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Hume Smith Geddes Green & Simmons, LLP 54 Monument Circle, Fourth Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2996
Established: 1951
Practice Areas Insurance Defense Arbitration Commercial Liability Employment Law First and Third Party Defense Bad Faith Personal Injury Product Liability Professional Liability Property and Casualty Toxic Torts Insurance Coverage Workers' Compensation Construction Litigation
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About Us Hume Smith Geddes Green & Simmons, LLP is a law partnership founded in 1951. The firm provides legal counsel to insurance companies and their insureds in all areas of first and third party litigation. With its central location in Indianapolis, the firm represents clients throughout Indiana in both State and Federal Courts.
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Insurance Clients Non-Insurance Clients Associated Claims Enterprises, Inc. Cambridge Integrated Services Cavell USA, Inc. Crawford & Company ELCO Administrative Services GAB Robins North America, Inc. Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. Indiana Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Protective Adjustment Company Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. Western Continent Claims Association Xchanging Back To Top
Personnel Information Firm Members Gordon Smith — (1933-2010)
John T. Hume, III Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Insurance Coverage Insurance Defense Civil Litigation Admitted Indiana, 1958 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1970 U.S. Supreme Court, 1975 Memberships: American, Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (President, 1991-) Christian Legal Society Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Education: Indiana University, B.S., 1955 Indiana University, J.D., 1958 Fraternity Information: Delta Theta Phi Born: 1933
Robert W. Geddes Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Litigation Mediation Arbitration Admitted Indiana, 1962 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana U.S. Supreme Court, 1971 Additional Biographical Details: Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1962-1965; U.S. Commissioner, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1966-1971; U.S. Magistrate, 1971-1973
Memberships: Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Education: Indiana University, B.S., 1956 Indiana University, J.D., 1962 Fraternity Information: Phi Delta Phi Born: 1929
John C. Green Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Personal Injury Litigation Mediation Admitted Indiana, 1969 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1980 U.S. Supreme Court, 1981 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2002 Memberships: Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Association of American Trial Lawyers Education: Indiana University, B.S., 1965 Indiana University, J.D., 1969 Fraternity Information: Phi Delta Phi Born: 1942
Michael E. Simmons Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Insurance Defense Personal Injury Litigation Arbitration Mediation Insurance Coverage Trucking Law Admitted Indiana, 1979 U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1984 Memberships: Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana American Association for Justice Defense Research Institute Education: Indiana University, B.S., 1976 Indiana University, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1979 Fraternity Information: Phi Delta Phi Born: 1954
Andrew P. Wirick Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Insurance Defense Employment Law Governmental Liability Personal Injury Admitted Indiana, 1986 U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit Memberships: Federal, Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association Indiana Association of Cities and Towns Indiana Association of Counties Defense Research Institute Education: DePauw University, B.A., 1983 Indiana University, J.D., 1986 Born: 1961
Edward F. Harney, Jr. Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Insurance Defense First and Third Party Defense Bad Faith Toxic Torts Admitted Indiana, 1993 Illinois U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of Illinois, 2002 Memberships: Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Defense Research Institute Education: Purdue University, B.A., 1990 Valparaiso University, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1993 Born: 1967
Theodore J. Blanford Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Insurance Defense Legal Malpractice Environmental Law Admitted Indiana, 1984 U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2004 Memberships: Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Defense Research Institute Education: Indiana University, B.S., 1977 Indiana University, J.D., 1984 Military: Indiana National Guard (Retired) Born: 1949
Michael R. Bain Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Civil Litigation Construction Litigation Insurance Defense Bad Faith Admitted Indiana, 1994 U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana U.S. Supreme Court, 2002 Memberships: Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Defense Research Institute Education: Indiana University-Bloomington, B.A., 1991 Indiana University-Indianapolis, J.D., 1994 Born: 1968
Christopher D. Cody Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Civil Litigation Premises Liability Employment Law Civil Rights Admitted Indiana, 2003 U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana Memberships: Indianapolis Bar Association Education: Wake Forest University, B.A., 2000 Indiana University, J.D., 2003 Honors: Order of the Barristers Born: 1978
Christopher A. Pearcy Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Insurance Defense Civil Litigation Business Law Personal Injury Admitted Indiana, 2004 Illinois, 2005 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana Memberships: American, Indiana State and Hamilton County Bar Associations Education: Indiana University-Bloomington, B.S. (with distinction), 2000 Indiana University-Bloomington, J.D., 2003 Born: 1978
Seth R. Wilson Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Insurance Defense Workers' Compensation Mass Tort Admitted Indiana, 2006 U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana Memberships: American, Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Christian Legal Society Education: Taylor University, B.A., 2003 Regent University, J.D., 2006 Born: 1980
Mark M. Holdridge Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Admitted Indiana, 2006 U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana Memberships: Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Education: Colgate University, B.A., 1999 Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., 2006 Born: 1977
Beth A. Barnes Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas Insurance Defense Personal Injury Collections Admitted Indiana, 2010 U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana Memberships: American, Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Defense Research Institute Education: Ball State University, B.S. (cum laude), 2003 Indiana University-Indianapolis, J.D. (with honors), 2009 Born: 1982
William D. Beyers Indianapolis, IN
Admitted Indiana, 2009 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2011 Memberships: American Bar Association Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Education: Indiana University, B.A., 2005 Indiana University-Indianapolis, J.D., 2009 Born: 1983
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