(Main Office)

Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C. is a full-service law firm that offers a wide range of legal services to clients in many industries, including manufacturing, e-commerce, retail products, construction, and environmental concerns. Of particular note is the firm's knowledge of the transportation industry and its long-standing history of service to motor carriers, shippers, brokers and insurance companies nationwide. From its offices in Indianapolis, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Overland Park and Pasadena, the firm offers clients knowledge and experience in many business-related disciplines and also seeks to meet its clients' more individual needs in such areas as personal injury litigation, estate planning and probate administration.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice. Litigation in all State and Federal Courts, including Appellate Practice, Transportation, Motor Carrier, Trucking Law, International Trade, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Administrative, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Business, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Negligence, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Immigration, Environmental, Workers Compensation, Probate and Estate Planning and Public Utility Law.

Representative Clients:

American Trucking Associations
Americold Logistics
Carey International, Inc.
Celadon Trucking Services, Inc.
Comcar Industries, Inc.
Dean Foods
Diakon Logistics, Inc.
Exel
FedEx
Fresh Delmonte
GE Capital
Graebel Van Lines
Great West Casualty Company
Landstar System, Inc.
Laidlaw
Liquid Transport Corp.
Maersk, Inc.
Matson Integrated Logistics
McLane Foodservices, Inc.
Northland Insurance
Penske System, Inc.
Pepsi Americas, Inc.
RoadLink USA: Schneider National Inc.
SIRVA/Allied Van Line, Inc./North American Van Lines, Inc.
Steak 'n Shake
Swift Transportation, Co.
3P Delivery L.L.C.
Tyson Foods, Inc.
USA Truck, Inc.
Unigroup, Inc./Mayflower Transit, LLC/United Van Lines, LLC
Watkins Associated Industries, Inc.
YRC Worldwide.

Address

10 West Market Street, Suite 1500
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2968, (Marion Co.)

Phone

Phone: 317-637-1777
Fax: 317-687-2414

Website

http://www.scopelitis.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

OF COUNSEL

Alki E. Scopelitis (Of Counsel) born South Bend, Indiana, April 12, 1937; admitted to bar, 1964, Indiana. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1959); Georgetown University (LL.B., 1964). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Indiana State Bar Association. [1st Lt., USMC, 1959-1961]. Practice Areas: Mediation; Transportation Law; Administrative/Regulatory Matters; Labor and Employment Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Business Transactions; Commercial Transactions.Email: Alki E. Scopelitis

Gregory A. Ostendorf (Of Counsel) born Vincennes, Indiana, March 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1996, Illinois; 2005, Indiana. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.S., 1977); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 1980). Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Business Transactions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Gregory A. Ostendorf

ASSOCIATES

Craig J. Helmreich (Associate) born Des Plaines, Illinois, October 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Indiana. Education: Butler University (B.A., 1997); Indiana University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Law Alumni Scholar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Motor Carrier Law; Intellectual Property.Email: Craig J. Helmreich

Rebecca S. Trenner (Associate) born Knox, Indiana, March 7, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Valparaiso University (B.S., 1997; J.D., 2002). Member: Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Transportation; Insurance.Email: Rebecca S. Trenner

Shannon M. Cohen (Associate) born Salem, Indiana, May 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana. Education: Indiana University, Bloomington (B.S., 1998); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: Indianapolis, Indiana State, and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Transportation; Litigation.Email: Shannon M. Cohen

Eric K. Habig (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, July 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1993); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations; Defense Trial Counsel Institute; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Motor Carrier Liability.Email: Eric K. Habig

Allison Owen Smith (Associate) born Stamford, Connecticut, July 28, 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., 1987); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 1996). Member, Board of Directors, Indianapolis Bar Foundation. Member: Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations. Fellow: Indianapolis Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Development.Email: Allison Owen Smith

Ronald J. Morelock (Associate) born Tipton, Indiana, July 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Indiana. Practice Areas: Taxation.Email: Ronald J. Morelock

R. Jay Taylor, Jr. (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., 1992); University of Richmond School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member, McNeill Law Society. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Transportation Liability Defense.Email: R. Jay Taylor, Jr.

Thomas E. Schulte (Associate) born Evansville, Indiana, July 27, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Indiana. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A., cum laude, 1993); Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis (J.D., 1997). Member: Indianapolis, Indiana and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Cargo Claims; Commercial Law.Email: Thomas E. Schulte

Jeffrey S. Jackson (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, June, 5, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Indiana. Education: Indiana University, Bloomington (B.A., 2000); Indiana Univeristy School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Indiana State Bar Association; Indianapolis Bar Assoication. Practice Areas: Transportation; Labor and Employment; Corporate Law; Workers Compensation.

Nathaniel G. Saylor (Associate) born Monticello, Indiana, March 2, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Indiana. Education: Ball State University (B.M., cum laude, 2001); Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis (J.D., cum laude, 2005); Kelley School of Business (M.B.A., 2005). Member: Indiana State Bar Association; Association of Transportation Law Professionals. Practice Areas: Transportation Regulation; International Transportation Law; Corporate Law.

Renea E. Hooper (Associate) born Findlay, Ohio, September 1, 1969; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis (B.A., 2001); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 2005). Order of the Barristers; Phi Alpha Delta (Justice, 2004). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Renea E. Hooper

Misti Presnell DeVore (Associate) born Evansville, Indiana, November 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: DePauw University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Member: Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Transportation; Trucking Law; Litigation; Insurance Defense.

James T. Spolyar (Associate) born Lebanon, Indiana, September 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 2006, Indiana. Education: United States Naval Academy (B.S., 1994); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 2001). Member: Indiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Transportation(25%); Litigation(25%); Labor and Employment(25%); Workers Compensation(25%).Email: James T. Spolyar

Braden Kenneth Core (Associate) born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, November 28, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Indiana. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 2003); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 2006). Member: Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation(75%); Transportation Regulation(10%); Motor Carrier Liability(5%); Insurance(10%).Email: Braden Kenneth Core

Lynn M. Eriks (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, March 26, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Indiana. Education: Manchester College (B.S., 2004); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 2007). Member: Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Transportation(60%); Labor and Employment(20%); Litigation(20%).Email: Lynn M. Eriks

Andrew J. Butcher (Associate) born Green Bay, Wisconsin, January 11, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., Economics, 2004); University of Tulsa (J.D., with honors, 2007). Member: Indiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Motor Carrier Law; Transportation; Class Action Defense; Labor and Employment.Email: Andrew J. Butcher