Meridian Hills Lawyers

Jessie A. Cook represents individuals accused of major felonies in state and federal courts. She graduated from IU Maurer School of Law (1979, cum laude), the National College of Criminal Defense and the Darrow College of Capital Defense. She teaches advanced trial advocacy at the Maurer School of Law- Bloomington, and for various continuing legal education programs including the Federal Defender Organization, the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and ICLEF’s Trial Advocacy Skills College. Jessie is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of its Access to Justice Committee. She served on the Indiana Supreme...

Mallory Slaton grew up in Ladoga, a small town in west central Indiana. With the goal of becoming an attorney, she attended Purdue University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. While enrolled at Purdue, Mallory worked at Hensley Legal Group, PC during the summer and over breaks as a legal assistant.

Following her graduation from Purdue, Mallory chose to attend Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. While in law school, Mallory participated in the Robert H. Stanton Intramural Moot Court competition and completed a forty hour course in public policy mediation, rendering...

Kristina was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. Her family moved to Olathe, Kansas when she was five years old. She later moved to Indiana when she was fifteen years old. After attending Westfield High School, she earned her Bachelors of Arts degree in French and Psychology from Butler University, cum laude.

In 2009, Kristina joined Hensley Legal Group as a legal assistant in the Social Security disability department. Kristina then became a case manager in the Social Security disability department and then became a Non-Attorney Representative in the disability department where she represented clients at their disability hearings.

In 2013, Kristina joined...

Dustin Fregiato was born and raised in a small town in Eastern Ohio. Growing up in "Coal Country", as it is commonly known to those who live there, not only taught him the value of a hard day's work but also taught him his core values of: faith, family and friendship and how they should be applied to every aspect of one's life, including one's career. Dustin left that small town to attend undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University. After graduating cum laude with a BA in political science at OSU, he moved to Indianapolis to attend law school...

Josiah Swinney is an accomplished trial lawyer handling cases involving complex criminal allegations. Whether at the trial level or taking over for an appeal, he has represented high-profile matters that have generated public attention and secured successful results for his clients. Josiah's work has earned him the distinction of being selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2022, 2023, and 2024. This distinction recognizes the top 2.5 percent of attorneys under 40 based on a formula from Thomson Reuters, a database tracking cases across the United States on the Westlaw legal database. Josiah graduated with honors from Indiana University Robert...