Mary K. Reeder Partner
Contact Info
| Phone: | (317) 636-8000 |
| Fax: | (317) 955-7147 |
| Email: | mreeder@rbelaw.com |
| Assistant's Name: | Michelle Langdon |
| Assistant's Email: | mlangdon@rbelaw.com |
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About Mary
Mary Reeder’s practice concentrates on representing insurers in complex insurance coverage litigation, involving claims for insurance coverage of environmental contamination, construction defects, and products liability.
She also defends hospitals and their employed physicians in medical malpractice actions throughout the state of Indiana, and represents manufacturers of consumer products and industrial products in products liability actions.
An active trial lawyer, Mary has tried more than 25 cases to a jury, most involving serious bodily injury or wrongful death. She has practiced with the Firm continuously since joining the Firm immediately upon graduating from law school in 1983.
Representative Cases
- Defended a trucking company involved in a triple fatality accident. Case settled favorably to client prior to trial.
- Defended a manufacturer of a consumer product whose user became a quadriplegic as result of an accident. Case settled favorably to client prior to trial.
- Defended subcontractor in wrongful death claim by employee of co-subcontractor. Obtained a verdict in favor of client at trial, when a multi-million-dollar verdict was entered against general contractor.
- Obtained summary judgment for hospital in a medical malpractice action, based on contributory negligence of the patient.
- Represented hospital and physician in medical malpractice action before the Indiana Supreme Court, in which Court affirmed summary judgment in favor of client based on the statute of limitations, upon holding that the statute of limitations did not violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the Indiana Constitution: Ledbetter v. Hunter, 842 N.E.2d 810 (Ind. 2006).
Awards
- Martindale-Hubbell “AV®” rating
- Insurance Institute of Indiana, 2010 Award of Recognition
- Defense Research Institute, State Leadership Award, 2006
- Indiana Super Lawyers® (2004-2008 and 2010-2011)
Community Involvement
- Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana
- Indianapolis Air Pollution Control Board 1996-2000
Associations
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (President 2010)
- Indiana Civil Litigation Review (Board of Editors)
- Indianapolis Bar Associations
- Indiana Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute (State Representative 2004-2006)
Seminars
- Reid Hospital, Continuing Medical Education of Physicians: EMTALA Update, May 2010
- Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar, 64 Things Every Practitioner Should Know About Insurance Law: “8 Things to Know About Pollution Coverage,” December 2009
- Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar: Bad Faith Claims in Litigation on “History of Bad Faith in Indiana,” November 2003.
- Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar: Torts for Legal Support Staff and Paralegals on “Ethics and Paralegals,” October 2002.
- The National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues (formerly MECA): “Complex Issues of Trigger/Allocation,” October 2002.
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy (“NITA”) Seminar, Developing Deposition Skills (1998, 1999, 2000)
- Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, Annual Meeting Roundtable: Surviving an Audit After Recent Ethics Committee Opinions, November 1999.
- Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar: Complex Litigation, Making Order out of Chaos on “Joint Defense Agreements,” September 1999.
- Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar: Insurance Law Institute on Legal Issue and Trends in Litigation of Environmental Claims - the Insurance Company Perspective, October 1997.
- The Midwest Environmental Claims Association, “When in Doubt D.J.,” September 1996.
- Indiana Defense Lawyers Association and Insurance Institute of Indiana Annual Meeting, Case Law Update, 1992.
Education
- Indiana University, B.S. 1979
- Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, J.D., cum laude 1983
Bar Admission
- Indiana
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court