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John Chavis concentrates his practice in the Firm's Products Liability,
Governmental Services and Labor & Employment Groups. John hit the ground
running when he came to Locke Reynolds with great experience as Deputy
Attorney General, Director of Policy and Planning and Deputy Prosecutor.
Client Industries: Manufacturing, trucking, insurance, government and regulatory services
Awards & Recognitions:
- Who’s Who in Black Indianapolis, 2005/06 Edition
- Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
Representative Cases:
- Serve as insurance defense and general litigation counsel for largest housing
agency in Indiana
- Extensive experience handling various forms of complex litigation, involving
manufacturers, governmental entities and trucking companies in state and
federal courts
- Serve as general counsel for a medical spa and commercial development
operation involving construction, labor and employment, intellectual proerty
and general business matters
Professional Associations:
- Housing Authority Defense Attorneys Association
- National School Board Association, Council of School Attorneys
- Federal Bar Association
- Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Indiana State Bar Association
- Seventh Circuit Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- 2008 Diversity for Success Seminar Planning Committee
- Co-Chair Membership Subcommittee for Diversity Committee
Previous Experience:
- Attorney General Karen Freeman-Wilson campaign, Campaign Director,
2000
- Deputy Attorney General for the Office of the Attorney General, Tort
Litigation Section, the Consumer Protection Division and as Director of
Policy and Planning, 1997-2001
- Chavis & Chavis, Attorney
- Marion County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Deputy Prosecutor, 1994-1996
- Department of Revenue, Legal Division, Tax Analyst, 1993-1994
Community Involvement:
- Metropolitan Development Commission, Committee Member, Plat
Commission, 2002-2007
- Indiana Board of Podiatric Examiners, Board Member, 2003-2007
- Lawrence Police Merit Commission, 2007
- The Partnership for Lawrence, 2007
- Oaklandon Youth Organization, Board Member, 2006-2007
Press Releases:
Newsletter(s):
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Assistant:
Karen Dickerson
317-237-3919
kdickerson@locke.com
Publications:
- “Supreme Court Upsets Department ’s FMLA Regulation,” Labor
and Employment Update, 2002
Speaking Engagements:
- “When Things Go Wrong -
Handling Various Employee
Complaints Involving the
Workplace," Statewide Conference
on Housing and Community
Economic Development, 2007
- “Diversity in Practice,” Indiana
Lawyer and the Marion County Bar
Association, Speaker and Planning
Committee, 2007
- “Public Education and the First
Amendment,” New York State Bar
Association, 2003
- “The Wonderful World of the
Indiana Tort Claims Act,” Defense
Trial Counsel of Indiana, 2003
- “Violence in Schools – Where
Does Liability Rest?” National
School Boards Association, 2003
- “Publication and the Law,” “Legally Speaking” WTLC radio
show, 2003
- “Ban Notices Enforcing
Constitutional Controls in Public
Housing,” Housing Authority
Defense Attorneys, 2002
Education:
- Lincoln University, B.A., 1986
- Florida State University College of
Law, J.D., 1993 (Virgil Hawkins
Fellow)
Personal:
John and his family chose
Indianapolis as a great place to live.
Why consider Locke Reynolds as a
number one choice, as well? He says, "The firm is of significant size, but the
culture fosters strong relationships -
we know each other and socialize
together. This benefits clients as they
see us working together to meet their
needs and solve their problems." By
finding a firm that is the right fit in the
right city, he has found two places he
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