENDENING, JOHNSON & BOHRER Gary J. Clendening (D), Kelly J. Pitcher (D)
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION CARSON BOXBERGER Douglas A. Hoffman (D) GREENE & SCHULTZ Betsy K. Greene (P), Frederick W. Schultz (P) KEN NUNN LAW OFFICE Michael W. Phelps (P)
SHEAN LAW John H. Shean (P)
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION GREENE & SCHULTZ Frederick W. Schultz (P)
NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW KRIEG DEVAULT Matthew S. Carr
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
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CARMEL COMMERCIAL LITIGATION BADGER LAW Steven M. Badger 317.708.0681 | page 15 CAMPBELL KYLE PROFFITT William E. Wendling, Jr. COOTS, HENKE & WHEELER E. Davis Coots
CONSTRUCTION LAW DREWRY SIMMONS VORNEHM Michael F. Drewry
ELDER LAW SLATER LAW OFFICE George G. Slater
FAMILY LAW CAMPBELL KYLE PROFFITT John D. Proffitt, Deborah Farmer Smith CROSS, PENNAMPED, WOOLSEY & GLAZIER Kathryn Hillebrands Burroughs, Nancy L. Cross PENNAMPED AND ASSOCIATES Bruce M. Pennamped
FIRST AMENDMENT LAW BADGER LAW Steven M. Badger 317.708.0681 | page 15
INSURANCE LAW COOTS, HENKE & WHEELER Jeffrey S. Zipes
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW COOTS, HENKE & WHEELER Stephanie Franco Holtzlander (D) STEPHEN B. CAPLIN Stephen B. Caplin (P)
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE LAW BARNES & THORNBURG Glenn E. Killoren (G)
ELDER LAW BARNES & THORNBURG Timothy A. Weaver
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW
PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW BARNES & THORNBURG DREWRY SIMMONS VORNEHM Thomas J. Grau (P)
REAL ESTATE LAW KRIEG DEVAULT John B. Baxter
J. Scott Troeger
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION CHESTER LAW OFFICE Edward J. Chester (P)
EVANSVILLE TAX LAW
HARRISON & MOBERLY Michael J. Rusnak*
TRUSTS & ESTATES KRIEG DEVAULT Rodney S. Retzner**
APPELLATE PRACTICE JACKSON KELLY James D. Johnson
BANKRUPTCY & CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY & REORGANIZATION LAW
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ZIEMER, STAYMAN, WEITZEL & SHOULDERS Marco L. DeLucio
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS / UCC LAW
BLOOM GATES & WHITELEATHER John W. Whiteleather, Jr. (A, M)
COLUMBUS ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SHARPNACK, BIGLEY, STROH & WASHBURN John A. Stroh (A, M)
CRAWFORDSVILLE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW JACKSON KELLY Diana L. Wann (E)
CROWN POINT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW BRYCE DOWNEY & LENKOV Justin Nestor (E) GEORGE C. PATRICK & ASSOCIATES George C. Patrick (C), Jeffrey S. Sturm (C)
ELKHART BANKRUPTCY & CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY & REORGANIZATION LAW THORNE GRODNIK James R. Byron*
KAHN, DEES, DONOVAN & KAHN Jeffrey Helfrich
CONSTRUCTION LAW ZIEMER, STAYMAN, WEITZEL & SHOULDERS Dirck H. Stahl
CORPORATE LAW JACKSON KELLY Marc D. Fine
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: NON-WHITE-COLLAR BLACKARD & BRINKMEYER ATTORNEYS Dennis L. Brinkmeyer
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR BLACKARD & BRINKMEYER ATTORNEYS Dennis L. Brinkmeyer
DUI/DWI DEFENSE BLACKARD & BRINKMEYER ATTORNEYS Dennis L. Brinkmeyer FOSTER O’DANIEL HAMBIDGE & LYNCH Mark A. Foster
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW KAHN, DEES, DONOVAN & KAHN G. Michael Schopmeyer**
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
KEY OF PRACTICE AREAS
ZIEMER, STAYMAN, WEITZEL & SHOULDERS Dirck H. Stahl (EM, LM)
ASTERISKS: *A single asterisk indicates lawyer is listed in litigation. **Two asterisks indicate a lawyer is listed in both litigation and non-litigation categories.
NATURAL RESOURCES LAW STOLL KEENON OGDEN John H. Henderson, David H. Thomason
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION BERGER & BERGER Charles L. Berger (P)
REAL ESTATE LAW BARBER & BAUER Steven T. Barber KAHN, DEES, DONOVAN & KAHN Kent Brasseale II ZIEMER, STAYMAN, WEITZEL & SHOULDERS Marco L. DeLucio
TRUSTS & ESTATES JOHNSON CARROLL NORTON, KENT & GOEDDE Brian K. Carroll LAW OFFICES OF RANDALL K. CRAIG Randall K. Craig
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW JACKSON KELLY Timothy A. Klingler (E) KLEZMER MAUDLIN Randal M. Klezmer (C), Nathan B. Maudlin (C)
FISHERS APPELLATE PRACTICE JEFFERSON & BREWER Paul Jefferson
BANKING & FINANCE LAW JEFFERSON & BREWER Wendy D. Brewer (M)
BANKRUPTCY & CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY & REORGANIZATION LAW JEFFERSON & BREWER Wendy D. Brewer**
CORPORATE LAW JEFFERY B. RISINGER Jeffery B. Risinger
SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW JEFFERY B. RISINGER Jeffery B. Risinger (S)
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“All they wanted was to say, ‘Will my partner and my family be taken care of if I don’t come home that day?’ ”
COVER STORY
No One Stands Alone
–Kathleen Sweeney
Kathleen Sweeney tackles civil rights and criminal defense— with a team approach
BY MAGGIE BURCH
PHOTO BY DREW ENDICOTT
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athleen Sweeney says that each career choice she’s made has been in pursuit of doing something meaningful. From being a state and federal prosecutor to training public defenders to founding her own private law firm, Sweeney has chosen to do things that would be important not only to herself as an attorney, but to the clients she has helped. “Choosing things that are meaningful, I think, has made me a better lawyer,” she says. Sweeney began her career as a prosecutor, serving as Assistant United States Attorney in whitecollar prosecution for the Southern District of Indiana, and many of her cases involved sex crimes and child abuse. In 2001, she decided to start her own private civil rights practice because she “wanted to be in touch more with the people who were being accused or deprived.” Sweeney said she has always been one to root for the underdog. The Sweeney Hayes firm, founded in 2014, also includes Kathleen’s partner, Charles Hayes, whom she met while serving as the Director of Training at
the Marion County Public Defender Agency. Sweeney says one thing that makes their firm unique is that she and Hayes take on every case as a team effort. One of them takes the lead on each case, but they’re both very much involved and invested in every client. “One of our firm sayings is ‘No one stands alone,’ ” she says, and that doesn’t just apply to the attorneys. “We really want to make sure we’re in touch with the entire family. It’s not just one person who has been impacted by what led up to the lawsuit and the lawsuit itself…. We keep everyone up to date.” Sweeney Hayes often takes on police misconduct and wrongful prosecution cases, as well as fair wages cases, among other civil rights issues. A case Sweeney is particularly proud of is Mueller v. State, in which she successfully argued that Indiana’s policy for diversion (which required defendants to pay a fee to have charges dismissed) violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Sweeney said her argument was initially laughed at, but eventually, the judge came
around and ruled the policy was unconstitutional. Now, if defendants can’t pay the fee, they can do community service to get charges dismissed. Another case that Sweeney is proud to have been part of is Lee v. Pence, which brought marriage equality to Indiana last year. Sweeney was part of a group of lawyers that represented several first-responder same-sex couples in their fight to achieve the same legal benefits as heterosexual married couples. “They are courageous every day, and all they wanted was to say, ‘Will my partner and my family be taken care of if I don’t come home that day?’ ” Sweeney says. Sweeney says it has been meaningful to her to devote so many years of her legal career to helping people who were lacking rights, but her clients don’t always realize how much effort and how many steps it has taken for her to accomplish their goal. “When a client says thank you, that’s really very rewarding,” Sweeney says. “That is why I do it. We were there as a team and we made it.” www.bestlawyers.com
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MaryEllen represents clients in the areas of Estate and Trust Planning and Administration, Probate and Trust Litigation and Taxation. She has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America since 2006 and Super Lawyers since 2003. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and is a Board Certified Indiana Trust and Estate Lawyer by the Trust and Estate Specialty Board. She co-chairs the Board’s Testing Committee. She is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for Indiana University. She is Co-chair of ICLEF’s Midwest Estate, Tax and Business Planning Institute. She served two terms on the Indiana Probate Code Study Commission under the appointment of Governors Frank O’Bannon and Joseph Kernan. She is a Master Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation. A frequent author and lecturer, she serves on the Indiana State Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, Executive Council and Probate Review Committee, and was Chair of the Indianapolis Bar Association, Estate Planning and Administration Section. She received her JD from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1982.
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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LITIGATION – TRUSTS & ESTATES Michael Bishop concentrates his practice in the areas of probate and trust litigation, adoption law, mediation and arbitration and civil litigation. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America since 2006 and Super Lawyers since 2003. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association National Roster of Neutrals and has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Michael received his JD from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Following graduation he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable James E. Noland, United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana. He is a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Master Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Association. A frequent author and mediation trainer, he is past Chair of the Litigation Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association and a founding member of the IBA Settlement Week. He served as Secretary to the Board of Governors for the Indiana State Bar Association, Chair of the ISBA ADR Section, District Representative on the ISBA Board of Governors, a member of the Board of Directors for Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, and is Past President of the Board of Directors for the Indiana Bar Foundation.
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oyd Hovde, Rick Hovde, Rob Dassow, and Nick Deets are used to handling complicated and difficult cases where the odds are stacked against them. That is simply the nature of catastrophic personal injury litigation. Their track record of success in state, federal, and appellate courts throughout the country stands as the ultimate proof that their firm is willing to take cases to trial. They’ve tried more than 300 cases to verdict over their collective 110 years in practice, winning numerous milliondollar and multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements. “Approaching every case as if it is going to end up at trial is one of the cornerstones that Boyd and Rick have established at our firm—it is deeply ingrained in how we approach every case,” says Deets, a partner in the firm. “We firmly believe that if you’re not prepared to take the case to trial, then you should not agree to undertake representation.” For Deets and his partners, being prepared means digging deep and spending the time—and money—that each case demands. “Some firms bring in plaintiff cases and then settle them for much less than their true value because they’re simply not willing to spend the time and money and take the risk necessary to go to trial,” he says. “When Boyd and Rick started this firm, they wanted it to be the exact opposite of that, and it’s at the heart of how we approach every case.” Says Boyd Hovde, “I learned early on in my career that the only way to get the respect of your opponent is if you’re prepared to go to trial. Insurance companies, large corporations, and the lawyers who defend them know who is willing to go to trial and who isn’t. If you can’t back up your position with performance, you aren’t going to get the best settlement that the defense is willing
to make.” Even so, says Hovde, a storied Lawyers six times since 2009 and as trial lawyer with close to 55 years of Trial Lawyers of the Year by the Indiana practice under his belt, there’s no magic Trial Lawyers Association in 2010. It has in what he and the attorneys at his firm two of the five Indiana members of the do. “We are just willing to work hard and International Academy of Trial Lawyers and spend the time and money to go to trial three of the 94 Indiana members of the if necessary and it pays dividends for our American College of Trial Lawyers. The firm clients,” he says. has been recognized as a Tier 1 law firm in Plaintiffs’ personal injury cases, in Indianapolis in Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury, which clients are always represented on Medical Malpractice, and Product Liability a contingent-fee basis and attorneys Litigation by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best don’t collect any money unless they Law Firms” since the ratings were initiated, prevail, are risky. But it’s the kind of work and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. that the attorneys of With a history that began more than Hovde Dassow + Deets do because they 50 years ago, Hovde Dassow + Deets feel an obligation handles all types “Insurance companies, of personal injury to stand up and be the voice of the large corporations, and the and wrongful voiceless— that’s no cases, from lawyers who defend them death matter how difficult automobile and know who is willing to go to truck accidents the case or how trial and who isn’t.” to medical long it might take. (One notoriously malpractice, challenging product liability case for the product liability, and defective firm, for example, took the better part pharmaceutical and medical device of a decade to resolve, ultimately being litigation. Its attorneys have served as fought to victory after several trips to the National Biomet MDL Liaison counsel, appellate courts of New York.) “Heading TRT MDL Liaison counsel for Indiana, and into trial on any case involves risk,” as co-lead trial counsel in the Vioxx TPP says Deets, who has personally tried litigation. In all, they have handled more more than 100 cases to verdict over the than 40 different types of pharmaceutical course of his career. “But when you’re and medical device cases that have successful, it makes you understand resulted in significant compensation for why you do what you do. It just means nearly 1,000 clients. everything to see the client’s face when a But while the recognition of their peers jury returns a verdict in their favor. Many is sincerely appreciated, that’s not what times the jury’s acknowledgment that brings this team to work every day. “It’s the defendant has done something wrong being able to help people who would and has caused significant harm is more otherwise be helpless in the face of large important to the client than the money insurance companies, corporations, they receive.” manufacturers, and hospital systems The results speak for themselves. that are well-defended, well-funded, and Collectively, the firm’s attorneys have the aggressive in their defense. We’re driven kind of credentials that would be difficult by the desire to help our clients,” says Rick to find at firms ten times its size. Attorneys Hovde, a seasoned trial lawyer who has from the firm have been recognized as also tried more than 100 jury trials over his Indianapolis Lawyers of the Year by Best more than three-decade legal career.
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He wasn’t expecting the first immigrationrelated case he took, and when he began, he didn’t quite know what he was doing. But Lewis & Kappes’ Steven Tuchman has made a name for himself in the field of immigration law, in a region of the country that’s experiencing a noticeable increase in number of foreign-born citizens. “By the time I was done, I was a self-anointed expert,” Tuchman laughingly says of that first case. And that early, in-the-trenches experience has allowed him, as Indiana’s immigration law field has grown, to aid and train many of his colleagues in what is now perhaps Indiana’s largest immigration practice. Tuchman was initially focused on real estate law and was one of the first in-house lawyers at what is now Simon Property Group. After several years of intense work there, Tuchman decided real estate law was not what he wanted to do with the rest of his life, and he established a private practice, one that shortly began specializing in immigration law. Compared to those of states more known for immigration issues, like Texas or California, Tuchman says Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security personnel is generally nice and not “so jaded by years of horrible cases.” That’s not to say there isn’t a need for the work Tuchman does in the Indianapolis region. Burgeoning biotechnology and university sectors and a temperate climate for agricultural work are among the reasons the area is growing and drawing newcomers, many foreignborn and some here illegally, Tuchman says. “There’s not a week that goes by that somebody doesn’t call from businesses around the region,” Tuchman says. “It’s the CEO on the line and he says, ‘I just found out that my most valuable employee is not here legally. What can I do?’ He asks in a panic. Or, he’s [looking] for the best and the brightest, and the winning candidate is from abroad.... That’s where I come in.” Tuchman says he can relate somewhat to the feeling of being a so-called foreigner. He lived in Copenhagen for a couple years after law school and has maintained a relationship with the country: He serves as the Danish Consul for the lower Midwest and was recently knighted by the Danish Queen. “I have an intense interest in helping my clients,” he says. “We know these people essentially come to us with their lives in their hands, and they end up in our hands. One great reason I’m still working is that at the end of the day, there is someone who says thank you. It’s very rewarding.” By Maggie Burch
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For over 22 years, Steve has advised clients in business disputes and media law matters. Steve’s broad range of experience includes contract disputes, defamation and first amendment law, access to public records and meetings, copyrights and trademarks, alcoholic beverages law, professional malpractice, banking and lender liability, insurance law, employment litigation and covenants not to compete. Steve employs a practical approach to resolve disputes efficiently and believes that the most effective solutions are reached when lawyers work together collaboratively with business clients. Steve has been listed in Best Lawyers in the areas of business litigation and first amendment law since 2008. Steve is also a registered civil mediator in Indiana.
Since 1993, Robert W. Johnson has represented clients who have suffered personal injury or who have lost a loved one due to a wrongful death. He specializes in cases involving brain injuries, motor vehicle accidents, and medical malpractice. His focus on brain injuries arises out of personal experience: his daughter, who did not receive enough oxygen at birth, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. As a result of caring for his daughter, Mr. Johnson understands the difficulties others face and treats his clients with empathy and compassion. In 2011, he established Johnson Jensen LLP with friend and colleague Travis Jensen. Together, they commit their practice to a strong defense for the rights of those they represent.
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Rosemary Glass Spalding is the founding attorney of Spalding & Hilmes, PC, a four‐attorney firm withover 90 years of combined experience dedicated to helping clients resolve environmental issues in an effective, cost‐conscious manner. Ms. Spalding has represented clients from all sectors of the environmental arena, serving early‐on as General Counsel for IDEM, and in private practice representing businesses, municipalities, counties, organizations and individuals. She has served on numerous environmental boards and commissions and as an adjunct professor at the IU School of Law‐ Bloomington. With a particular interest in environmental policy, Ms. Spalding has chaired ICLEF’s Advanced Environmental Law Seminars several times. Ms. Spalding graduated from Purdue University and cum laude from the University of Texas School of Law, Austin.
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