Gas City Lawyers

With nearly two decades of experience, Emily approaches issues in a practical and compassionate manner for clients. In her domestic and family law practice, Emily Szaferski concentrates on dissolutions, adoptions, paternity matters, custody disputes, child support issues, and guardianships. She handles various types of adoptions including private, agency and foster adoptions, adoptions that involve the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, and the finalization of international adoptions.

I focus my practice primilarly on employment law and civil rights, representing employees in cases concerning Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, wage claims, and Due Process and First Amendment violations. I am a frequent contributing author and have presented continuing legal education seminars and presentations in employment law and discrimination. I have over 10 years of experience representing employees in Federal Court, as well as representing employees in front of federal administrative agencies like the EEOC and MSPB, and state agencies like SEAC. In addition to the federal courts in the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, I...

Tom Kimbrough assists clients in all facets of labor and employment. He works with employers to defend against claims. He has worked with union and non-union employers, and businesses of all sizes. He also assists in other areas of litigation including insurance defense and business and commercial litigation.

Randy Klezmer is co-author of the Indiana Practice Guide to Workers' Compensation, inductee into the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, and Sustaining Member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers' Association. For 26 years, Randy has represented injured Indiana workers in both injury and workers' compensation matters. Randy has devoted his entire legal career to helping people who have been injured in the workplace and elsewhere achieve the compensation they deserve.

A native Hoosier, Randy created the firm after receiving his J.D. from McKinney School of Law, in 1992. From the beginning, he has focused his practice largely on workers’ compensation cases, but...

With over 20 years of outstanding legal representation, Attorney Trevor Crossen has earned a reputation as the Indianapolis personal injury lawyer clients can trust. As founder of Crossen Law Firm, he has handled thousands of cases over his career, earning a 10.0 Superb Avvo Rating and nearly a decade of consecutive rankings to Super Lawyers® in the process. If you were injured as a result of someone else’s carelessness, now is the time to contact Crossen Law Firm and schedule a free consultation about your case. They can help you better understand your situation and proceed through your legal challenges...

Thomas Niezer focuses his practice on real estate law, land use planning, and real estate finance law, with a dual emphasis in commercial transactions and residential real estate development, sales, and purchases. He also focuses on representing commercial and non-profit development entities on a variety of redevelopment and new development initiatives. With over 30 years of experience, Tom has represented real estate development clients before planning commissions, boards of zoning appeals, local engineering, surveying, traffic, utility, and storm water governmental departments. He has worked with clients in real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing, and construction matters. Tom regularly works with local...

Linda has 25 plus years of experience in civil litigation and trial work. Her experience includes representing individuals who have suffered serious injuries caused by car, truck, motorcycle, and bicycle collisions, gas and fire explosions, and many other dangerous conditions caused by the negligence of others. She has represented adults and children suffering from serious brain injuries, neck and spinal injuries, burn injuries, and shoulder, wrist and leg injuries. Linda fights to obtain damages for clients including repayment of past and future medical bills, past lost wages, future vocational loss caused by a diminished capacity to earn, pain...

Brian brings over 10 years of experience in strategic litigation and transforming legal departments by merging business, compliance, and legal objectives to increase revenue and mitigate risk. He understands the pressures legal departments and businesses face because he has been there, and he has successfully created revenue generating mechanisms and cost-efficient legal procedures that fundamentally change the way legal services are valued. With alternative fee arrangements tailored to the specific business or litigation and an in-depth understanding of your processes, legal services should boost your business, not drain it.

An accomplished litigator, Brian is known for his forceful arguments...

Lauren Minke concentrates her practice in the area of litigation, with an emphasis in insurance defense and medical malpractice defense. She also represents clients in general liability defense and provides litigation services related to disputes concerning premises liability, real estate, and contracts. She has first chair bench trial and second-chair jury trial experience.

Let's face it. We've been doing this a long time.  And we love what we do. The lawyers of Shaw Law Offices -- the Indiana Slip and Fall Attorneys. See us at "slipandfall.com."  That's right, we own the cause of action in our website.  That's how much we love what we do. Like Muhammad Ali the boxer famously said, "It's Not Bragging if You Can Back it Up." And with age and experience comes a little bit of "know-how."  So, here's 5 things we do to help you in the often-confusing path of a personal injury lawsuit: 1.  We Visit the Site...

Lisa practices in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administrations, and probate disputes. Lisa is a problem solver. She strives to provide peace of mind for clients. Whether a client is setting up an estate plan, administering the estate or trust of a loved one, or seeking resolution of a probate dispute or litigation, Lisa enjoys helping clients find solutions.

Lisa is the Managing Partner of the Indianapolis and Carmel based, full service law firm, Harrison & Moberly, LLP, one of Indianapolis’s oldest firms. She is happy to meet with clients at either the...

Craig Fugate is the managing partner and co-founder of the firm. Craig is a business, franchise and real estate attorney licensed to practice law in Indiana and Wisconsin. His practice focuses primarily on assisting franchisees with reviewing FDDs, franchise agreements and real estate agreementes, both leases and purcahse agreements. Craig was admitted to the bar in 2008. Since 2008, Craig has worked in and with small and medium sized companies as well as Fortune 500 companies. Craig also provides general counsel services to his clients, represents new and existing franchisees in franchise purchases and...

Nathan Miller, an Indianapolis native, graduated from Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in 1994. He received his B.A. degree from Stetson University, DeLand, Florida in 1998 and his J.D. degree from Ohio Northern University Law School in 2002.

Nate serves clients with needs in the areas of complex medical malpractice, personal injury litigation, product liability and wrongful death.

Mr. Miller is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association of Justice.

Mark Bains assists clients in a wide array of real estate matters. This includes commercial and residential real estate transactions and land use planning. He also represents clients in real estate litigation matters, including eminent domain actions, disputes on purchase agreements and leases. Another area of concentration for Mark is construction law. He works with residential and commercial contractors in negotiation and drafting of construction contracts, disputes on contracts, defective workmanship claims, collection actions and mechanic's lien foreclosures.

Danica graduated from the IU Kelly School of Business with a major in Business Management and went on to obtain her Law Degree from the Indiana University at Indianapolis. During law school, Danica worked for Dean Andrew Klein while he helped the 7th Circuit Court revised, edit and draft its new standard civil Jury Instructions. Danica began her legal career with a firm in downtown Indianapolis, where she was exposed to almost every facet of the law from zoning and land use, to federal criminal defense, to business litigation and estates.

Danica focuses her practice at Webster & Garino LLC on...

Stephanie Jane Hahn Attorney at Law is an Indiana employment law firm. Ms. Hahn's practice provides compassionate representation of employees who are victims of discrimination based on gender, race, disability, age and religious affiliation. She also represents clients with other employment matters including sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, hostile work environment, violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), wrongful termination, retaliation, claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), in addition to wage and hour violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Ms. Hahn has over 20 years of employment law experience...

Gary is the Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group. He advises clients in all areas of employment and labor law. Gary's strengths are his responsiveness and his ability to communicate complex subjects in a straightforward and understandable way.

Gary represents a wide range of clients, including steel manufacturers, automotive suppliers, health-care providers, municipalities, print shops, agribusiness, construction companies, and food producers. He has represented and advised clients in over twenty U.S. states and Canada. Although Gary’s primary expertise is employment and labor law, many clients seek Gary’s advice on a wide range of legal issues because...

Shawn attended the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan where she earned her Juris Doctorate in 2008. While in law school, she served as a member of the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association, a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Association, and as an Associate Member of the Mock Trial Board. Prior to studying law, Shawn obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Business Communication from Concordia University in Fort Wayne. During her time in undergraduate school, she served as the Campaign President for Toys for Tots. Shawn is licensed and ready to...

John Barce has over twenty-five years of experience assisting businesses and individuals with their legal needs in the areas of business law, federal and state taxation, charitable planning, estate and business succession planning. He has working alongside businesses to handle their intellectual property needs and biotechnology licensing. John handles mergers and acquisitions for businesses of all sizes by negotiating and structuring the agreements, helping with financing issues and resolving closing and post-closing issues.

Chris gained vast experience in consumer law, debt and creditor resolution, landlord-tenant issues, as well as family law and civil litigation while working as an attorney in the Indianapolis area the past 15 years. Raised in Plymouth, Indiana, Chris obtained a Psychology degree from DePauw University, where he played college baseball and met his wife, Jennifer. They have two children, a daughter, and son, and love taking trips as a family to Disney, Universal Studios and Ft. Myers Beach. Chris graduated from Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis in 2001. At Hostetter & O’Hara, Chris focused on...

Hiring a lawyer to pursue your personal injury or wrongful death claim can feel like a difficult decision. It is easy to simply go with the lawyer whose slick commercial you just saw on tv, or whose face is on the billboard you just passed. But when you call me, you get to speak with me, not some case screener or office staff person whose job it is to keep your lawyer from actually having to speak with you. I am the person you talk to from your very first call, and throughout your case until the...

Carla graduated summa cum laude and with Honor’s from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, with majors in both English and Latin. She then obtained her Law Degree from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. During law school, Carla served as an Articles Editor and Associate Member with the Indiana Law Journal and was a member of the Women’s Law Caucus, Public Interest Law Foundation, and Children’s Law Discussion Group. Carla began her legal career with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana as a Law Clerk for the Honorable David F....

An experience litigator, Pat focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation, and intellectual property litigation. He has handled matters involving trademark and copyright infringement, insurance defense, unfair competition, product liability, non-solicitation agreements, injunctions, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and bet-the-company litigation. Throughout his career he has been lead counsel on more than 100 jury trials and more than 1,000 arbitrations, mediations, depositions, and hearings.

Matt Chapel is a Trial Lawyer based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is a National Institute for Trial Advocacy Master Advocate and studied under Gerry Spence. Practicing criminal defense in Fort Wayne, Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, Matt brings 23 years of experience to every case. Matt is a former U.S. Marine. Why is this significant? Because Matt brings his fighting spirit to every case - including yours.

Matt is a 1990 graduate of Columbia City High School. He received his Bachelors Degree from Indiana University in 1994 and graduated from the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis in 1998 where he was a member of the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review. Prior to joining Bloom Gates & Whiteleather, LLP, Matt practiced in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Matt concentrates his practice in real estate, litigation, corporate law, and represents multiple governmental entities and sewer districts throughout Northeast Indiana. Matt has litigated cases in both federal and state courts in...

Attorney Nicholas E. Plopper has been practicing law since 2008, became partner at Plopper & Partners, LLP as of 2010. He is admitted to practice by the Indiana State Bar (2008); U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. His practice areas include: Estate Planning and Administration; Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law; Entertainment Law and Civil Litigation.

Nicholas Plopper completed his undergraduate studies from Indiana University in 1999 where he earned a B.A. in Telecommunications. He was awarded his Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law in San Diego in 2006....

Michael S. Miller, a native of Indianapolis, graduated from North Central High School, after which he attended Hanover College, receiving his B.A. in 1969. Following two years of military service, he attended Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law on the G.I. bill, graduating in 1974. After his admission to the Bar, Mr. Miller served as a law clerk for the Indiana Court of Appeals and for four years as a Marion County Deputy Prosecutor.

Mike’s practice includes all categories of civil litigation involving medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death.

Mike is a Fellow of the American College of Trial...

Stephanie Cassman is an experienced attorney at Wagner Reese. An aggressive and seasoned litigator, Ms. Cassman has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of matters. With every case she takes on, Ms. Cassman seeks to fully understand her clients’ situations so that she can better prepare their cases and fight for the maximum recovery they are owed. She is a frequent speaker and author on jury selection and trial advocacy and a faculty member at the Trial Advocacy Skills College. She has been named in the Top 50 Attorneys and Top 25 Women by Indiana Super Lawyers®.

Focusing in the area of employment law, Carta Robison assists clients with their employment matters including, contracts, claims involving Title VII, Family and Medical Leave Act issue, wage and hour disputes, and claims brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

One of the most enjoyable parts of being a lawyer is combining my genuine interest in others with my passion for helping people and fixing situations.

Most people seem to have headaches in a few key areas. That’s why I focus on the fields of family law (divorce, visitation, guardianships, etc.), business law (business formation, law suits, breach of contract, etc.), real estate law and personal injury (car accidents, slip and fall accidents, dog bites, and other acts of negligence).

My Experience
I started my career as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I “paid my dues” in busy courtrooms and...