Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 317-660-4880
- Fax: 317-660-4888
- E-Mail: cpollack@pollacklawpc.com
- Website: www.pollacklawpc.com
Established: 2009
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Trial and Appellate Practice
- School Law
- Civil Rights Defense
- Governmental Entity Defense
- Law Enforcement Liability
- Municipal Liability
- Police Liability Defense
- Premises Liability
- Public Officials Defense
- Sexual Harassment
- Slip and Fall
- State and Federal Courts
- Tort Claims Defense
Cases Gone to Trial: 50+
About Us
Pollack Law Firm, P.C., a certified woman-owned business, was founded in 2009 by Caren Pollack, a litigation attorney with thirty-eight years of experience in the insurance defense field. Ms. Pollack has been involved in several high-profile matters and has many published and precedent-setting cases. She has been a sought-after speaker at seminars for attorneys and insurance professionals on various legal issues at the state and national level. She appears regularly before state and federal appellate courts.
Practicing with Ms. Pollack is Lana Swingler, who has been with the firm since it opened its doors. Ms. Swingler has been practicing in the area of insurance defense law for over forty years. She focuses her practice on probate, guardianships, trusts and minors' compromises and regularly serves as second chair at trials with Ms. Pollack.
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- AIX Group
- Astra Insurance Group
- Broadspire
- Gallagher Bassett
- Great American Insurance Group
- Hylant Administrative Services
- Intact Insurance Public Entities
- JWF Specialty Company, Inc., a division of EPIC
- Mesa Underwriters Specialty Insurance Company (MUSIC)
- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
- Selective Insurance Company of America
- Starr Indemnity & Liability Group
- Tokio Marine HCC - Public Risk Group
- York Risk Services Group, Inc.
Non-Insurance Clients
- Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis
- Consolidated City of Indianapolis-Marion County - Office of Corporation Counsel
- Educational Service Centers Risk Funding Trust (ESCRFT)
- Indiana Risk Management Association (IRMA)
- Metropolitan School District of Pike Township
- Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC)
Personnel Information
Principal
Caren L. Pollack
Carmel, IN
Years of Experience: 38
Admitted
- Indiana, 1987
- U.S. District Courts of Indiana
Memberships:
- Federal and Indiana State Bar Associations
- Defense Research Institute
Reported Cases:
GEFT Outdoor, LLC v. Monroe Cnty., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 5626 (7th Cir. 2023); K.G. v. Smith, 164 N.E.3d 829 (Ind. App. 2021); King v. Hendricks County Commissioners, 954 F. 3d 981 (7th Circuit 2020); Murray v. Indianapolis Public Schools, 128 N.E.3d 450 (Ind. 2019); Crawfordsville Town & Country Home Center, Inc. v. Cordova, 119 N.E.3d 119 (Ind. App. 2019), transfer denied; Pettigrew v. Board of Commissioners of Indianapolis Public Schools, 851 N.E. 2d 326 (Ind. App. 2006), transfer denied; Ritchhart v. Indianapolis Public Schools, 822 N.E. 2nd 982 (Ind. App. 2004), transfer denied; Tapia v. City of Greenwood, 965 F. 2d 336 (7th Circuit 1992); Hupp v. Hill, 578 N.E. 2d 1320 (Ind. App. 1991)
Education:
- Washington University in St. Louis, B.S., 1982
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, J.D., 1987
Of Counsel
Lana R. Swingler
Carmel, IN
Years of Experience: 43
Admitted
- Indiana, 1982
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Memberships:
- Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations.
Education:
- Ball State University, B.S. (magna cum laude), 1979
- Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1982
Law Review:
Associate Editor, Indiana Law Review
High Profile Cases
Woods v. City of Indianapolis; Craig v. Chief of Police Donald Christ; Young v. Indianapolis Public Schools; Schroeder v. Columbia City Police Dept.; Ritchhart v. Indianapolis Public Schools; Cochran v. City of Huntington; Manley v. Indiana Dept. of Correction; Bartow v. City of Terre Haute; Ludwig v. City of Bloomington; Tapia v. City of Greenwood; Hupp v. Hill; Crawfordsville Town & County Home Center, Inc. v. Cordova; Murray v. Indianapolis Public Schools; King v. Hendricks County Commissioners; K.G. v. Smith; GEFT Outdoor, LLC v. Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals
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