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Senior Counsel Tony Overholt has extensive experience in representing schools
and other municipal entities. He is an experienced litigation attorney with numerous
jury and bench trials in federal and state court with substantive concentration
in labor, employment discrimination, general litigation and constitutional
law. He also has significant appellate experience.
As part of his representation of local governments, he assists with negotiating
collective bargaining agreements with public sector unions and has assisted in
managing public relations strategies relating to those negotiations.
Client Industries:
Government, education, political parties
Representative Cases:
- Employment Cases:
- Miller v. City of Indianapolis, 281 F.3d 648 (7th Cir. 2002)
- Discharge Cases:
• Kelly v. Municipal Courts of Marion County, Ind., 97 F.3d 902 (7th Cir.
1996)
- Miscellaneous Cases:
- Discovery House, Inc. v. Consolidated City of Indianapolis, 319 F.3d 277 (7th Cir. 2003). Obtained reversal of jury award in ADA public accommodations
case.
- Bridenbaugh v. O’Bannon, 185 F.3d 796 (7th Cir. 1999). Successfully defended the constitutionality of Indiana’s statute permitting Good Friday holiday for state employees.
- Martin v. Carraway, 712 N.E.2d 1055 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). Established favorable precedent for ability of State Police to demote high-ranking officials without cause in political patronage claim.
Professional Associations:
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Grievance Committee
- Professional Responsibility, former Chairperson
- Indiana State Bar Association
- Committee on Attorney Advertising, former Member
- Federal Bar Association
- Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association
- Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
- Seventh Circuit Bar Association
- National School Board Association's Council of School Attorneys
- Defense Research Institute
Publications:
- “A Retreat From The Objective Test For Qualified Immunity,” Defense
Research Institute Newsletter, 2007
- “Survey of 1994 Developments in the Law of Professional Responsibility,”
28 Ind. Law Rev., co-author, 1995
- “Retaining the Retaining Lien,” 35 Res Gestae, 1992
Community Involvement:
- Law Enforcement Consolidation Committee, Mayor’s representative
- Marion County Juvenile Justice Protect, former volunteer
Press Releases:
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Assistant:
Jenene Rudolph
317-237-3983
jrudolph@locke.com
Public Speaking:
- “Summary Judgment Denied?
Getting Your Employment Case
Ready for Trial,” Defense Trial
Counsel of Indiana, Lorman
Conference, 2006
- “Getting Your Employment Case
Ready for Trial,” Defense Trial
Counsel of Indiana, 2006
- “HARASSMENT: What You Don’t
Know Could Hurt You and the
Department,” Municipal Law XXII
seminar, Presenter, 2006
- “Police Liability” seminar, Lorman,
2006
- “Municipal Liability,” Indiana Civil
Liberties Union seminar, Faculty
Member, 2003, 2001
- “Employment Law, Orientation and
Training for Newly Elected,”
Instructor, 2006, 1998
Education:
- Indiana University, B.A., 1987
- Research assistant on white
collar crime issues for Paul
Jesilow, Ph.D.
- Indiana University School of Law,
J.D., 1991
Previous Experience:
- City of Indianapolis - Office of the
Corporation Counsel, Chief
Litigation Counsel
- Office of the Indiana Attorney
General, Deputy Attorney General
and Supervisory Attorney,
Governmental and Administrative
Litigation Division
- Bell & Bell, Indianapolis, Indiana,
Associate (Indiana Supreme Court
Disciplinary Commission, Law
Clerk)
Personal:
Spending time with his three children
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