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| | Location: 333 Ohio Street, P.O. Box 800, Terre Haute, Indiana 47808-0800, (Vigo Co.) | | |
(Main Office)
| Wilkinson, Goeller, Modesitt, Wilkinson & Drummy practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all Courts. Taxation, Corporation, Trust, Probate, Estate Planning, Insurance Law, Health Law, Municipal Law, Bankruptcy. Toxic Tort Defense, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Discrimination, Municipal Law, Employment Law, Trucking Defense, Transportation, Insurance Defense, Business Litigation, Mediation and Arbitration. | | Year Established: 1898 | Firm Profile:
The Wilkinson, Goeller, Modesitt, Wilkinson & Drummy law firm evolved from the 70-year legal practice of George O. Dix, who founded the firm in 1898. The firm's practice has long focused on litigation, corporate, real estate, and tax matters. As the largest firm in west central Indiana, the firm continues its general practice with specialty work in mass tort/environmental and insurance defense litigation, real estate and title insurance, health and hospital law, creditor's rights, small business, commercial and probate law and extensive work in civil litigation in both state and federal courts. | | Firm Size: 14 | Clients:
REPRESENTATIVE CORPORATE CLIENTS: Old National Bank; Old National Trust Company; CSX, Inc.; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Terre Haute Board of Realtors; Union Hospital; Associated Physicians and Surgeons Clinic, LLC.; Health Care Excel; City of Terre Haute; Templeton Coal Co.; Farm Credit Services of Mid-America, ACA; Bethesda Elderly Housing Corp.; CDI, Inc.; Hannig Construction, Inc.; Gartland Foundry; Cinergy PSI; AET; Gibault, Inc.; Westminster Village of Terre Haute, Inc.; Turbines, Inc.; White Construction, Inc.; Terre Haute Housing Authority; Honey Creek-Vigo Conservancy District; Apple House, Inc.; Shenango Industries, Inc.; TRI Aerospace, LLC; Richard Jenkins Construction; Owens Corning Fiberglas; Cooper Industries, Ltd.; BP Products North America, Inc.; Dana Corporation; Pneumo Abex, LLC; Atlantic Richfield Company; Foseco, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation. |
REPRESENTATIVE INSURANCE CLIENTS: State Farm Mutual Insurance; Medical Protective Co.; Prudential Insurance Co.; Motorists Mutual Insurance Co.; Country Companies; Crum & Forster Group; GEICO; Chubb & Sons, Inc.; Nationwide Insurance Co.; Celina Mutual Insurance Co.; Indiana Insurance Cos.; State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.; American Family Insurance; Western Indemnity; Midwest Claims Service; Scottsdale Insurance Co.; Rockford Mutual Insurance Co.; John Hancock Insurance; Farmland Insurance Co.; Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co.; Old American Insurance Co.; Pro Assurance. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Saturday: 08:30 AM - 12:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Raymond H. Modesitt (Member) born Terre Haute, Indiana, June 30, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Indiana. Education: Indiana University (A.B., 1965; J.D., 1968). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Terre Haute, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association (Diplomat). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Medical Malpractice Litigation; Commercial and Business Litigation; Corporate Commercial Law. Email: Raymond H. Modesitt | | B. Curtis Wilkinson (Member) born Pomona, California, July 29, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Indiana. Education: Indiana State University (A.B., 1969) Indiana University (J.D., with distinction, 1972). Pi Gamma Mu; Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Terre Haute, Seventh Circuit, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health and Hospital Law; Insurance Defense Litigation; Corporate and General Business Law. Email: B. Curtis Wilkinson | | William W. Drummy (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, November 12, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Nebraska; 1977, Indiana. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1970); Creighton University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Member and Associate Editor, Creighton Law Review, 1974-1975. Author: "The Hospital and the Staff Physician—An Expanding Duty of Care," 7 Creighton Law Review 249, 1973; "Constitutional Law—Due Process—Iowa Harmless Error Rule Denies Remedy for Deprivation of Property Contrary to Fuentes v. Shevin," 6 Creighton Law Review 410, 1973. Indiana Super Lawyer, 2004 and 2005. Member: Terre Haute, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate); Defense Research Institute; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Reported Cases: E.E.O.C v. North Knox School Corp. 154 F.3d744, 77 Fair Empl.Prac.Case. (BNA) 1306, 74 Empl.Prac.Dec. P45, 524, 129 Ed. Law Rep. 59 (7th Cir. (Ind.), Sep 8, 1998) (NO. 97-3704; Doherty v. Crow, 2000 WL 1006620 (S.D.Ind., Jul 19, 2000) (NO. TH 99-216-C-T/H); Harris v. Cacdac, 512 N.E.2d 1138 (Ind.App. 4 Dist., Sep 23, 1987) (NO. 83A04-8603-CV-85); Carie v. PSI Energy, Inc., 715 N.E.2d 853 (Ind., Sep 3, 1999) (NO. 83S01-9811-CV-695); Goldhart v. Board of Com'rs of County of Parke, 533 N.E.2d 605 (Ind.App. 1 Dist., Feb 2, 1989) (NO. 61A01-8802-CV-54); First Bank & Trust Co. of Clay County v. Bunch, 460 N.E.2d 517 (Ind.App. 1 Dist., Feb 29, 1984) (NO. 1-1182 A 327); Power v. Brodie, 460 N.E.2d 1241 (Ind.App. 1 Dist., Mar 29, 1984) (NO. 1-1282 A 364); Terre Haute First Nat. Bank v. Stewart, 455 N.E.2d 362 (Ind.App. 1 Dist., Oct. 19, 1983) (NO. 1-1282 A 351); ConAgra, Inc. v. Farrington, 635 N.E.2d 1137 (Ind.App. 1 Dist., Jun 23, 1994) (NO. 84A01-9312-CV-386); Hunter v. Byrd, 602 N.E.2d 1052 (Ind.App. 1 Dist., Nov 19, 1992) (NO. 77A01-9205-CV-151); Hershberger v. Brooker, 421 N.E.2d 672 (Ind.App. 1 Dist., Jun 9, 1981) (NO. 1-1180 A 330); Carie v. PSI Energy, Inc., 694 N.E.2d 729 (Ind.App., Apr 23, 1998) (NO. 83A01-9707-CV-229); Young v. Butts, 685 N.E.2d 147 (Ind.App., Sep 16, 1997) (NO. 32A05-9607-CV-151). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Trials; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense; Direct Action Defense; Commercial and Business Litigation; Municipal Law; Employment Law; Defense; Age Discrimination. Email: William W. Drummy | | Kelvin L. Roots (Member) born Indianapolis, Indiana, July 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1996, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: DePauw University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Indiana University (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member: Terre Haute, Indiana State (Member, Section on Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights) and American Bar Associations; Commercial Law League of America. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial and Business Litigation; General Practice. Email: Kelvin L. Roots | | John C. Wall (Member) born Rochester, New York, September 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1982, Indiana. Education: Principia College (B.A., 1971); Colgate University (M.A., cum laude, 1975); Indiana University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1982). Associate Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1980-1982. Member: Terre Haute, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Appeals; General Practice. Email: John C. Wall | | William M. Olah (Member) born Terre Haute, Indiana, August 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1979, Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (B.S., cum laude, 1974); University of Arkansas (J.D., with honors, 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Citations Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1977. Member: Terre Haute, Indiana State (Member, Probate, Trust and Real Property Section) and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; Seventh Circuit Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial Law; Taxation Law; Real Estate Law; Estate and Trust Planning and Probate Law. Email: William M. Olah | | Craig M. McKee (Member) born Frankfort, Indiana, April 17, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Indiana State University (B.S., 1979); Indiana University (J.D., 1983). Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge, Gene E. Brooks, Southern District of Indiana, 1983-1985. Certified Mediator. Member: Terre Haute (President, 1995-1996), Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Seventh Circuit Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: The Osler Institute, Inc. v. Forde, 386 F.3d 816 (7th Cir. 2004); Stanley v. Henson, 337 F.3d 961 (7th Cir. 2003); Greenwell v. Azter Indiana Gaming Corp., 268 F.3d 486 (7th Cir. 2002); Union Auto Indem. Assn. v. Shields, 79 F.3d 39 (7th Cir. 1996); Crawford County Community School Corp. v. Enlow, 734 N.E.2d 685 (Ind.Ct.App. 2000); American Family Life Assur. Co. v. Russell, 700 N.E.2d 1174 (Ind.Ct.App. 1998); State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Gonterman, 637 N.E.2d 811 (Ind.Ct.App. 1994); U.S. ex rel N.E.W. Interstate Concrete v. EUI Corp., 93 F.Supp.2d 947 (S.D.Ind. 2000). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; General Corporate and Probate Practice; Mediation; Health Care. Email: Craig M. McKee | | Scott M. Kyrouac (Member) born Kankakee, Illinois, June 13, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Indiana. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., high honors, 1982); Indiana University (J.D., 1985). Delta Theta Phi. Awards: Indiana Defense Trial Counsel of the Year, 2008; Naperville Red and White Award, 1977; Marquis Who's Who in American Law. Author: "Ferreting Unreliable Expert Testimony From the Mosaic We Call Trial," Indiana Lawyer 2008; "Spoliation of Evidence," 2005; "Subrogation & Civility," Indiana Lawyer, 2004; "Bad Faith Litigation," 2003 ICLE; "Crashworthiness Revisited," Indiana Lawyer, 1996; "The Art of Being Local Counsel," Indiana Lawyer, 1999. Member, St. Joseph University Parish. Probono Counsel for Terre Haute Humane Society, Clay County Humane Society and St. Josephs Catholic Church. Seminar Chair 2007 for 40th Annual Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Seminar in French Lick, Indiana. Member: Terre Haute, Indiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Environmental Law; Sports and Entertainment Law) Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (Treasurer, 2006-2007; Secretary, 2007-2008); Indiana Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate). Reported Cases: McCullough v. Archbold, 605 N.E. 2d 175 (Ind. 1993); Harbour v. Arelco, Inc., 678 N.E. 2d 381 (Ind. 1999); Shelton v. Wick, 715 N.E. 2d 890 (1999); trans. denial 736 N.E. 2d 219 (2000); City of Terre Haute v. Simpson, 746 N.E.2d 359, 367 (Ind.Ct.App. 2001), trans. denied. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability; Environmental Law; Employment Law; Municipal Law; Asbestos Defense; Toxic Torts; Trucking Defense; Transportation Law; Commercial Law; Commercial Bad Faith; Commercial Constitutional Law; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Liability; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Torts; Commercial Transactions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Sale of Goods. Email: Scott M. Kyrouac | | Jeffrey A. Boyll (Member) born Sullivan, Indiana, August 17, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Indiana. Education: DePauw University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); Indiana University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 1982-1983. Author: Note, 58 Indiana Law Journal, 1983. Member: Clay County, Terre Haute, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Education/School Law. Email: Jeffrey A. Boyll | | David P. Friedrich (Member) born South Bend, Indiana, February 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Indiana. Education: Butler University (B.S., cum laude, 1987); Indiana University (J.D., 1990). Member: Terre Haute, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Business Litigation; General Practice. Email: David P. Friedrich | | Jeffrey A. Lewellyn (Member) born Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Indiana. Education: Murray State University (B.S., 1985); Indiana University (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Non-Probate Transfers," ICLEF Seminar, December 2002; "The Title Court," an Indiana Land Title Association Seminar, December 2003; "Probate Skills Series: Part 1 - Getting Started: Process, Procedure & Forms," ICLEF Seminar, February 2006. City Attorney, City of Seymour, Indiana, 1994-1996. Deputy City Attorney, City of Seymour, Indiana, 1993. Member: Jackson County (President, 1994), Terre Haute (President, 2004-2005), Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association; Indiana Land Title Association; Estate Planning Council of Indiana (President, 2003-2004); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Schlehuser v. City of Seymour, 674 N.E.2d 1009 (Ind.App., Dec. 31, 1966). Practice Areas: Probate; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Business Law; Banking Law; Corporate Law; Title Insurance; Trust Planning. Email: Jeffrey A. Lewellyn | | Tracy M. Weber (Member) born Pinckneyville, Illinois, August 25, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Indiana and Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1991); Southern Illinois University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Graduate and Professional Student Council; Lincoln's Inn; Southern Illinois American Inns of Court. Casenote/Comment Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 1997-1998. Author: "Name-Clearing Hearings, Gratuitous Remedies, and Common Law Writs of Certiorari - Are They Worth Their Weight in Gold?" Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Volume 22, Page 201 (Fall 1997). President, Student Bar Association, 1997-1998. Member: Terre Haute, Indiana State, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Real Estate; Business Law; Family Law; Probate. Email: Tracy M. Weber | | —————————— | | William S. Frankel, IV (Associate) born Terre Haute, Indiana, August 6, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Indiana; 2005, Illinois. Education: Indiana State University (B.S., 2001); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Barristers; Golden Key National Honor Society; Dean's Tutorial Society. Member, Indiana Volunteer Firefighters Association. Member: Indiana, Terre Haute, Indianapolis and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Litigation; Family Law; Collections; Business Law; General Practice. Email: William S. Frankel, IV | | Holly Reedy (Associate) born Terre Haute, Indiana, December 25, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Indiana. Education: Indiana State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2005); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Order of the Barristers. Member: Dean's Student Advisory Board; Dean's Tutorial Society. Member, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Team. Articles Editor, Indiana Law Review, 2007-2008. Member: Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Employment Law; Toxic Torts; Business Law; Family Law; General Practice. Email: Holly Reedy |
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