Lewis S. Wooton

LEWIS S. WOOTON

Partner

Practice Areas:

  • Appellate Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
  • Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability Defense

Education and Achievements

Education

  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., 2006
    • Business Law Society
    • Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition
    • Dean’s Honors
  • Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, B.A., 2002

Bar Admissions

  • State of Indiana, 2006

Courts of Practice

  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2006
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2006
  • 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Indiana trial courts, Indiana Court of Appeals, Indiana Supreme Court

Honors & Awards

  • Rising Star, Indiana Super Lawyers©, 2009-2018
  • Up & Coming Lawyer, The Indiana Lawyer, 2012

Presentations

  • Litigating Insurance Coverage Claims: From Start to Finish, National Business Institute, December 2012.
  • Handling Complex Auto Insurance Coverage Disputes, National Business Institute, December 2011.

Professional Associations

  • Defense Research Institute
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
    • Board of Insurance Coverage Committee
  • Hancock County Bar Association
  • Greenfield Indiana Rotary Club

Representative Publications

  • “Dissecting the Professional Services Exclusion in a Commercial General Liability Policy,” DRI—Covered Events, December 15, 2010.
  • “The Effective Transfer of Risk in a Construction Contract,” The Indiana Lawyer, May 26, 2010.
  • “Economic Loss Doctrine,” The Indiana Lawyer, May 27, 2009.
  • Indiana Law Review, “Survey of Recent Developments in Insurance Law,” 41 Ind. L. Rev. 1115, 2008.
  • DRI National Uninsured Motorist Compendium – 2016.