(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice in State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury Litigation, Securities Fraud Arbitration and Litigation, Insurance, Class Action Litigation, Banking, Corporation, Wills and Probate, Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning, Environmental and Toxic Tort Law, Real Estate Law, Family/Domestic Relations, Appellate Practice.

Representative Clients:

National City Bank of Indiana
Community State Bank
Royal Center, Indiana
Community BanCorp.
Cincinnati Insurance Co.
Indiana Farmers Insurance Group
Logansport Clinic for Women, Inc.
Maiben's, Inc.
Pekin Insurance Co.
Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co.
United Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
Mike Anderson Pontiac GMC, Inc.
Overway Petroleum, Inc.
Select Seed Hybrids, Inc.
Statesman Insurance Group, Insurance Cos.
Kemper Insurance Cos.
Shelter Insurance Cos.
Baker Specialty and Supply Co., Inc.
Brown Constuction Co., Inc.
Fireman's Fund Cos.
Grange Insurance Co.
The Travelers Companies
Sequa Corp.
General Casualty Companies
Globe American Casualty Company
Logansport Lumber Co., Inc.
Game Time, Inc.
LaSalle Consulting Group, Inc.
Markley Abstract Co., Inc.
Pasquale Trucking Co., Inc.
Dennis Foods, Inc.
Transport Insurance Co.
Meridian Mutual Insurance Co.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.
Edlo Sales & Engineering
Shidcler Electric Co.
Town of Galveston
Twin Lakes Regional Sewer District
Zenith Corporation.

Address

201 South Third Street
Logansport, IN 46947, (Cass Co.)

Phone

Phone: 574-722-6676
Telefax: 574-753-3299

Website

http://www.starrausten.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Scott L. Starr (Partner) born Indianapolis, Indiana, May 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Indiana, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Ball State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1977); Indiana University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Defense Research Institute Exceptional Performance Citation, 1998; Diplomat Award of Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, 2003. Voted Super Lawyer, Indianapolis Magazine Poll, 2003-2009. Member: American College of Trial Lawyers; Cass County (President), Indiana State (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association (Past President); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Securities Fraud; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Commercial Litigation; Class Actions.Email: Scott L. Starr

James H. Austen (Partner) born Indianapolis, Indiana, April 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Indiana, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Ball State University (B.S., 1975); Indiana University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1981. Cass County Deputy Prosecutor, 1986. Member: Cass County (Secretary/Treasurer, 1986-1987; Vice President, 1987-1990; President, 1991-1993), Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Securities Fraud.Email: James H. Austen

Andrew B. Miller (Partner) born Munster, Indiana, April 28, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Indiana; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Wabash College (A.B., 1990); Saint Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Deputy City Attorney, City of Logansport, Indiana, 2000-2002. Member: Cass County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Securities Fraud; Personal Injury; Class Actions.Email: Andrew B. Miller

ASSOCIATES

Mark S. Fryman, Jr. (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, October 13, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Indiana. Education: Wabash College (B.A., 2000); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 2003). Member: Cass County and Indiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Securities Fraud.

Taylor Spalding Flanery (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky. Education: Centre College (B.S., Biology, cum laude, 1999); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Business Torts; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury.

Eric S. Ditton (Associate) born Auburn, Indiana, July 3, 1984; admitted to bar, 2009, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 2006); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2009). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Cass County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Estate Planning.Email: Eric S. Ditton