| |
 
 
|
|
Kevin Schiferl is a trial attorney concentrating his practice in product liability and
tort litigation, defending corporations and individuals in personal injury claims
involving automobiles and other consumer products. He is also engaged in the
defense of professional liability and business claims.
With over sixty (60) jury trials and hundreds of bench trials and hearings, Kevin
is one of Indiana’s most active litigators. Beyond his trial work, he maintains an
active appellate practice, having had involvement in over fifty (50) published
cases from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia and Texas.
Client Industries:
Manufacturing, automotive, professional services, insurance, medical device,
and pharmaceutical
Representative Cases:
- Top 10 defense win, per National Law Journal, for child wrongful death case
in Texas
- Trials to defense verdict in multiple jurisdictions on wrongful death and
quadriplegic cases, including Indiana, Ohio, Texas, New Mexico, Florida,
West Virginia, Illinois and Mississippi
- Serves as national coordinating trial counsel for major automotive manufacturer
in child death and rollover cases
- Appointed Indiana trial counsel for several insurer’s “Major Case Units”
Selected Published Decisions:
Awards & Recognitions:
- Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008
- Indiana Defense Lawyer of the Year, Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, 2004
- Indiana Super Lawyer, 2004-2008
- International Association of Defense Counsel, trial academy faculty, Stanford Law School, 2007
- Insurance Institute of Indiana, Recognition Award, 2005
- Defense Research Institute Leadership Award, 2002
- Inaugural Outstanding Young Lawyer's Award, Defense Trial Counsel of
Indiana,1998
Professional Associations:
- American Board of Trial Advocates, inducted, 2003
- International Association of Defense Counsel, inducted, 2000
- Defense Research Institute
- Products Liability Committee
- Trial Tactics Committee, Chair
- Young Lawyer's Committee, Vice-Chair
- Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana
- President, 2006
- Initiated bi-annual Rookie Seminar
- American Bar Association
- Indianapolis Bar Association
Articles & Publications:
- “Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Case,” Locke Reynolds Product Liability
Law Update, 2007 Issue I
- “Defense Verdict in “False Latch” Seatbelt Case,” Locke Reynolds Product
Liability Law Update, 2007 Issue I
- “Locke Reynolds Appears as Amicus Curiae,” Locke Reynolds Product
Liability Law Update, 2006 Issue I
- “Locke Reynolds Receives Defense Verdict for Ford in Power Window Case,”
Locke Reynolds Product Liability Law Update, 2005 Issue II
- “Jury Returns Defense Verdict for Kia in a Sportage Crashworthiness Case,”
Locke Reynolds Product Liability Law Update, 2005 Issue I
• “Hoosier Seatbelt Saga, Circa 2005,” Locke Reynolds Product Liability Law
Update, 2005 Issue I
- “Victory Defending the Absence of Post-Sale Duty to Warn and Negligent
Recall Actions in Indiana,” Locke Reynolds Product Liability Law Update, 2004 Issue II
- “Indiana’s Rebuttable Presumption in Product Liability Jury Trials,” Locke
Reynolds Product Liability Law Update, 2004 Issue I
- “Marion County Jury Returns Defense Verdict For Ford in Explorer
Crashworthiness Case”, Locke Reynolds Product Liability Law Update, 2003
Issue II
- “Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgement in Child Restraint
Case,” Locke Reynolds Product Liability Law Update, 2003 Issue I
- Indiana's Product Liability Act & Related Statutes
- Products Liability Defenses – A State-by-State Compendium
- Indiana's Rebuttable Presumption in Product Liability Jury Trials
- Electronic Discovery: Suggestions for Resisting Inappropriate Intrusions
Press Releases:
Newsletter(s):
- Products Liability 2008, Issue I (4/22/2008)
- Products Liability 2002, Issue I
- Products Liability 2001, Issue I
- Products Liability 2003, Issue I
- Products Liability 2003, Issue II
- Products Liability 2004, Issue I
- Products Liability 2004, Issue II
- Products Liability 2005, Issue I
- Products Liability 2005, Issue II
- Products Liability 2006, Issue I
|
|
|
|
Assistant:
Sarah King
317-237-3234
sking@locke.com
Public Speaking:
- Multiple DRI, DTCI and IADC meetings
- Indianapolis Bar Association Las
Vegas Seminar, September 2006
Community Involvement:
- Boone County Area Planning
Commission, Chair, 2005-present
- Boone County Board of Zoning
Appeals
- United Way, volunteer and Key
Club Member, 2000-present
- College Mentors for Kids, Inc., former
Board Member, 2003-2007
- Eagle Township, appointed to
Government Reorganization Committee
- Zionsville Schools' Key
Communicators
- Christ Church, Zionsville, Council
Member
Education:
- Purdue University, B.A., 1985
- Indiana University School of Law,
J.D., 1988
- National Institute of Trial
Advocacy, 1991
- International Association of
Defense Council Trial Academy,
1993
Personal:
He is married to his college sweetheart,
Carolyn, and has two children. Kevin is a
resident of Zionsville, Ind., and enjoys
teaching Sunday School, attending sporting
events and traveling. |
|
